New York Personal Injury Case Results & Settlement Outcomes

Despite the fact that this case was referred to Dansker & Aspromonte Associates LLP by another attorney 17 years after the accident took place, a stunning verdict was won through painstaking investigation and tireless preparation. Connie C. was a cabaret singer driving home in a heavy rainstorm on the Grand Central Parkway after a performance on Long Island. Her car suddenly drove into a pond of water on the roadway which caused her car to slide across multiple lanes of traffic and over an embankment. She suffered serious physical and psychological injuries. At trial, it was shown that, despite the passage of so much time, the City had failed to adequately clean the storm sewers, which caused the ponding and made driving in that area extremely dangerous.

In one of the most tragic cases this office has seen, two mothers and their four teenagers were driving to a high school swimming meet on the New York State Thruway in a van. When the driver suspected a flat tire, instead of pulling over onto the shoulder, the mother of two of the children inexplicably stopped the van in the right moving lane of traffic. Within a very short time, the driver of a tanker truck traveling at a steady 65 miles an hour who claimed not to see the stopped van, struck it at full speed, literally cutting the van in half. There were two survivors with grave injuries and four fatalities. We secured the maximum insurance that was available to cover these claims.

Despite the fact that this case was referred to Dansker & Aspromonte Associates LLP by another attorney 17 years after the accident took place, a stunning verdict was won through painstaking investigation and tireless preparation. Connie C. was a cabaret singer driving home in a heavy rainstorm on the Grand Central Parkway after a performance on Long Island. Her car suddenly drove into a pond of water on the roadway which caused her car to slide across multiple lanes of traffic and over an embankment. She suffered serious physical and psychological injuries. At trial, it was shown that, despite the passage of so much time, the City had failed to adequately clean the storm sewers, which caused the ponding and made driving in that area extremely dangerous

A 20-year-old busboy was struck by a car on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn. He suffered brain damage and multiple fractures of his back, legs, arms, hip and knees. He became comatose and has not regained consciousness. The defense claimed that he was intoxicated and walked into the street in front of the oncoming car. This office argued that Rene should have been seen by the driver and the accident avoided because Rene walked across five of the six roadway lanes as the car approached and, while not conceding intoxication, that under these circumstances intoxication would not have contributed to the cause of the accident. The case was settled at a Mediation before trial.

Our client was a married NYC Parks Department employee. On a snowy night in Staten Island, he was preparing his truck to spread salt on the roadways. He drove the spreader truck to the salt storage yard. As he waited alongside his truck, the operator of a front loader truck used to place the salt in the spreader lost control of the loading bucket. Sadly, he was struck by the bucket, suffered massive injuries and died in the hospital several hours later.

A 42-year-old firefighter, who had previously run over 30 marathons, cut his leg while fighting a fire. He went to the Fire Department Medical Clinic and then to Bellevue Hospital for treatment. He was given antibiotics, stitched and released. Ordinarily, this should have been the end to the story. However, due to a failure by the Fire Department Medical Clinic to inform Owen S. or the Bellevue staff that several years earlier they discovered that he had a heart murmur, his minor wound became life threatening. Because Owen had an open wound, he had to be given antibiotics to prevent infection in and around his heart. Since this was not done, he sustained subacute endocarditis, which caused bacteria to grow inside his aorta, ultimately causing him to be completely disabled from the fire department and unable to perform any strenuous activity. Thirteen doctors and experts, some Fire Department staff, testified in this case over four weeks but the jury needed little more than an hour to decide in Owen’s favor.

An undocumented Mexican immigrant working on scaffolding at a construction site fell 30 feet onto cement. He fractured his skull and vertebrae in his neck and back. It was shown at trial that the company he worked for failed to provide him with a safety line, which would have prevented his fall.

A 21-year-old developmentally disabled Chinese boy was walking with some friends after school when he stepped out into the crosswalk against the light and a City bus which was turning a little too close to the corner struck him. The young man had crippling injuries which prevented him from leaving the hospital where he died several months later. Despite the fact that eyewitnesses said the boy stepped into the street against the light, the law reduces an injured person’s share of liability in accordance with their mental capacity. At trial, it was proven through a guidance counselor from his school that he was intellectually comparable to a seven-year-old. Thereafter, the jury determined that this young man was not legally responsible for his actions and awarded 100% in his favor on the liability portion of the trial.

Mrs. Y-H was a passenger on a subway train that derailed. At the moment of impact, she was thrown across the subway car and into a pole. She was knocked unconscious. Shortly after the accident, her family noticed that she was not acting normally. Her doctors confirmed that she had sustained permanent brain damage. The TA contended that she did not sustain brain damage or if she did, that it was not permanent. At the trial, qualified experts in the areas of brain injury and cognitive dysfunction were retained and testified. The jury heard persuasive testimony and saw medical documentation that left no doubt that Ms. Y-H suffered the injuries. The case was settled at the end of the trial prior to the jury deliberating.

In this case, a woman and her boyfriend approached the 65th Street transverse across Central Park on the morning before the NYC Marathon. They saw a uniformed City worker putting up barricades to close off the roadway. They asked the man if it was okay if they go through and he said, “Sure, go ahead.” What he did not warn them about was that the roadway was being closed to fix large holes caused by water damage. Consequently, Rhonda and her boyfriend rode into an unguarded excavation site in an area that was pitch-black underneath an overpass. Rhonda’s bike fell into a pit and her face was smashed into the roadway. She suffered facial fractures, lacerations and dental injuries, requiring multiple surgical procedures leaving her with permanent facial scarring. At trial, the City refused to admit that it was to blame. The jury disagreed and awarded judgment in favor of Rhonda.

A 30-year-old carpenter who was working at a job site in a retail store fell from a ladder onto both feet. He suffered bilateral calcaneus fractures requiring multiple surgeries.

A young Chinese first time mother was injured due to the medical malpractice of the doctors and staff at what was then Beekman Downtown Hospital. While at the hospital due to contractions, the fetus was not properly monitored and went into fetal distress. The baby was lost, and during the emergency surgery the mother sustained a painful 3rd degree laceration which caused future problems. The hospital refused to settle. When the trial started, the mother sobbed uncontrollably during the opening statements. Immediately thereafter, the case settled.