Our client was working as a set designer at a concert venue when an unsecured piece of staging collapsed and struck her leg, fracturing her ankle. The injury required medical intervention and left her unable to work during her recovery. We established that the venue failed to properly secure the staging equipment, resulting in a $675,000 settlement.
Another patron that was engaged in mosh pit dancing struck the plaintiff. The plaintiff suffered a lacerated spleen. The case was tried and a jury awarded a verdict of $300,000 for past and future pain and suffering.
The plaintiff suffered fractures in the facial bones as a result of tripping and falling from a defective condition at another person’s home.
The plaintiff was a guest at a hotel when a male patron assaulted her. The law firm sued the hotel for failing to provide adequate security. The case settled prior to trial when it was shown that had there been proper security measures in place the assault would not have happened.
The plaintiff was assaulted and raped by a mistakenly released New York State Correctional Facility prisoner. A second woman was raped and killed by the same prisoner. The law firm tried the case jointly with the second victim’s attorney and obtained a combined verdict for $5,500,000. The verdict was the first in which the State of New York was held liable for injuries caused by the mistaken release of a prison convict.
