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PREMISES LIABILITY
VERDICT & SETTLEMENTS
HALL OF FAME
continued from previous page DANGEROUS CONDITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY
Category Rank
Case Date
Resolution
Award Total
Case Name
Case Description
Plainti Law Firm
2
6/22/2015
Settlement
$1,500,000
Bogle v. City of Poughkeepsie
Park visitor’s foot crushed when car toppled cement barrier
Marty P. Rutberg of Rutberg Breslow Personal Injury Law, Poughkeepsie, NY
3
3/19/2012
Verdict- Plainti
$210,000
Wharton v. New York City Transit Authority
Subway plat- form too far from train’s door, plainti claimed
Robert C. Lipsky & Chana Sklar Israel of Israel & Lipsky, Spring Valley, NY
4
4/13/2011
Settlement
$75,000
Celia v. Town of Whitestown
Park’s hill haz- ardous to sled- ders, plainti alleged
Marc Jonas of Law O ces of Marc Jonas, Utica, NY
5
3/29/2011
Settlement
$15,000
Birch v. City of Rochester New York
City challenged plainti ’s claim of injury at work site
Chad Hummel of Panzarella & Coia, Rochester, NY
FAILURE TO WARN
Category Rank
Case Date
Resolution
Award Total
Case Name
Case Description
Plainti Law Firm
1
5/30/2012
Mediated Settlement
$1,760,000
Kramer v. Cury
Repair shop’s patron claimed plumbing trench a hazard
Ylber Albert Dauti of The Dauti Law Firm, PC, New York, NY
2
5/11/2011
Settlement
$1,150,000
Hart v. Baer’s Rug & Linoleum Co. Inc.
Plainti claimed no notice of workplace hazard
John L. Geis & Mark A. Rud- ner of Siben & Siben, LLP, Bay Shore, NY
3
10/4/2011
Mediated Settlement
$225,000
Johnson v. Rivka Realty Corp.
Apartment’s visitor bitten by pit bull, claimed no warning
Brad A. Kau man of Law O ces of Brad A. Kau man, PLLC, New York, NY
4
7/21/2015
Settlement
$220,000
Boynton v. Haru Sake Bar
Plainti claimed she was tripped when worker opened cel- lar door
Brad A. Kau man of The Law O ces of Brad A. Kau - man, PC, New York, NY
5
7/10/2015
Settlement
$65,000
Cassarino v. LiDonni
Saw’s malfunc-
tion resulted in bystander’s injury
Anthony L. Ameduri & Anthony
L. Galante of Ameduri Galante D’Agostino & Friscia, Staten Island, NY
6
6/19/2012
Settlement
$12,500
Jones v. Xtreme Wheels Bu alo, Inc
Skateboarding facility short on safety mea- sures, patron alleged
Gary E. Dvoskin of Cruser, Mitchell & Novitz, LLP, Farmingdale, NY
28 September 2016