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Rank
Case Date
Resolution
Award Total
Case Name
Case Description
Plainti ’s Law Firm
25
6/12/2012
Arbitration
$425,000
Fragaso v. Parapi
Apartment building’s tenant tore Achilles tendon in fall on stairs
Andrew M. Laskin of Robinson & Yablon, PC, NewYork, NY
26
6/9/2011
Verdict- Mixed
$417,500
Encarnacion v. Monier
Stairway’s lack of a banister a hazard, plainti claimed
Christopher R. Dean of Dell, Little, Trovato & Vecere, L.L.P., Bohemia, NY, trial counsel, Bergman, Berg- man, Goldberg & Lamonso , LLP, Hicksville, NY
27
11/19/2014
Verdict- Plainti
$400,000
Krusz v. New York City Transit Authority
Subway station’s icy stairs were ignored, plainti claimed
Eric TurkewitzofTheTurkewitzLaw Firm, NewYork, NY
28
3/2/2011
Verdict- Plainti
$342,600
May v. Hartsdale Manor Owners Corp.
Apartment’s tenant claimed he broke leg in fall on icy stairway
Michael V. Kaplen of DeCaro & Kaplen, L.L.P., NewYork, NY
29
2/17/2011
Verdict- Plainti
$300,000
Kurek v. Borkowski
Homeowner failed to address hazardous stairway, suit alleged
Joelle T. Jensen of Dinkes & Schwit- zer, NewYork, NY
30
5/1/2012
Settlement
$225,000
Desprez v. 840 Realty LLC
Building’s porter ig- nored slippery stairs, suit alleged
Stuart WagnerofMorrison&Wag- ner, NewYork, NY
31
12/20/2013
Settlement
$220,000
Megnauth v. 1214 Sheridan Realty, LLC
Building’s superin- tendent ignored slippery stairs, tenant claimed
Alan M. Greenberg of Law O ces of Alan Greenberg, PC, NewYork, NY
32
9/11/2012
Settlement
$200,000
Temple v. NYC Transit Authority
Subway station’s stairs an icy hazard, commuter alleged
Lee M. Huttner of trial counsel, Silbowitz, Garafola, Silbowitz, Schatz & Frederick LLP, New York, NY
32
8/3/2011
Verdict- Plainti
$200,000
Bracker v. MTA / New York City Transit Authority
Subway station’s stairway sticky and hazardous, plainti claimed
Andrea V. Borden of Burns & Harris, NewYork, NY
32
2/23/2011
Settlement
$200,000
Means v. City of New York
Plainti ’s fall on stairs blamed on sloppy repair work
Adam H. Rossol of Robinson & Yablon, PC, NewYork, NY, trial coun- sel, Morton J. Sealove, NewYork, NY
35
8/31/2011
Settlement
$180,000
Visscher v. Water- house Restaurant Inc.
Guest cook claimed he slipped on restau- rant’s greasy stairs
John P. Coseo of McMahon & Coseo, PC, Saratoga Springs, NY
36
9/23/2013
Settlement
$170,000
Jakubowski v. New York City Transit Authority
Stairway’s dam- aged step wasn’t addressed, plainti claimed
Paul A. Yakaitis of Bader, Yakaitis & Nonnenmacher, NewYork, NY
52 September 2016