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State Found Liable for Mistaken Release of Rapist
MINEOLA, N.Y. – A Court of Claims judge has held the state of New York liable on summary judgment for two rapes and a murder that occurred after the mistaken release of a convicted felon a year before the attacks. …
Products Liability: Industrial Machine 1,215,000 Settlement: Leg Degloving
A 49-year-old male tree removal worker suffered left leg degloving, which required reconstructive surgery, when a stump grinder, designed and manufactured by the defendant, abruptly moved back and cut into his thigh as he attempted to remove the stump of …
Intersection: Defendant Facing Stop Sign 385,000 Verdict: Radius Fracture
A 29-year-old male student suffered a radius and metacarpal fracture to the right hand, resulting in a 20 percent loss of use, and a dislocated right wrist, requiring closed reduction and subsequent open reduction and internal fixation, when the vehicle …
MOTOR VEHICLE SETTLEMENT: $ 2 million
JUSTICE: Peter J. O’Donoghue ATTORNEYS: Andres F. Alonso of Parker Waichman Alonso LLP, Great Neck for plaintiff; Mitchell Teitelbaum of Torino & Bernstein, P.C., Mineola for defendant. FACTS: The accident occurred on Oct. 2, 1998 at 12:45 p.m. on North …
LABOR LAW VERDICT: $ 2.19 million
JUDGE: Ira B. Harkavy ATTORNEYS: Andy F. Alonso of Parker Waichman Alonso LLP, Great Neck. Elsa Rodriguez Preston of McDonald, Carroll, Cohen & Rayhill, Manhattan. FACTS: Tiziano Sozzi, a 38-year-old painter and plasterer, was injured on March 26, 1998 at …
Premises Liability: Fall At Public Administration Building 225,000 Verdict: Aggravated Disc Damage
A 37-year-old male police officer suffered an aggravated disc injury at L4-5 when he tripped and fell while descending a stairwell in a building owned by the defendant city. The plaintiff contended that the defendant failed to safely maintain the …