Jacoby & Meyers, LLP

VERDICT: CONTRACTOR HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR UNSAFE HOME RENOVATIONS The case settled for the full policy amount of $500,000 plus an additional $22,000 paid by the contractor directly to cover our unnecessary court costs.

Settlement : Failure To Communicate A Breast Cancer Diagnose Our 52-year-old client routinely attended her annual physicals with her gynecologist until the gynecologist moved out of the area. Our client relied upon her family doctor to prescribe her mammograms, which were timely performed. Having not heard from the primary care physician, our client presumed the mammogram was negative and she had nothing to worry about. Unfortunately, the mammogram detected early-stage cancer, the primary doctor was told about it but he never called our client to advise her. As a result of not...

Settlement : Playground in Brooklyn The City of New York owns and maintains a playground in Brooklyn. A little girl and her family were playing in the park when a storm approached. As the family was leaving the playground, a rotted tree limb fell on the child, breaking her jaw and requiring extensive surgery. Jacoby & Meyers NY sued the City for allowing a dangerous condition to exist, and for not maintaining the trees in the park properly. The case was settled for $650,000 before trial. The case was handled by Trial Partner Linda Armatti.

Recovery for Motorcycle Crash Victim Settlement: $800,000 Settlement.

Settlement Wanting answers, our client wanted to know how his wife could die 6 days after what seemed like a routine vaginal delivery of their first child. During pregnancy she developed preeclampsia, not an uncommon pregnancy complication resulting in high blood pressure that can lead to kidney or liver damage. She also developed gestational diabetes, also not an uncommon pregnancy condition. While she was considered a high risk pregnancy, she was able to carry full term and have a routine vaginal delivery. Two days after delivery she was discharged to home where she started...

SETTLEMENT: HOMEOWNER ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLATING SIMPLE SAFETY RULES Managing Attorney David Akerib and Trial Attorney Sharon Scanlan settled the case prior to trial for $450,000.

SETTLEMENT: WEBSTER AVENUE AUTO ACCIDENT Settlement: $1,272,000 Our client, a 20-year-old Bronx resident and group home counselor on his way home from work, was struck head-on by a drunk driver on Webster Ave in the Bronx. Defendant was driving his employer’s vehicle at the time of the accident. Our client sustained a fractured wrist, a scar on his scalp and a fractured foot that required surgery and hardware. He was out of work for 11 months and had to quit his part-time college courses due to his injuries. Our client did return to college 4 years after the accident. Coverage...

Settlement After dinner with some friends, our client went for an early evening walk around her Little Neck, Long Island neighborhood with her guests. Just as she was crossing the street, a police officer failed to stop at a stop sign, hitting our client. Her friends witnessed the erratic driving of the officer and confirmed he failed to stop at the stop sign. Surprisingly, the police did not take any photos of the scene and attempted to blame our client by listing “pedestrian error/confusion” on the police report. Our 60-year-old client was taken to the hospital with a...

SETTLEMENT: NEW JERSEY DRIVER RUNS STOP SIGN Our 29-year-old client was driving on a clear summer day in Jersey City, New Jersey, when another driver ignored a stop sign and plowed into her vehicle. The other driver initially attempted to blame a parked commercial truck for the crash, claiming he couldn’t see the stop sign that he ran. When police investigated the scene they found the major contributing factor to the crash was the driver’s inattention, not the van. Our client was in immediate pain after the accident, yet did not realize at first how serious her injuries were. The...

SETTLEMENT: BRONX HOSPITAL BIRTH INJURY Settlement: $1,036,000 Erbs Palsy, sometimes diagnosed as brachial plexus palsy, is generally a preventable birth injury with the correct medical care by the doctor performing the delivery. Nearly 3 infants per 1,000 deliveries result in the infant’s arm hanging limply from the shoulder due to improper delivery methods used. That is exactly what happened during the delivery of our client in a Bronx hospital. Her right arm and shoulder were damaged when the doctor and nurses chose to proceed with a vaginal delivery even after the infant was...