Results by Silbowitz, Garafola, Silbowitz, Schatz & Frederick

Our Settlements and Verdicts

Trial Attorneys with a Proven Record of Success

Since our inception, our attorneys have successfully litigated thousands of cases and have obtained excellent results for our many clients. It is not practical to list each and every case, so we have set forth some examples of the types of results we have achieved for our clients in a variety of circumstances. Due to privacy concerns, we do not publish our clients’ names. However, each case listed may be verified as each received a specific court index number in the court in which the case was pending.

A 59 year old female slipped and fell on ice in the parking lot of her residence that her landlord failed to clean, requiring a microdiscectomy to her neck.

In this case, a 37 year old woman was injured when she slipped and fell on a piece of ice in front of a Rainbow clothing store in a strip mall in Queens, NY. The plaintiff sustained a herniated disc at L4-L5 that resulted in back surgery and a fusion from L4-S1. After eight days of jury selection, the matter settled for $1,065,000.

 

(Lora H. Gleicher)

A 42 year old female slipped and fell on bodily fluids deposited onto the floor of defendant hospital. The plaintiff unable to see the substance as she walked next to a stretcher that was transporting her son, slipped and fell causing injury to her neck requiring surgery.

A female police officer just coming on duty slipped and fell in the police department’s restroom as a result of water on the floor. Her injuries required the partial removal of a herniated disc. This case was tried in a Federal District Court in White Plains. This case was featured in the Journal News.

46 year old plaintiff slipped and fell when descending a staircase in his residence in Harlem. He suffered a herniated disc at L3-4 and received physical therapy and trigger point injections. The plaintiff did NOT undergo surgery that was recommended. A jury returned a verdict of $500,000.

Slip and Fall on Old Ice Outside of Apartment Building Resulting in a Fractured Ankle and $475,000 Settlement After Plaintiff’s Verdict on Liability.

A 83-year old Kings County woman slipped and fell on old ice outside of her apartment building, causing an ankle fracture that required surgery. After receiving a plaintiff’s verdict on liability, the matter settled.

In this case, a 41 year old maid was injured when an elevator descended at a high rate of speed and then suddenly stopped in a major midtown hotel. The impact caused a serious back injury requiring surgery. The jury rejected the defendants’ claim that our client’s injury was pre-existing and that there was nothing wrong with the elevator. On appeal, the damages portion of the verdict was reduced to $2.5 million.

Our client sustained nerve damage to her hand when she was caused to fall while holding a glass of water due to an unsecured and raised canvas floor cover placed in her home by furniture delivery men. The glass shattered in her hand when she fell resulting in lacerations and nerve damage. The jury rejected the defendants’ argument that the canvas was safely placed and that the furniture company was not responsible for the actions of the delivery men. The jury did find that the plaintiff was 65% comparatively negligent in causing the accident and the verdict was reduced by this percentage. The case was subsequently settled for $750,000. This case was featured in the New York Law Journal.

A 63 year old female injured her back requiring multiple surgeries after falling on a defective sidewalk. This case settled at medication.

A 45 year old male sustained a complex fracture of his right ankle leading to multiple surgeries, when he slipped and fell down catering hall steps that were missing a handrail.

Our client was a 51 year old cleaning woman working for a major sporting facility. An elevator mis-leveled, causing our client to fall and sustain major back injuries requiring surgery. The matter was settled during jury selection.

Our client was a 40 year old office worker in a major building in New York when an elevator plunged and stopped abruptly. The argument was successfully made that the building owners should have shut down the elevator as a major storm was raging at the time of the accident. Our client underwent two knee surgeries.

n this case, a 46 year old maintenance man was injured in a newly constructed Brooklyn apartment building when the elevator unexpectedly sped for several floors requiring surgery to repair herniated discs in his back. The case settled at an out of court mediation.

41 year old plaintiff was using defendant’s elevator when it abruptly stopped. Plaintiff claimed a bulging disc at L3-4 and herniated discs at L4-5 & L5-S1. He underwent a hemi-laminectomy at S1. This casae settled prior to jury selection for 1 million dollars.

Plaintiff, a 50 year old heating and hot water repairman, was called to defendant’s building for “no hot water” and while in the basement stepped into a sump pump hole that filled with hot water causing second degree burns to his left lower extremity.

A Dutchess County man was injured when visiting a private home. It was later learned that the tree had died the season before and should have been removed. The homeowner settled for $500,000 to compensate the plaintiff for spinal injuries. A separate suit was initiated against the general contractor of the home, and several subcontractors, who dug a trench to the house several years prior to the accident, injuring the tree roots which ultimately caused the tree to die. The contractors settled for $235,000. This case was featured in the Poughkeepsie Journal.

A 30 year old female was injured while a passenger in a motor vehicle when it was struck in the side by a New York City Transit Authority bus. The plaintiff sustained neck injuries requiring surgery.

A 51 year old woman was injured in upstate New York when her car collided with a tractor trailer. Our client sustained serious injuries requiring neck and back surgery. Our firm was substituted for another attorney who recommended the acceptance of a much lower settlement offer. The case was prepared for trial by our office and on the date scheduled for jury selection, the 1.8 million dollars was offered and accepted.

A 30 year old police officer sustained knee injuries when the patrol car in which he was a passenger, ran a stop sign and collided with another vehicle. As a result of the accident, our client required two knee surgeries. The jury found the operator of the police vehicle to be primarily at fault for the accident. During appeal, the case settled for $850,000.

