Georgaklis & Mallas PLLC published results · page 1

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• $1,000,000 — Our client sustained serious spinal injuries which require surgical intervention. Defendants contended that the accident involved a light impact and could not have caused the injuries to our client. Defendants claimed that the injuries stemmed from pre-existing conditions that occurred as a result of two prior car accidents. We were able to show that the injuries were as a result of this accident and that our client was unable to return to work as a school teacher as a result.
• $900,000 — The 67-year-old had a nerve severed in her dominant arm causing her to lose some use of that arm which required a further surgery to transplant a nerve for her to regain use of the function in that arm. The defendants argued that there was no departure from good and accepted practice and that this was simply a risk of the surgery. However, we were able to demonstrate, through the use of experts, that in fact the defendants’ surgeon was unaware that he had transected the nerve causing the damage, and thus, departed from good and accepted medical practice.
• $875,000 — As a result there were serious spinal injuries which necessitated surgery.
• $830,000 — As a result, he sustained fractures to his arm which necessitated surgical intervention.
• $800,000 — Georgaklis & Mallas, PLLC is pleased to announce a settlement in the amount of . This settlement was achieved by Managing Partner and Senior Trial Attorney, Kostantinos “Gus” Mallas, after resting plaintiff’s case on this Wrongful Death case.
• $770,000 — Kostantinos Mallas, the partner in charge of the personal injury department and senior trial attorney, proved that the defendant committed malpractice by failing to provide blood thinners to his patient who injured her knee on Christmas day in 2009. The defendants argued that the medical standard did not indicate the need for blood thinners in this instance. Through expert testimony, Mr. Mallas was able to convince the jury that it was a deviation from good an accepted medical practice not to prescribe blood thinners. The decedent ultimately developed a deep vein thrombosis (blood clot) which led to a pulmonary embolism, causing her death on January 20, 2010.
• $762,500 — .00 – For a 38 year old woman who injured her back when she slipped and fell on ice in a Costco parking lot.
• $750,000 — .00 – For a construction worker that was injured on a job-made ladder, when he fell a short distance and injured his back.
• $675,000 — He broke his ankle, necessitating surgical intervention.
• $650,000 — As a result, she sustained a herniated disc in her spine.
• $625,000 — As a result, she suffered injuries to her wrist, shoulder and back which prevented her from returning to her job.
• $606,000 — Prior to trial the man died of complications from his injuries. The 86 year old man never testified the proof was entirely circumstantial evidence of how he tripped and fell.
• $600,000 — .00 – For a painter who fell from a ladder and suffered spinal injuries as well as an injury to his knee.
• $585,000 — .00 – For a middle aged woman whose vehicle was struck in the rear which caused her spinal injuries.
• $500,000 — .00 – For a driver whose car was struck by a Department of Transportation vehicle which failed to yield at a stop sign.
• $500,000 — New York, June 30th, 2023. This settlement was achieved by partner, Gregory S. Lombardi, for a construction worker injured at a construction jobsite when he fell from an I beam while carrying lumber. The injured worker was not provided the requisite safety harnesses, ladders, and/or hoists to complete this work. As a result of this accident, the injured worker suffered a torn meniscus which required surgery and an injury to his back.
• $500,000 — As a result, he sustained a fracture of his orbital bone.
• $400,000 — .00 – For a firefighter that fell on debris on a roof and suffered a torn labrum in his shoulder.
• $400,000 — .00 – For a pedestrian who was struck by a motor vehicle and suffered neck, back, and hip injuries.
• $400,000 — .00 – For a man whose car collided with a bus and suffered an injury to his knee which required surgery.
• $380,000 — .00 – For a delivery man that slipped on grease at a diner and broke his ankle.
• $375,000 — .00 – For an elderly driver of a motor vehicle that crashed with another car on the highway and sustained spasms to his spine.
• $340,000 — .00 – For a woman who tripped and fell on a sidewalk and broke her elbow.
• $300,000 — .00 – For a man who had an arthroscopic surgery to his shoulder as a result of a motor vehicle incident that occurred while he was making a left hand turn.
• $280,000 — A 61-year-old woman who went in for a routine colonoscopy and had her colon perforated. The perforated colon was in fact a risk of a colonoscopy, our firm showed that this particular case due to a poor prep, the colonoscopy should have been aborted. In failure to abort the colonoscopy that was a departure from good and accepted medical practice.
• $200,000 — .00 – For a 50-year-old woman who tripped and fell on a piece of broken sidewalk and sustained a broken wrist.