FEATURED CASES

Paul Dansker settled this case at the end of the trial. Mrs. YH had been a passenger on a subway that derailed. At the moment of impact, she was thrown violently across the subway car and into a pole. She was knocked unconscious and also injured her knees and back.

Shortly after the accident her family noticed that she was not acting normally. Doctors subsequently confirmed that she had sustained permanent brain damage.

At trial the TA initially contended that plaintiff did not sustain brain damage or if she did, that it was not permanent.

However, because Paul Dansker had retained the services of some of the most qualified experts in the areas of brain injury and cognitive dysfunction, the jury heard persuasive and overwhelmingly conclusive testimony and saw medical documentation that left no doubt about the injuries.

Mr. Dansker also on cross examination skillfully exposed the TA's doctors who examined the plaintiff, as biased and less concerned about making accurate findings and more concerned about protecting the TA.

NOTE: The case is noteworthy also because it deals with a plaintiff and her family that did not speak English. All of the testimony was through interpreters. This issue was discussed in detail in jury selection. Because it puts a great deal of additional burden on the jurors to listen to Chinese interpreted into English and back again. The jurors who did agree to hear the case were therefore willing to work a little harder which is very good for plaintiffs generally and this plaintiff specifically. The settlement is a very large one for a TA case.

A 56-year-old home health attendant tripped over an exposed wire that was extending from a telephone box on the subway platform. The wire had been left there by electricians during renovation of the station.

Plaintiff ultimately had to have a total knee replacement.

Ray Maceira did an excellent job on a very lengthy and hotly contested litigation.

SUBWAY ACCIDENTS

DANSKER & ASPROMONTE HAS RECOVERED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR ACCIDENT VICTIMS INCLUDING PEOPLE INJURED ON SUBWAYS AND IN SUBWAY STATIONS

The New York City Transit Authority is the owner/operator of the biggest subway system in the world. It is a miracle of modern construction and daily operation, moving about four million people a day through all five boroughs of New York City.

But, despite doing a good job most of the time, on occasion, the employees of the TA make mistakes. And sometimes those mistakes translate into severe, life-altering injuries to our clients.

Not all accidents that happen on a subway car or in the station is the fault of the TA.

For example if you slip on the subway platform and break your leg, it isn't necessarily the TA's fault. One would need to prove that the condition was something the TA caused or should have known about and corrected. If it's raining out and you slip and fall in the subway station only because your shoes are slippery when wet, then you don't have a case.

If you are walking and your foot catches on a wire that is hanging loose from a pole in the subway where they were doing construction, then you would have a case because wires should not be left where people walk. It is foreseeable that if a wire is left out that someone will trip and injure themselves. (See one of the featured cases on the right).

Over the years we have represented many people who have been seriously injured as the result of derailments, (see featured case) falls on stairs and platforms and construction undertaken by the TA in a negligent manner.

Let us review the facts of your case. The consultation is free and you pay nothing to us unless we recover money for you.

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