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NEGLIGENT REPAIR AND/OR MAINTENANCE: STAIRS
Rank
Case Date
Resolution
Award Total
Case Name
Case Description
Plainti ’s Law Firm
13
3/14/2012
Settlement
$925,000
Bailey v. Conway Stores Inc.
Store’s stairway littered with debris, injured customer alleged
Nicholas I. Timko of Kahn, Gordon, Timko & Rodriques, PC, NewYork, NY
14
8/8/2013
Verdict- Plainti
$862,255
Gonzalez v. N.Y.C.T.A.
Unresolved leak damaged subway station’s stairs, suit alleged
Joseph S. Rosato of Rosato & Luc- ciola, PC, NewYork, NY
15
12/21/2011
Settlement
$825,000
Murray v. Barcov Holding Corp.
Stairway’s risers, handrail a hazard, plainti claimed
Andrew D. Leftt of David P. Kownacki, PC, NewYork, NY
16
7/6/2012
Verdict- Plainti
$700,000
Pinto v. 1432 Doris Street LLC
Building’s owner ignored muddy stair- way, worker claimed
Gregory S. Gastman of Gorayeb & Associates, PC, NewYork, NY
17
2/11/2015
Settlement
$675,000
Blakney v. New York City Housing Author- ity
Building’s manager ignored damaged stairway, suit alleged
Evan M. LaPenna of Paris & Chaikin PLLC, Fresh Meadows, NY
18
5/7/2015
Verdict- Plainti
$674,000
Odell v. Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 2, LLC
Job site’s stairway not well lighted, electri- cian claimed
Gregory W. Bagen of Gregory W. Bagen Attorney at Law, Brewster, NY
19
8/18/2015
Verdict- Plainti
$650,000
Rambarran v. New York City Transit Authority
Stairway’s protrud- ing bolts a hazard, subway’s patron alleged
James P. Benintendi of Sacco & Fillas, LLP, Astoria, NY
20
1/25/2011
Verdict- Plainti
$500,000
Sow v. Harlem River Park Houses Inc.
Fall on stairs ended career, computer operator claimed
Howard G. Frederick of Silbowitz Ga- rafola Silbowitz Schatz & Frederick, L.L.P., NewYork, NY
20
1/11/2012
Mediated Settlement
$500,000
Urrutia v. Old West- bury Golf & Country Club Inc.
Country club’s stairs a slippery hazard, deliveryman claimed
Kevin T. Grennan of Law O ces of Kevin T. Grennan, PLLC, Garden City, NY
20
10/26/2011
Mediated Settlement
$500,000
Molina v. M. Plaza L.P.
Building’s porter ignored stairway’s hazard, plainti alleged
JustinM.Blitz&Fredrick Schulman of Schulman Blitz, LLP, New York, NY
23
2/5/2015
Verdict- Plainti
$494,535
Wilcox v. Champlain Valley Physicians Hos- pital Medical Center
Hospital’s icy stairs weren’t checked for days, visitor claimed
Thomas J. Pronti of Finkelstein & Partners, LLP, Albany, NY
24
6/20/2012
Verdict- Plainti
$450,000
Ivanova v. City of New York
Subway station’s stairs a hazard, plain- ti claimed
Shareef RabaaofWeitz&Luxenberg, PC, NewYork, NY
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