Sternberg, Daniel S.‚ Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton‚
New York‚ 212-225-2630
Sullivan, Robert J.‚ Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom‚
New York‚ 212-735-2930
Tempest, Drake S.‚ Dechert‚ New York‚ 212-698-3689
Thoyer, Judith R.‚ Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison‚
New York‚ 212-373-3002
Tindell, Jeffrey W.‚ Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom‚
New York‚ 212-735-3380
Townsend, III, Robert I.‚ Cravath Swaine & Moore‚ New York‚
212-474-1000
Vasily, John M.‚ Debevoise & Plimpton‚ New York‚
212-909-6000
Vlahakis, Patricia A.‚ Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz‚ New York‚
212-403-1206
Warner, Douglas P.‚ Weil Gotshal & Manges‚ New York‚
212-310-8000
Weinberg, Jeffrey J.‚ Weil Gotshal & Manges‚ New York‚
212-310-8000
Grumbach, Antonia M.‚ Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler‚
New York‚ 212-336-2840
Korman, Rochelle‚ Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler‚ New York‚
212-336-2680
Krainin, Richard J.‚ Arent Fox‚ New York‚ 212-484-3918
Mann, Pamela A.‚ Law Offices of Pamela A. Mann‚ New York‚
212-566-3200
Perlman, Seth I.‚ Perlman & Perlman‚ New York‚ 212-889-0575
Samuels, David G.‚ Duval & Stachenfeld‚ New York‚
212-692-5981
Sare, John P.‚ Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler‚ New York‚
212-336-2000
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Aaron, Clifford B.‚ London Fischer‚ New York‚ 212-331-9460
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Aceste, Vincent J.‚ Vincent J. Aceste Esq.‚ White Plains‚
914-358-9820
Bard, Jeffrey‚ Lawrence Worden Rainis & Bard‚ Melville‚
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Bottari, Paul J.‚ Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker‚
New York‚ 212-915-5520
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$90.3 million - verdict
Brain-damaged baby caused
by negligent neonatal care
$64 million - verdict
Brain-damaged baby caused
by obstetrical malpractice
$30 million - verdict
Child struck by truck -
leg fractures and cognitive injuries
$22.9 million - verdict
Ferry crash caused fracture
of passenger’s neck, paralysis
$21.3 million - verdict
Fatal crash caused by car
turning across traffic
$20 million - settlement
Motorist pinned by car -
leg amputations
$17.8 million - verdict
Passenger in automobile
accident - herniated disc
$16.8 million - verdict
Plaintiff’s van struck in rear
by tractor-trailer - multiple injuries
$14 million - settlement
Customer hit by falling
merchandise - paralysis
$14 million - settlement
Brain-damaged baby caused
by obstetrical malpractice
$12.5 million - settlement
Injuries to motorcyclist caused by
improper signs on roadway
$9.5 million - verdict
Pedestrian struck by taxi
due to steam condition on street
$7.75 million - verdict
Police officer’s car hit by drunk
driver - knee and back injuries
$7 million - verdict
Matron in ambulette struck by truck,
resulted in herniated discs
$7 million - settlement
Child struck by truck
resulted in skull fracture
$7 million - settlement
Brain-damaged baby caused
by neonatal malpractice
$7 million - settlement
Child struck by drunk driver
caused brain damage
$6.5 million - settlement
Brain-damaged baby caused
by obstetrical malpractice
$6 million - settlement
Negligent design of gas station -
customer hit by car
$5.5 million - settlement
Motorist injured on negligently
designed and maintained roadway
$5.5 million - settlement
Motorist struck by police vehicle
causing leg injury
$5 million - verdict
Plaintiff hit in rear in stop-and-go
traffic - disc and shoulder injuries
$5 million - settlement
Failure to diagnose osteomyelitis
$5 million - settlement
Bicyclist fell after striking
construction plate in road
$4.75 million - settlement
Labor law - fall from scaffold
caused multiple fractures
$4.6 million - settlement
Obstetrical malpractice caused
injury to newborn
$3.9 million - settlement
Mother killed by truck reversing
down a one-way street
$3.8 million - verdict
Driver broadsided - torn rotator cuff
and herniated discs
$3.65 million - settlement
Fall down wet steps
caused closed head injury
$3.5 million - settlement
Misdiagnosis of cancer led to
unnecessary, disfiguring surgery
