Jacoby & Meyers, LLP

SETTLEMENT: CONTRACTOR OVERWORKS EMPLOYEE WHO FALLS ASLEEP AT WHEEL Settlement: $3,500,000 Settlement.

SETTLEMENT: FIRE DEATH IN BRONX APARTMENT Settlement: $3,250,000.

SETTLEMENT: FIRE DEATH IN BRONX APARTMENT A $3,250,000 settlement was reached on behalf of the Estate of a 25 year old student who was burned to death when she was unable to escape from her 6th-floor apartment in the Bronx. Upon smelling smoke that was the result of garbage burning on the second floor of her building, she attempted to escape from the 6th floor by going into the stairwell.

VERDICT: DOUBLE PARKED CAR IN BROOKLYN HELD ACCOUNTABLE Settlement: $2,533,000 Verdict.

SETTLEMENT: MOTOR VEHICLE, TRACTOR TRAILER CRASH Settlement: $2.5 Million.

SETTLEMENT: CAR ACCIDENT CASE SETTLED BEFORE TRIAL Settlement: $2,500,000.

SETTLEMENT: CONTRACTOR AND OWNER FAIL TO PROVIDE SAFETY DEVICE – WORKER INJURED IN CEILING COLLAPSE A roofer is entitled to fall protection devices when they work on a construction site. When our client showed up at the sub-division being built on Staten Island, the general contractor did not provide any safety devices. As our client was laying shingles on the roof, the roof collapsed causing him to fall 25 feet to the ground. Had the contractor and owner provided him a safety harness or appropriate scaffolding, the roofer never would have been injured. The judge agreed and...

Settlement: Excavator On Construction Site Flips, Killing Operator Settlement: $1,900,000 Settlement.

Settlement: Defective Office Chair Collapses Settlement: $1,900,000 Settlement.

Settlement Settlement: $1,625,000.