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NEGLIGENT MAINTENANCE: WET FLOOR
Rank
Case Date
Resolution
Award Total
Case Name
Case Description
Plainti ’s Law Firm
1
4/14/2011
Verdict- Plainti
$1,000,000
Gonzalez v. City of New York
School didn’t address slippery vestibule, plain- ti alleged
Paul J. Edelstein of The Edel- steins, Faegenburg & Brown LLP, New York, NY
1
3/8/2012
Settlement
$1,000,000
Vallar v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corp.
Hospital too slow to address puddle, plainti claimed
Howard G. Frederick of Silbowitz Garafola Silbowitz Schatz & Frederick, L.L.P., New York, NY
3
7/10/2013
Verdict- Plainti
$675,000
Hayford v. Parkchester South Condo- minium Inc.
Porter’s puddle led to tenant’s fall, injuries, suit alleged
Joshua Goldblatt of Jacob Oresky & Associates, PLLC, Bronx, NY
4
3/22/2012
Verdict- Plainti
$616,390
Ginzburg v. NYCTA
Power-washing left puddle in subway station, plainti claimed
Thomas J. Cappello & Robert A. Sgarlato of Slater, Sgarlato & Capello, PC, Staten Island, NY
5
12/7/2011
Settlement
$600,000
Valez v. Smile Deli Grocery Ltd.
Deli’s slippery steps caused fall, delivery- man claimed
Timothy M. Sullivan of The Sullivan Law Firm, New York, NY
6
1/16/2014
Verdict- Plainti
$500,000
Iannitti v. York Avenue Rest LLC
Tavern didn’t warn of wet oor, injured patron claimed
Marc J. Rothenberg of The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP, New York, NY
7
10/27/2013
Mediated Settlement
$487,500
Gizaw v. K ow Inc.
Car wash’s worker created soapy hazard, passerby claimed
William M. Weisberg of Law O ce of William M. Weis- berg, New York, NY
8
8/7/2012
Verdict- Plainti
$462,000
Vicens v. 3155 Concourse As- sociates, LLC.
Sloppy mop- ping job led to accident, plain- ti claimed
Raymond Gazer of Getz & Braverman, PC, Bronx, NY
9
1/24/2014
Settlement
$300,000
Calixte v. 5201 Snyder Avenue Associates, L.P.
Janitor’s mop work created hazard, building’s tenant claimed
Peter A. DeFilippis of Peter A. DeFilippis & Associates, PC, New York, NY
10
12/8/2011
Verdict- Plainti
$250,000
McPhaul v. Mu- tual of America Life Insurance Co.
Building’s lobby a slippery hazard, plainti claimed
Norman Steiner of New York, NY, trial counsel, Berk- man Law O ce, Brooklyn, NY
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