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NEGLIGENT REPAIR/MAINTENANCE: LEAD PAINT
Rank
Case Date
Resolution
Award Total
Case Name
Case Description
Plainti ’s Law Firm
1
11/1/2013
Verdict- Plainti
$11,000,000
Ferguson v. Green- Point Financial Corp.
Apartment’s manager ignored lead-based paint, suit alleged
Thomas P. Giu ra & Jeremy A. Hell- man of Rheingold, Valet, Rheingold, McCartney & Giu ra LLP, NewYork, NY
2
5/23/2014
Decision- Plainti
$8,740,000
Pelaez v. Seide
Lead-based paint poisoned sons, mother claimed
Nancy F. Sachs, Westport, CT
3
10/11/2013
Verdict- Plainti
$3,000,000
Fowler v. Gun Hill Management Inc.
Apartment’s lead- based paint poi- soned child, mother claimed
Philip Monier,IIIofLevyPhillips& Konigsberg, L.L.P., NewYork, NY
3
1/20/2011
Settlement
$3,000,000
Colon v. 315 West 115th Street Co., L.P.
Child was poisoned by exposure to lead-based paint, suit alleged
Philip Monier, III of Levy, Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, NewYork, NY
5
8/30/2012
Settlement
$2,700,000
Perez v. Menford Realty Corp.
Infant poisoned by apartment’s lead- based paint, suit alleged
Philip Monier, III of Levy, Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, NewYork, NY
6
5/6/2013
Settlement
$2,500,000
Amparo v. Romo As- sociates
Apartment’s lead- based paint poisoned child, parent claimed
Philip Monier,IIIofLevyPhillips& Konigsberg, L.L.P., NewYork, NY
7
3/29/2011
Mediated Settlement
$400,000
Patterson v. Bozart Realty Corp
Boy poisoned by apartment’s lead- based paint, suit alleged
Robert A. Levy & Charles E. Green of Friedman, Levy, Goldfarb & Green PC, NewYork, NY
8
4/4/2011
Mediated Settlement
$375,000
Tillet v. Podolski
Boy poisoned by exposure to apart- ment’s lead, mother claimed
Liza MilgrimofSullivanPapainBlock McGrath & Cannavo PC, NewYork, NY
9
4/14/2011
Mediated Settlement
$350,000
Jiminez v. 1512, LLC
Apartment’s lead-based paint poisoned boy, parent alleged
Dennis BellovinofTrolman,Glaser& Lichtman, PC, NewYork, NY
10
1/19/2011
Mediated Settlement
$265,000
Cruz v. 2025 Regent Realty, LLC.
Child poisoned by apartment’s lead- based paint, mother alleged
Richard L. Goldberg of Peters, Berger, Koshel & Goldberg, Brooklyn, NY
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