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PREMISES LIABILITY
VERDICT & SETTLEMENTS
HALL OF FAME
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NEGLIGENT REPAIR AND/OR MAINTENANCE
Rank
Case Date
Resolution
Award Total
Case Name
Case Description
Plainti ’s Law Firm
110
12/8/2015
Settlement
$20,000
Baker v. Plaza Resi- dences, LP
Trash-disposal chute’s broken door injured boy, lawsuit alleged
Gregory S. Gennarelli of Kenneth J. Ready & Associates, Mineola, NY
110
6/17/2013
Verdict- Plainti
$20,000
Desmond v. North- port-East Northport UFSD
School overlooked hazard at soccer eld, injured man claimed
Jennifer Loyd & Mia-Laine Marti- nez of Morici & Morici LLP, Garden City, NY
112
3/6/2012
Verdict- Plainti
$18,100
DiBenedetto v. Kenny & Dittrich LLC
Resort’s guest cut by pipe while stepping o boat
Kathleen E. Beatty of Leav & Stein- berg LLP, New York, NY
113
9/8/2011
Settlement
$9,000
Zingaro v. County of Monroe
Zoo’s visitor struck by branch that fell from tree
Scott D. Carlton of Alexander & Catalano LLC, Rochester, NY
NEGLIGENT REPAIR AND/OR MAINTENANCE: BURNS
Rank
Case Date
Resolution
Award Total
Case Name
Case Description
Plainti ’s Law Firm
1
6/20/2012
Settlement
$4,000,000
Jackson v. Three Nickels, LLC
Defective shower burned tot, mother claimed
Jonathan S. Damashek of Hecht Kleeger & Damashek, PC, NewYork, NY
2
12/1/2011
Settlement
$950,000
Wood v. Flatbush Gardens
Apartment’s tenants burned during re, blamed faulty outlet
Ralph J. Drabkin & Robert E. Mar- gulies of Drabkin & Margulies, New York, NY
3
1/30/2012
Mediated Settlement
$525,000
Ortiz v. Dames
Infant scalded in sink; mother blamed faulty boiler and faucet
Edward A. Steinberg of Leav & Stein- berg LLP, New York, NY
4
10/3/2011
Settlement
$400,000
Tropez v. Hotel Chan- dler, LLC
Hotel’s guest claimed faulty boiler led to scalding incident
Kenneth R. Shapiro of Philip J. Riz- zuto, PC, Carle Place, NY
5
1/24/2011
Settlement
$350,000
Manzueta v. 610-620 West 141 LLC
Apartment’s tenant scalded in tub, claimed boiler was defective
Eric H. Morrison of Morrison & Wag- ner, NewYork, NY
6
2/27/2012
Settlement
$23,500
Pugh v. Carriage House Apartments LLC
Apartment’s tenant claimed defective radiator burned him
William LaFauci of Joel L. Getreu, NewYork, NY
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