CAR ACCIDENTS – Gurfein Douglas

Bus Pedestrian Accident Jury Awards $6.78 Million in Pedestrian Accident

Written by Carlo Schaaij on July 30, 2020. Posted in CAR ACCIDENTS, Cases, Featured.

On Thursday evening March 3, 2011, a New York County jury reached a verdict in the case of Ernest Lewis, an infant, by his mother, Brenda Lewis against the New York City Transit Authority, MABSTOA, and Courtney Thompson, Index no. 101833/07. The four-man,...

HANDS CRUSHED IN RECORD PRESS

Written by Carlo Schaaij on May 22, 2020. Posted in CAR ACCIDENTS, Cases.

$1,500,000 verdict in Federal Court in New York for a woman whose hand and wrist were crushed in a record press that made vinyl LP records. This 35 year old woman was using a hydraulic and steam press to make LP records. Her job required her to...

CONSTRUCTION WORKER INJURED IN LIMO RIDE

Written by Carlo Schaaij on May 10, 2020. Posted in CAR ACCIDENTS.

$1,000,000 settlement after a trial on liability for a 35 year old plasterer who was a passenger in the back seat of a Town Car limo. The plaintiff and his wife and children had come to New York for the day from Boston. Because his wife worked...