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NEGLIGENT REPAIR AND/OR MAINTENANCE
Rank
Case Date
Resolution
Award Total
Case Name
Case Description
Plainti ’s Law Firm
36
8/15/2014
Verdict- Plainti
$750,000
Little v. Hersh Realty Corp
Shoddy repair led to collapse of ceiling, tenant claimed
Eric Subin of Subin Associates, LLP, New York, NY
36
12/27/2012
Mediated Settlement
$750,000
Ongaro v. City of New York
Park’s bumpy walk- way a hazard, visitor claimed
Thomas K. Miller of Thomas K. Miller, Esq., NewYork, NY
38
1/28/2011
Verdict- Plainti
$714,798
Board of Manag- ers of Essex House Condominium v. Manhattan L.B. Liv- ing Trust
Plainti s claimed condo board hid mold problem
John Siegal of Baker & Hostetler, New York, NY
39
3/7/2011
Settlement
$600,000
Mack v. City of Kingston
Dangerous lot not properly maintained, estate alleged
Alfred B. Mainetti of Mainetti, Mainetti & O’Connor, PC, Kingston, NY
40
8/3/2012
Verdict- Plainti
$522,000
Grace v. City of New York
Damaged oor tiles a hazard, subway station’s patron claimed
Mitchell D. Frankel of Sussman & Frankel, LLP, New York, NY
41
3/4/2015
Verdict- Plainti
$500,000
Pacheco v. Mount Sinai Hospital
Hospital’s sta ignored lobby’s haz- ard, nurse claimed
Michael Arce of The Arce Law Of- ce, PLLC, Bronx, NY
41
4/20/2012
Verdict- Plainti
$500,000
Simmons v. N.Y.C.T.A.
Subway station’s patron claimed he tripped on chipped step
Richard K. Hershman of Law O ce of Richard K. Hershman LLC, New York, NY, trial counsel, Antin Ehrlich & Epstein, New York, NY
41
2/15/2011
Verdict- Plainti
$500,000
Hernandez v. 580- 585 Realty, LLC.
Building’s owner didn’t clean up after workers, plainti alleged
John Burnett of Scott Baron & As- sociates, Howard Beach, NY
44
1/19/2011
Settlement
$475,000
Finck v. Marist Col- lege
College ignored dorm’s leaking ceil- ing, plainti claimed
Frederick C. Aranki of Block O’Toole & Murphy, LLP, New York, NY
45
2/5/2014
Arbitration
$450,000
Lockwood v. Lex- ington Professional Centre Inc.
Plainti was suscep- tible to falls, defense contended
Heather Rago of Fishman McIntyre Levine Samansky PC, New York, NY
45
4/10/2013
Settlement
$450,000
Poplawski v. Bellasca Realty Corp.
Bakery’s owner ignored dam- aged oor, worker claimed
Adam C. Yanover of Yanover & Yanover, Garden City, NY
45
2/7/2012
Settlement
$450,000
Palmerv.PatchenAvenue ClusterHousingDevelop- mentFundCorp.
Building’s re-escape ladder not safe, repair- man claimed
Alan S. Ripka of Napoli, Bern, Ripka, Shkolnik, LLP, NewYork, NY
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