The Ashley Law Firm

In damages for the families of victims in a landmark toxic waste poisoning case. Battling for nearly a quarter century on behalf of his clients, Mitchel reached a settlement with the city to compensate the families for the loss of their loved ones. For more information, please see the New York Times’ article.

In damages for a female security guard who was crossing the street in a crosswalk and was hit by a turning 18-wheel truck. She was dragged under the front of the truck for one block and suffered extensive injuries to both of her legs due to the car accident.

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To injured party. Mitchel successfully represented a child who was forced to live with Cerebral Palsy because the doctors failed to recognize her mother’s delivery was not proceeding correctly and they failed to perform a timely caesarean section. Working with the family post settlement, Mitchel set up a supplemental needs trust to provide for this young girl’s needs for the rest of her life.

For a young man who went to the dentist for a routine procedure of having his wisdom teeth extracted. The dentist failed to get out all of the tooth and did not properly give antibiotics in a timely manner. The young man suffered permanent cognitive loss.

Mitchel Ashley was able to hold two insurance companies who claimed they had no liability and who disclaimed coverage saying the incident wasn’t one they covered with their policies. Even though Mitchel had no guarantee of being able to get any insurance coverage for his injured client, he proceeded to trial.

Insurance policy for a pedestrian struck by a car in Nassau County. Even though the police report said the client was not in the cross walk and was walking against the light, the insurance company opted to settle the case rather than see what the jury would think.

$6 million for a woman who was pushing her daughter in a stroller and was struck by a car. The mother was severely injured and the child was killed as a result of the accident.

Verdict for car accident awarded to a man hit by a car on New York City. Mitchel successfully represented a man who was hit by a car while exiting his employer’s vehicle. The car that hit Mitchel’s client had minimal insurance coverage of $25,000. Mitchel correctly thought that the employer would have special insurance coverage called Supplementary Uninsured Motorist coverage which would allow his client to recover additional monies for his catastrophic leg fracture. Mitchel’s instincts and investigative efforts were rewarded by getting the injured person an additional settlement...

Confidential Verdicts and Settlements - Top NYC Personal Injury Attorneys The Metropolitan Transit Authority of NYC requested a confidential settlement before the beginning of a trial in a case involving a 65-year-old client of ours. The woman passenger tripped on the D train doorway at the 7th Avenue station. She was transferring from the E train to the D train when she encountered the doorway that was over 3 inches higher than the platform. Our legal team retained an expert for the case who clearly demonstrated the vertical gap of more than three inches was well beyond the acceptable...