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PREMISES LIABILITY
VERDICT & SETTLEMENTS
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NEGLIGENT REPAIR AND/OR MAINTENANCE
Rank
Case Date
Resolution
Award Total
Case Name
Case Description
Plainti ’s Law Firm
14
8/14/2013
Settlement
$2,250,000
Salatino v. City of New York
City ignored school’s broken pavement, reman claimed
Barry Salzman of Barasch McGarry Salzman & Penson PC, New York, NY
15
3/21/2011
Settlement
$1,742,500
Castro v. Baktidy As- sociates, LLC
Roof’s collapse a product of neglect- ed drain, plainti s alleged
Jordan D. Hecht of Hecht Kleeger Pintel & Damashek, New York, NY & Benjamin E. Setareh of Benjamin E. Setareh, PC, Pleasantville, NY
16
10/3/2013
Settlement
$1,700,000
Arciszewski v. Key- Span Energy Corp.
Electrical substa- tion’s worker claimed no notice of live wires
Daniel S. Dornfeld & Elbert F. Nasis of Dornfeld & Nasis, LLP, Hauppauge, NY
16
5/10/2012
Mediated Settlement
$1,700,000
Mariash v. 1230 Brook Avenue Corp.
Building’s entryway landing a hazard, plainti alleged
Michael W. Gunzburg of Michael Gunzburg, PC, New York, NY
18
2/7/2013
Verdict- Plainti
$1,650,000
DeCaprio v. Heart of Chelsea Animal Hospital
Blow to head caused permanent brain injury, guitar- ist claimed
Robert J. Bellinson of Wingate, Rus- sotti, Shapiro & Halperin, LLP, New York, NY
18
10/11/2012
Mediated Settlement
$1,650,000
Sheard v. SPUSVS 1540 Broadway, LLC
Vacuum cleaner’s cord a hazard in doorway, plainti alleged
Andrew J. Levine & Howard A. Raphaelson of Raphaelson & Levine Law Firm PC, New York, NY
20
9/11/2015
Mediated Settlement
$1,575,000
Ponce v. Glen Cove Mansion Hotel & Conference Center
Hotel’s dark, dam- aged walkway a hazard, worker claimed
Alena E. Bespechny of Law O ces of Alexander Bespechny, Brooklyn, NY
21
4/5/2013
Settlement
$1,500,000
Mehr v. City of New York
School ignored leaky sump pump, injured worker claimed
David R. Cheverie & Michael A. Rose of Hach & Rose, LLP, New York, NY
22
8/2/2012
Verdict- Plainti
$1,438,648
Robinson v. New York City Transit Authority
Manhole’s recessed cover a hazard, plainti alleged
Steven C. Pepperman of counsel, Weiss & Rosenbloom, PC, New York, NY
23
10/13/2011
Verdict- Plainti
$1,200,000
Gondek v. CSX Trans- portation Inc.
Train yard’s poor drainage caused haz- ard, worker claimed
John Collins of Collins & Collins, LLC, Hamburg, NY
24
3/1/2011
Verdict- Plainti
$1,181,660
Ever Win Inc. v. 1-10 Industry Associates LLC.
Warehouse ood damaged $1.3M of clothes, plainti claimed
Adam E. Deutsch of Morelli Ratner PC, New York, NY
40 September 2016