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NEGLIGENT MAINTENANCE: SNOW & ICE
Rank
Case Date
Resolution
Award Total
Case Name
Case Description
Plainti ’s Law Firm
1
6/16/2015
Verdict- Plainti
$9,444,000
Simon v. Granite Building 2 LLC
Car’s driver killed in fall after sliding o garage’s icy deck
Ted M. Rosenberg of Rosenberg & Gluck, LLP, Holtsville, NY
2
5/6/2013
Verdict- Plainti
$4,150,940
Pollak v. Holiday Villas at Oakwood Homeowners As- sociation Inc.
Sloppy snow- removal work led to accident, condo’s tenant alleged
Jack Tracy of Tracy, Stilwell & Par- rinello, P.C., Staten Island, NY
3
2/20/2015
Settlement
$2,500,000
Bianco v. 78 West 11 Street, LLC
Landlord, tenant ig- nored icy sidewalk, plainti claimed
Jordan D. Hecht of Hecht Kleeger & Damashek, PC, New York, NY
4
4/2/2012
Verdict- Plainti
$2,250,000
Telsaint v. City of New York
City didn’t address icy sidewalk, plain- ti claimed
Robert C. Rosenberg of Hill, Rosen- berg & Thurston, Brooklyn, NY, trial counsel, Koenigsberg & Associates, Brooklyn, NY
5
4/23/2015
Settlement
$2,000,000
Poinsette v. Amerada Hess
Sidewalk remained icy days after storms, plainti claimed
Howard G. Frederick & Howard
R. Schatz of Silbowitz, Garafola, Silbowitz, Schatz & Frederick, L.L.P., New York, NY
6
3/20/2012
Verdict- Plainti
$1,750,000
Sprague v. Profoods Restaurant Supply, LLC
Warehouse’s opera- tor didn’t check icy parking lot, suit alleged
Robert J. Bellinson of Wingate, Rus- sotti & Shapiro, LLP, New York, NY
7
9/8/2012
Settlement
$925,000
Johnson v. Chris- tensen
Homeowner ig- nored icy driveway, visitor alleged
Timothy F. Mazzara of Mazzara & Small PC, Hauppauge, NY
8
9/10/2012
Settlement
$900,000
Del Moral v. City of New York
City’s bus yard an icy hazard, visitor claimed
Laurence M. Savedo of Laurence M. Savedo P.L.L.C., Bronx, NY
9
5/14/2013
Settlement
$850,000
Petion v. 510-482 Riverdale LLC
Building’s man- ager ignored icy entryway, plainti claimed
Marc E. Freund of Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman, PC, New York, NY
10
1/31/2012
Verdict- Plainti
$805,000
Pilgrim v. Wilson Flat Inc.
Building’s damaged steps an icy hazard, plainti alleged
Seth A. Harris & Blake Goldfarb of Burns & Harris, New York, NY
11
9/14/2011
Verdict- Plainti
$800,000
Bender v. 3616 Henry Hudson Park- way Corp.
Building’s man- ager didn’t clear mounded snow, tenant alleged
Pablo A. Sosa of Law O ce of Wil- liam A. Gallina, Bronx, NY
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