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NEGLIGENT REPAIR/MAINTENANCE: LEAD PAINT
Rank
Case Date
Resolution
Award Total
Case Name
Case Description
Plainti ’s Law Firm
11
1/9/2013
Mediated Settlement
$250,000
Flores v. 610 West 157 Street Owner LLC
Boy poisoned by apartment’s lead- based paint, suit alleged
Robert VilenskyofRonemus&Vilen- sky, NewYork, NY
12
9/16/2011
Verdict- Plainti
$221,000
Hicks v. Stern
Landlord ignored chipping lead-based paint, tenant alleged
Michael A. Ponterio, Neil J. McKinnon & Keith R. Vona of Lipsitz & Ponterio L.L.C., Bu alo, NY
13
2/18/2011
Mediated Settlement
$175,000
Prieto v. 70 Rockaway Parkway, LLC
Landlord ignored apartment’s lead- based paint, suit alleged
Steven A. Weissman of Steven Weiss- man, NewYork, NY
14
10/17/2014
Verdict- Plainti
$15,000
Macon v. Spann
Landlord didn’t remove lead-based paint, tenant claimed
Anne E. Joynt, Joseph T. Kremer & Zachary J. Woods of Lipsitz & Ponte- rio, LLC, Bu alo, NY
NEGLIGENT REPAIR/MAINTENANCE: PARKING LOTS & GARAGES
Rank
Case Date
Resolution
Award Total
Case Name
Case Description
Plainti ’s Law Firm
1
7/15/2013
Settlement
$900,000
Charles v. 5913 Realty Associates
Parking lot’s owner didn’t x drainage problem, suit alleged
Howard G. Frederick of Silbowitz, Ga- rafola, Silbowitz, Schatz & Frederick, LLP, NewYork, NY
2
7/28/2014
Settlement
$290,000
Begley v. City of New York
City ignored sunken grate in parking lot, plainti claimed
Pat James Crispi of Keogh Crispi, PC, NewYork, NY
3
1/29/2015
Arbitration
$206,592
Ladika v. Tara-59 Holding Corp.
Employer ignored
hazards in parking lot, plainti claimed
Michael E. Greenspan of Greenspan & Greenspan, White Plains, NY
4
11/4/2012
Mediated Settlement
$200,000
Spinelli v. Vornado Burnside Plaza LLC
Parking lot’s uneven pavement a hazard, plainti claimed
Brad A. Kau man of The Law O ces of Brad A. Kau man, PLLC, NewYork, NY
5
2/9/2011
Settlement
$185,000
Kotlarich v. Thompson Station Inc
Mall’s patron claimed parking lot’s man- hole cover a hazard
Richard GreenblattofRutberg&As- sociates PC, Poughkeepsie, NY
6
10/28/2015
Mediated Settlement
$130,000
Alonge v. WMB Gidney Avenue Realty Ltd.
Parking lot not well monitored after storm, plainti claimed
Peter M. Cordovano of Peter M. Cordovano, PC, Highland, NY
7
3/18/2015
Settlement
$43,000
Craig v. Ceruzzi Prop- erties, LLC
Supermarket’s patron claimed parking lot wasn’t maintained
Regina FitzpatrickofMainetti, Mainetti & O’Connor, PC, Kingston, NY
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