Verdicts & Settlements
Premises Liability
Awarded: Over $10 million
WORKPLACE INJURY
Venue: Home Depot Store Unsafe workplace. Five different law firms rejected the case. EKJ was diligent about finding liability. The worker was injured while assisting B&G Building Services with work at a Home Depot store, after six years of multiple surgeries and treatment the client was found to be permanently disabled. The case was settled for over $10,000,000.
Traumatic Brain Injury
Awarded: $7.5 million
FALL FROM LADDER AT WORK
Venue: Suffolk County Unsafe workplace, worker fell off ladder, multiple fractures traumatic multiple surgeries, traumatic brain injury.
Workplace Accident
Awarded: $3 million
PREMISES LIABILITY
Venue: Bronx County Workplace Accident/Premises, fractures, surgery, severe PTSD
Wrongful Death
Awarded: $2.5 million
DRUNK DRIVING ACCIDENT
Venue: Kings County Drunk driving accident. Edelman, Krasin & Jaye procured a $2.5 million verdict in a wrongful death case tried in Kings County civil court. Jurors deliberated a mere three hours before coming to a unanimous decision regarding the death of a 20-year old college student who was killed in a 2008 drunk driving accident.
Premises Liability
Awarded: $1,500,500
WORKPLACE NEGLIGENCE
Venue: 2 Willow Lane, in East Quogue Unsafe workplace/Workplace negligence. The worker was installing plumbing in the basement of an unfinished house. While he was descending the basement’s stairs, the staircase collapsed beneath his feet. He fell to the bottom of the stairs, and he claimed that he sustained injuries of an elbow, a knee, his neck and a wrist. The case was settled for over $1,500,500.
Unsafe Workplace
Awarded: $1.4 million
DEATH BY ELECTROCUTION
Venue: Queens County Unsafe Workplace, electrocution death
Motor Vehicle Accident
Awarded: $915,000
MULTIPLE FRACTURES AND SURGERY FROM ACCIDENT
Venue: Nassau County Motor Vehicle Accident, multiple fractures and surgery
Spinal Cord Injury
Awarded: $750,000
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT RESULTING IN SPINAL SURGERY
Venue: Nassau County Motor Vehicle Accident, spinal surgery
Burn Injury
Awarded: $725,000
COMPANY NEGLIGENCE CAUSES BURN INJURY
home heating company’s negligence
Workplace Accident
Awarded: $612,500
HEAD INJURY FROM WORKPLACE ACCIDENT
Venue: Nassau County Workplace accident, head injury
Personal Injury
Awarded: $500,000
SCHOOL NEGLIGENCE RESULTS IN EYE INJURY
Venue: Kings County School negligence, eye injury during shop class
Medical Malpractice
Awarded: $460,000
SURGICAL ERROR
Venue: Queens County Medical Malpractice, surgical error during dilation and curettage
Spinal Cord Injury
Awarded: $450,000
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT CAUSES SPINAL INJURY
Venue: Kings County Motor Vehicle Accident, spinal injury
Premises Liability
Awarded: $350,000
FALL CAUSED BY SNOW & ICE
Venue: Kings County Falldown Snow & Ice, defective parking lot, tibia and fibula fractures
Spinal Cord Injury
Awarded: $350,000
SPINAL INJURY IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT
Venue: Queens County Motor Vehicle Accident, spinal surgery
Spinal Cord Injury
Awarded: $325,000
Awarded: $325,000 SPINAL INJURY CAUSED BY MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT
Venue: Nassau County Motor Vehicle Accident, spinal surgery
Premises Negligence
Awarded: $250,000
CHILD’S FACE SCARRED FROM DOG BITE
Venue: Bronx County Dog Bite/Premises Negligence, child face scarred
Premises Liability
Awarded: $150,000
CHEST SCARS FROM DOG BITE
Venue: Queens County Dog Bite/Premises Negligence, chest scarred
Premises Liability
Awarded: $125,000
Awarded: $125,000 HANDS SCARRED BY DOG BITE
Venue: Suffolk County Dog Bite/Premises Negligence, hands scarred
