Cohen & Cohen Personal Injury Lawyers, P.C.

Client fell on the exterior steps of his apartment complex; soft tissue ankle injury treated without surgery. The client was willing to accept $250,000 and the defence argued anything more than $75,000 was excessive - both are NEGOTIATING POSITIONS, not recoveries. The property owner retained a renowned defence firm; the firm argued before the appellate court and obtained a total of $522,000. Obtained after argument before the appellate court.

Elevator service technician suffered serious injuries after slipping and falling on a dangerous snow and ice condition on the roof of a commercial building in Staten Island. Default judgment secured after the defendant failed to appear or answer the complaint, resulting in an award at the inquest. County: Staten Island. Default judgment / inquest award.

Client slipped and fell on the exterior asphalt pavement of the parking lot of the Bulova Building in Jackson Heights, Queens, on snow and ice; fracture of the left femoral neck with displacement requiring left hip hemiarthroplasty. Storm-in-progress defence raised; forensic meteorologist and professional engineer established a settled depression in the pavement that accumulated ice. Defendants' motion to dismiss denied. County: Queens (Jackson Heights). Settled prior to trial.