Friedman, Levy, Goldfarb, Green & Bagley, P.C.

Settlement — Taxi Accident, Manhattan As our 80-year-old client was entering a yellow taxicab on the upper eastside of Manhattan, the driver of the cab began to pull away from the curb before our client was fully in the cab. Our client fell out of the taxi onto the road, hitting his head on the pavement. He was rushed to the hospital with a traumatic brain injury which required the surgical insertion of a ventricular catheter to drain the subdural hematoma he suffered in the fall. We immediately commenced a lawsuit, and after the taxi’s insurance company offered its entire...

Settlement — Pedestrian Hit by SUV While Crossing Street, Queens An 80 year old woman was walking home on Jewel Avenue in Forest Hills when she was hit by an SUV as she crossed within the crosswalk. The SUV driver was stopped at a stop sign waiting to make right turn onto Jewel Avenue and was looking to her left for an opening in traffic. When the driver spotted an opening to her left, she proceeded to roll forward into the crosswalk without looking forward to see if any pedestrians were crossing in front of her. Our client sustained fractures to her elbow and knee and required...

Settlement — Piece of Building Strikes Pedestrian, Manhattan Our 40-year-old client lived every New Yorker’s worst nightmare. As he walked on a Manhattan sidewalk, a football size piece of building ledge broke off and fell to the sidewalk striking our client in the head, fracturing his skull and causing a traumatic brain injury. The ledge had previously been repaired pursuant to Local Law 11, but the repairs that were made used improper materials resulting in the piece of ledge breaking off the building. Our firm hired structural engineers to inspect the cement, and they...