Cohen & Jaffe, LLP

Passenger whose injured knee required multiple surgical procedures.

While on vacation in Puerto Rico the client slipped and fell after exiting a hotel elevator; the floor had been wet from mopping with no warning signs. Fractured hip requiring operative intervention back in New York. The firm successfully fought for the right to litigate the case in New York, where its value was substantially higher.

A woman was struck by a tractor trailer and the insurance company contested liability; injuries to the shoulder, neck and back, with cervical fusion surgery. Settlement after depositions.

Settlement — Woman who endured bilateral ankle fractures, one of which required surgery; the defence argued the condition causing her fall was 'open and obvious'.

Exacerbation of prior neck, back and knee injuries resulting in percutaneous discectomy.

Settlement — 68 year old woman who was rear-ended in Queens County by a tractor trailer and suffered neck, back and shoulder injuries, resulting in the need for shoulder arthroscopic surgery and lumbar and cervical percutaneous discectomy procedures. MERGED: the page prints this matter TWICE - once as "$500,000 Rear End Accident" and once as "$500,000 Rear-Ended Tractor Trailer Settlement*" (asterisk in the site's own heading), under two different per-case slugs, with the same injuries; the asterisked rendering is the richer one and is used here. County: Queens County.

Rear end accident where the court refused to grant summary judgment to the plaintiff; plaintiff had a history of prior back pain which this accident exacerbated, requiring a discectomy. Initial offer was 100k - a REJECTED OFFER, not a recovery - and after litigating liability the case went to mediation and settled at 400k. MERGED: printed TWICE, as "$400,000 Rear-end Car Accident" and "$400,000 Rear End MVA Settlement*" (asterisk in the site's own heading), under two different per-case slugs, with VERBATIM IDENTICAL text. Settlement at mediation.

Pedestrian struck while legally crossing the street; soft tissue spinal injuries and permanent scarring. Hit-and-run case requiring extensive investigation, as the driver fled the scene and later denied involvement at deposition; FOIL requests uncovered accident scene footage.

Avid motorcyclist travelling in Queens was thrown from his Harley Davidson by a large metal construction plate in the roadway with no warning signs and no transition paving; fractured scapula. The City of New York took a 'no pay' position blaming the entire accident on the client. County: Queens. Settlement during the trial.

46-year-old pedestrian struck by a left turning vehicle, resulting in injuries requiring shoulder surgery, and neck and back injuries requiring a lumbar percutaneous discectomy. The insurer failed to respond to numerous attempts to settle until after summary judgment on liability was obtained less than 7 months after the accident date.