Abend & Silber, PLLC published results · page 1

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• $1,000,000 — Supreme Court, New York County for a client who developed advanced stage bone cancer as a result of the failure of his doctor, one of the most famous bone cancer specialists, to properly treat the disease when it could have been diagnosed at its earliest stages.
• $1,000,000 — Supreme Court, Queens County for a 66 year old pedestrian struck by a moped.
• $850,000 — A pedestrian who was knocked down by a truck while crossing Columbus Avenue. Our client sustained a fractured collar bone and rib as well as a traumatic brain injury.
• $825,000 — Failing to timely diagnose and treat a perforation following lap band surgery.
• $750,000 — For woman who slipped and fell on ice on New York City Sidewalk who suffered a fractured ankle.
• $750,000 — A 69 year old woman who fractured her shoulder due to a cracked sidewalk.
• $650,000 — Supreme Court, New York County (Manhattan) for a man who fell down the stairs at a restaurant causing a wrist fracture.
• $600,000 — During trial for a man who broke his wrist falling on black ice on a driveway.
• $500,000 — Failing to diagnose a pulmonary embolism.
• $500,000 — Jury verdict in Supreme Court, Kings County for a man whose colon was perforated during a colonoscopy and biopsy removal.
• $500,000 — Motorist with lumbar spine injury.
• $450,000 — Woman with a fractured ankle from head-on collision. Defendant’s insurance limits were only We successfully argued to the Appellate Division that defendant was engaged in employment at the time of the accident, even though he was in his own personal vehicle, off premises and the accident did not occur during his normal work hours. The employer contributed to the settlement while the appeal was pending.
• $400,000 — Settlement after jury verdict in Nassau County Supreme Court for woman with lumbar spine disc herniations which were treated with steroid injections. The defendant’s policy limits were The case was settled after the verdict for which included separate payments for interest ( ) and bad faith claims ( ) from the insurance company for it’s failure to negotiate the case in good faith.
• $350,000 — Client who was assaulted/robbed as a result of the failure of the owner & manager of an apartment building to provide basic security (a working lock on the front door) for residents. (Negligent Security).
• $285,000 — With State Liquidation Bureau (receivers for bankrupt insurers) for motorist who sustained serious injuries in multi-vehicle collision. This case settled for nearly the entire policy limit on the eve of trial in Supreme Court, Suffolk County.
• $200,000 — Woman who slipped on ice in parking lot.
• $180,000 — 70 year old woman who sustained eye injury due to negligent supervision at fitness club.
• Multi Million dollar structured settlement — Multi Million dollar structured settlement for infant who sustained nerve injury in arm as a result of traumatic delivery with excessive traction to the delicate nerves surrounding the brachial plexus.
• $2,000,000 + — In settlements in Supreme Court, New York County for two women against a laboratory that misread their pap smear studies and thus delayed their diagnosis of cervical cancer.
• Multi Million Dollar Structured Settlement — Multi Million Dollar Structured Settlement for the family of a Long Island woman who passed away as a result of advanced stage breast cancer which was not diagnosed timely, while curable, at an earlier stage.