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NEGLIGENT REPAIR AND/OR MAINTENANCE: ELEVATOR
Rank
Case Date
Resolution
Award Total
Case Name
Case Description
Plainti ’s Law Firm
1
3/4/2014
Settlement
$1,350,000
Dautaj v. Alliance Elevator Co.
Elevator’s repairman damaged hatch door, plainti claimed
Ylber Albert Dauti of The Dauti Law Firm, PC, NewYork, NY
2
7/13/2011
Settlement
$1,200,000
Bajrami v. 5400 Co.
Elevator’s malfunc- tion ignored, plainti alleged
Ylber Albert Dauti of The Dauti Law Firm, PC, NewYork, NY
3
4/29/2011
Mediated Settlement
$900,000
Mejia v. Grove Gar- dens Associates LLC
Partygoer fell down elevator’s shaft, claimed defect of door
VitoA.Cannavo&Liza Milgrimof Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo PC, New York, NY
4
10/8/2015
Mediated Settlement
$775,000
Sterling v. 801 Co- Op City Boulevard Realty, LLC
Elevator plummeted ve oors, stopped suddenly, rider claimed
Marc L. Rich of Rich & Rich, PC, New York, NY
5
1/11/2011
Verdict- Plainti
$750,000
Gomez v. Christos Realty Inc.
Building’s owner
didn’t shut down faulty elevator, suit alleged
Robert J. Bellinson of trial counsel, Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro LLP, New York, NY
6
10/6/2014
Settlement
$675,000
Rosario v. New York City Housing Author- ity
Elevator ascended with doors open; passenger crushed
Eric K. Schwarz of Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo PC, New York, NY
7
4/2/2015
Mediated Settlement
$650,000
Rivas v. Arctec Eleva- tor Service Inc.
Elevator ascended with doors open; man’s legs were crushed
Lawrence B. Saftler of Saftler & Bacher, PLLC, New York, NY
8
4/15/2011
Verdict- Mixed
$400,000
Raniolo v. City of
New York Educa- tional Construction Fund
Neglected elevator malfunctioned, plainti alleged
William G. Scher of Garbarini & Scher, PC, New York, NY
9
8/2/2012
Verdict- Plainti
$327,009
Harden v. No. 1 Times Square Devel- opment, LLC
Elevator’s free fall caused fracture of hip, passenger claimed
Joseph G. Macaluso of Macaluso & Fa nski, PC, Bronx, NY
10
6/16/2011
Verdict- Plainti
$266,000
Silva v. Jerome Ter- race Associates, L.P.
Plainti claimed he broke shoulder after tripping in elevator
Jonathan O. Michaels of Pena & Kahn, PLLC, Bronx, NY
11
4/30/2014
Settlement
$87,500
Bosland v. North Main Street United Methodist Church
Church didn’t regularly inspect elevator, plainti claimed
Jay A. Smith of Flink Smith Law LLC, Albany, NY
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