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PREMISES LIABILITY
VERDICT & SETTLEMENTS
HALL OF FAME
NEGLIGENT REPAIR AND/OR MAINTENANCE: STAIRS
Rank
Case Date
Resolution
Award Total
Case Name
Case Description
Plainti ’s Law Firm
1
2/27/2012
Settlement
$3,250,000
Reeves v. 1710 Broad- way, LLC
Icy conditions caused leak on stairway, plainti claimed
Aaron G. Baily of The Law O ce of Aaron G. Baily, White Plains, NY & Bryan J. Swerling, NewYork, NY
2
6/29/2012
Mediated Settlement
$3,000,000
Aquila v. Horizon House Co. LLC
Repairs worsened dangerous stairway, plainti claimed
Marc E. Freund, Thomas J. Moverman & Alan M. Shapey of Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman, PC, NewYork, NY
3
2/29/2012
Verdict- Plainti
$2,642,000
Cancel v. Alpert Contracting & Mainte- nance Inc.
Building’s damaged stairway a hazard, plainti claimed
Joseph GorczycaofSchwartzapfel Partners PC, Jericho, NY
4
10/27/2011
Verdict- Plainti
$2,610,000
Molina v. N.Y.C.T.A.
Suit: Trash a recurrent problem on subway station’s stairs
Andrea V. Borden of Burns & Harris, NewYork, NY
5
8/22/2013
Verdict- Plainti
$2,000,000
Castelan v. New York City Transit Authority
Stairway’s shaky rail- ing ignored during maintenance, suit alleged
Thomas P. O’Malley of Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman, PC, NewYork, NY
6
2/1/2013
Mediated Settlement
$1,900,000
Shatarah v. Coverall North America Inc.
Freshly mopped stairway a hazard, plainti claimed
Daniel P. O’Toole & Frederick C. Aranki of Block O’Toole & Murphy, LLP, NewYork, NY
7
10/20/2015
Mediated Settlement
$1,750,000
Reece v. Gamma Bedford, LLC
Building’s tenant claimed lobby’s steps lacked proper handrail
Judd F. Kleeger of Hecht Kleeger & Damashek, PC, NewYork, NY
8
3/15/2012
Settlement
$1,650,000
Tiongson v. 5100 Sunrise, LLC
Stairway’s repair created new hazard, plainti claimed
Kostantinos MallasofGeorgaklis& Mallas PLLC, Brooklyn, NY, trial coun- sel, Crasto & Associates, Brooklyn, NY
9
12/23/2013
Settlement
$1,250,000
Matos v. City of New York
Training facil- ity’s rusty stairway a hazard, police o cer claimed
David B. Golomb of Law O ces of David B. Golomb, NewYork, NY
10
5/28/2014
Verdict- Plainti
$1,240,000
Simpson v. AD Marcus Garvey Realty Inc.
Stairway’s damage ignored for a year, plainti claimed
Howard G. Frederick of Silbowitz, Ga- rafola, Silbowitz, Schatz & Frederick, L.L.P., NewYork, NY
11
3/30/11
Settlement
$1,175,000
MacWhinnie v. Mac- Whinnie
Boiler-carrying plain- ti crushed when stairs collapsed
Denny BrownofGruenberg&Kelly, Ronkonkoma, NY
12
3/4/2013
Settlement
$1,150,000
Reyes v. 421 Melrose, LLC.
Neglected stairway a hazard, building’s visitor claimed
Judd F. Kleeger of Hecht, Kleeger & Damashek, PC, NewYork, NY
50 September 2016