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PREMISES LIABILITY
VERDICT & SETTLEMENTS
HALL OF FAME
NEGLIGENT REPAIR/MAINTENANCE : RECREATION FACILITIES
Rank
Case Date
Resolution
Award Total
Case Name
Case Description
Plainti ’s Law Firm
1
3/27/2012
Verdict- Plainti
$3,400,000
Padilla v. City of New York
Skate park’s ramp poorly main- tained, injured boy claimed
Joshua D. Kelner of Kelner & Kelner, New York, NY
2
5/1/2015
Verdict- Plainti
$1,425,000
Ramirez v. City of New York
Unchecked grass caused fall, in- jury, park’s patron claimed
Seth A. Harris & Stephen D. Wagner, III of Burns & Harris, New York, NY
3
9/7/2012
Verdict- Plainti
$570,000
Cruz v. Bronx Leb. Hosp. Center
Basketball court’s oor damaged and dangerous, plainti claimed
Christopher J. Donadio of Burns & Harris, New York, NY
4
6/23/2015
Verdict- Plainti
$505,500
Mishken v. 2465 Broadway As- sociates, LLC
Gym’s air condi- tioner created slippery hazard, patron claimed
Kathleen E. Beatty of Leav & Steinberg, L.L.P., New York, NY
5
4/25/2013
Mediated Settlement
$187,500
Barillaro v. Town of New Windsor
Town, soccer league didn’t x broken fence, suit alleged
Michael H. Forrester of Silver, Forrester & Lesser, PC, New Windsor, NY
6
6/24/2015
Settlement
$150,000
Bond v. Pea- body’s
Hockey player claimed lac- eration derailed career plans
Steven P. Shultz of Steve Shultz Law, Gansevoort, NY
7
12/3/2015
Settlement
$126,500
Burns v. City of New York
Injured bicyclist claimed path’s defect wasn’t repaired
Michael T. O’Leary of Law O ce of Michael T. O’Leary, PLLC, Hawthorne, NY
8
1/16/2013
Settlement
$100,000
Choi v. Chon Property Corp.
Spa ignored slippery condi- tions around pool, patron claimed
Robert Alan Saasto & Ryan Alan Saasto of Hicksville, NY, trial counsel, Sim & Park, LLP, New York, NY
9
1/13/2011
Settlement
$75,000
Sharlow v. Flora
Picnic table’s collapse caused injury of back, plainti alleged
Amy L. DiFranco & Gary J.
Gianforti of Culley, Marks, Tanenbaum & Pezzulo, LLP, Rochester, NY
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