The Law Office of Richard M. Kenny

Settlement obtained for paralyzed dockworker in the Gulf of Mexico. Our office teamed up with local counsel in Shreveport, Louisiana to obtain justice for this badly injured young man.

$13 Millionsettlement for a roadway design case in a difficult and conservative venue. Our firm made history after settling in favor of a victim who suffered catastrophic injuries in a car accident. The cause of the car accident was traced back to a dangerously designed road. Both the city and the other driver were compelled to compensate our client, totaling an award of 13 million dollars.

Settlement in a case brought against New York City for an accident involving a bicyclist and a city sanitation sweeper.

$4.6 Millionsettlement involving infant brain damage as a result of a traumatic delivery.After much contention from our opponents, the firm was able to settle a tragic case of birth injury. Our client’s child suffered lifelong brain damage after traumatic delivery due to the doctors’ failure to respond to fetal distress. The settlement totaled $4.6 million in damages.

For a brain-damaged man injured when he fell from a scaffold. Our client, in this case, was a construction worker who was not given the proper safety equipment to perform his tasks. As a result, he fell from a scaffold at the top of the structure and sustained permanent brain damage that would keep him from working for the rest of his life. We were able to prove the supervisors’ liability and secured a settlement of $4.35 million.

Verdict for a police officer who claimed discrimination by superiors who were preventing him from receiving psychiatric assistance.

Settlement for a Spanish speaking cook involved in an intersectional collision in Nassau County resulting in multiple spinal surgeries. The settlement figure on this case was exceptional on account of the client being a percentage at fault for the happening of this accident. James Lundy of this office was asked to assist the law office of Zemsky and Solomon at mediation on this matter.

Settlement involving traumatic amputation of a child’s finger in a paper shredding machine not properly equipped with safety guard.

Settlement in a head-on car accident case causing Traumatic Brain Injury in Suffolk County. The opposing vehicle only had $1.2M in available coverage, although we were able to settle well before the trial was on the calendar.

Settlement in a case involving a fire that consumed a building and took the life of our client. The claim was predicated on the building failing to ensure that there were adequate means of escape in case a fire that started in the lobby and thus prevented the client from being able to escape through conventional means. The Landlord had failed to ensure that the deceased could gain access to available fire escapes.