A 45 year old nurse sustained head injuries when she was helping transport a patient in an ambulance. She sustained head trauma resulting in a delayed stroke approximately 48 hours later. The case was settled without the need for jury selection.

Case formerly rejected by a prior attorney involved a 65 year old male who was struck by a motor vehicle owned by City of NY and NYC Probation Dept. The impact caused the plaintiff to suffer a left sided C6-C7 disk bulge and radiculopathy necessitating surgery that the plaintiff was unable to undergo due to an unrelated medical problem.

60 year old mechanic was rear-ended sustaining a shoulder injury. Plaintiff underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair a tear to the rotator cuff. This case was tried as a Summary Jury trial.

A treating physician’s failure to accurately diagnose plaintiff’s uterine anomaly (bicornuate v. septate uterus) caused fetus to develop in compromised uterine environment with decreased blood flow and oxygen resulting in developmental delays and brain injury to offspring. This case settled on the eve of trial in Westchester County.

A Westchester County student attending school at a performing arts college with limited dormitory space was provided housing at a local hotel. The student complained to both the management of the hotel and the college regarding a window in her hotel room that routinely stuck. Eventually the window broke as the student was attempting to open it. The shattered glass caused nerve damage to her arm requiring surgery. This case was featured in New York Newsday and the New York Law Journal.

65 year old severely mentally challenged male inpatient (plaintiff) at defendant’s facility, choked on a piece of hamburger meat. The staff knew plaintiff had a propensity to choke when eating and failed to monitor him appropriately. This case settled prior to jury selection for $550,000.

In this case, a 47 year old woman was injured in a building owned by the City of New York when a portion of her apartment’s ceiling collapsed causing neck and back injuries. Although her neck healed, the severity of her back injuries required surgery. The case was settled without the need to select a jury.

A 30 year old female was injured while a passenger in a motor vehicle when it was struck in the side by a New York City Transit Authority bus. The plaintiff sustained neck injuries requiring surgery.

A 50 year old bus matron sustained a knee injury and multiple surgeries as a result of a motor vehicle collision caused by defendant’s vehicle.

Our client, a 34 year old operator of a motorcycle was injured when another vehicle ran a stop sign striking his bike and causing him to be catapulted onto the pavement. Our client sustained leg fractures and damage to a testicle requiring separate surgeries.

Plaintiff slipped and fell on hydraulic fluid that had leaked from a forklift machine in a Home Depot. Plaintiff sued the manufacturer of the machine for faulty repairs to the machine. Plaintiff underwent arthroscopic surgery to his knee and had to have a hip replacement previously performed revised. This case settled at mediation in Dutchess County prior to trial.

A 36 year old laborer sustained neck, back and knee injuries which required surgery when a construction excavation wall collapsed upon him. The client accepted the settlement offer which was made just prior to jury selection so that his family’s financial future could be secured.

A construction worker fell while constructing a scaffold herniating disks in his neck necessitating surgery. This case settled after the completion of several mediations.

In this case a 46 year old female presented to defendant doctor (otolaryngologist / neurotologist) with a seven month old MRI report of her head positive for chronic sphenoid sinusitis. The defendant doctor informed patient that the findings were“incidental” and treatment for the condition was not warranted. Defendant doctor then began treating patient for an unrelated condition, diagnosed by him, called otosclerosis. Treatment for this condition continued for the next two years which primarily consisted of vestibular testing and the prescription of medications commonly used in the treatment of osteoporosis. Two years after first seeing defendant doctor the patient consulted with another otolaryngologist / neurotologist who sent plaintiff for a CT of the sinuses which revealed extensive sphenoid sinusitis and the presence of a fungal ball in the sphenoid sinuses necessitates multiple surgeries. Plaintiff maintained that if defendant doctor had treated plaintiff for the sphenoid sinusitis when she started seeing him, her surgeries and injuries would have been avoided.

A treating physician’s failure to accurately diagnose plaintiff’s uterine anomaly (bicornuate v. septate uterus) caused fetus to develop in compromised uterine environment with decreased blood flow and oxygen resulting in developmental delays and brain injury to offspring. This case settled on the eve of trial in Westchester County.

A 48 year old female admitted to hospital for abdominal surgery suffered perforations of the bowel during laparoscopy leading to her death.

The plaintiff was negligently given an IV insertion to her right arm after suffering a heart attack. The IV was not checked properly and it destroyed tissue in her arm requiring surgery.

A nineteen year old woman was gunned down in her apartment building. The jury award compensated the victim for twenty minutes of pain and suffering, commencing when she first saw the perpetrators and concluding with her death. This case was featured in the New York Daily News.

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New York Personal Injury Lawyers Disclaimer: The New York wrongful death, auto accident, premises liability, personal injury and/or other legal information offered herein by Silbowitz, Garafola, Silbowitz, Schatz & Frederick, L.L.P., New York Personal Injury Lawyers, is not formal legal advice nor the formation of an attorney client relationship. Any results set forth herein are based only upon the facts of that particular case and offer no promise or guarantee on the outcome of any case. This site is not intended to solicit clients outside the State of New York.

“Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Prior results cannot and do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome with respect to any future matter, including yours, in which a lawyer or law firm may be retained.”

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