Cohen & Jaffe, LLP

Amount not reported Plaintiff, a doctor at a major local hospital, was hit in the rear while stopped at a light and released from the Emergency Room with a diagnosis of neck sprain. The defendant's insurer dismissed her complaints of headaches, dizziness, nausea, insomnia and forgetfulness as 'insignificant' and took a 'no pay' position as her symptoms deteriorated. Over the following year the firm gathered evidence from witnesses in her personal and professional life to show the severity of the TBI, and the carrier paid its entire policy. Settlement, entire policy paid.

Motorcyclist struck by a motor vehicle causing paraplegia.

Amount not reported settlement — Elderly woman living in Brooklyn went to the hospital emergency department complaining of severe headaches after a fall days earlier; the hospital ordered a CT scan of her head, told her it was normal and sent her home to rest. She died that same week of a brain bleed the hospital doctors failed to see on the CT scans. Several renowned radiology experts could not fathom how the scans were misread. WRONGFUL DEATH - compensation obtained for the victim's family, 'well into the 6 figures'. County: Brooklyn.

Amount not reported Young woman in her 20s was t-boned by a van that ran a stop sign; she did not go to hospital immediately and in the days that followed became forgetful and had excruciating headaches with neck and back pain. The carrier evaluated the case as a simple sprain and offered nuisance value; the firm retained concussion experts and prepared for trial for two years, and before a jury was selected forced the carrier to settle for more than 100 times its original offer. Settlement before jury selection.

Child passenger in two-car collision sustaining fractured skull.