Abend & Silber, PLLC

Settlement for motorist with lumbar spine injury.

Settlement for woman with a fractured ankle from head-on collision. Defendant’s insurance limits were only $100,000. We successfully argued to the Appellate Division that defendant was engaged in employment at the time of the accident, even though he was in his own personal vehicle, off premises and the accident did not occur during his normal work hours. The employer contributed $350,000 to the settlement while the appeal was pending.

Settlement after $350,000 jury verdict in Nassau County Supreme Court for woman with lumbar spine disc herniations which were treated with steroid injections. The defendant’s policy limits were $250,000. The case was settled after the verdict for $400,000 which included separate payments for interest ($70,000) and bad faith claims ($80,000) from the insurance company for it’s failure to negotiate the case in good faith.

Settlement for client who was assaulted/robbed as a result of the failure of the owner & manager of an apartment building to provide basic security (a working lock on the front door) for residents. (Negligent Security).

Settlement with State Liquidation Bureau (receivers for bankrupt insurers) for motorist who sustained serious injuries in multi-vehicle collision. This case settled for nearly the entire policy limit on the eve of trial in Supreme Court, Suffolk County.

Settlement for woman who slipped on ice in parking lot.

Settlement for 70 year old woman who sustained eye injury due to negligent supervision at fitness club.

Multi Million dollar structured settlement Erb’s Palsy Multi Million dollar structured settlement for infant who sustained nerve injury in arm as a result of traumatic delivery with excessive traction to the delicate nerves surrounding the brachial plexus.

+ in settlements in Supreme Court, New York County for two women against a laboratory that misread their pap smear studies and thus delayed their diagnosis of cervical cancer.

Multi Million Dollar Structured Settlement Failure to Diagnose Cancer Multi Million Dollar Structured Settlement for the family of a Long Island woman who passed away as a result of advanced stage breast cancer which was not diagnosed timely, while curable, at an earlier stage.