A personal
injury occurs when a person has suffered some form of
injury, either physical or
psychological, as the result of an accident
or medical malpractice. The most common
type of personal injury claims are
automobile accidents, accidents at work,
construction accidents and defective
product accidents.
There are a multitude
of types of accidents and the term personal
injury also incorporates medical and
dental accidents and conditions which are often
classified as industrial disease cases. Where the
accident was the fault of someone else, the injured party may be
entitled to monetary compensation from the person whose
negligent conduct caused the injury.
Established over 70
years ago and now headed by the "Dean" of the Plaintiffs' Personal
Injury Bar,
Robert L. Conason, the firm Gair, Gair, Conason,
Steigman & Mackauf specializes in the most serious and
significant personal injury and general negligence cases.
The firm has long been the top firm for serious personal
injury, wrongful death and
medical malpractice
cases.
The firm has more lawyers selected by
The Best Lawyers in America than any other plaintiff's
personal injury firm in New York. Seven of Gair, Gair,
Conason, Steigman & Mackauf's partners have been listed in the
Best Lawyers in America: Robert L. Conason,
Stephen Mackhauf,
Ben Rubinowitz,
Jeffrey Bloom,
Anthony Gair,
Howard Hershenhorn and
Seymour Boyers.
Each of these seven has achieved multiple-million dollars verdicts.
Examples of Personal Injury Cases Handled
by Lawyers
from Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman & Mackauf
Personal Injury cases resulting from Construction Accidents
A $16 million
settlement for an asbestos handler who fell
23 feet from a scaffold during
demolition of the Pepsi plant in Long Island City. The total funds to the
injured worker and his wife exceed $25million when the annuity purchased with some of the funds is added in.
A $5 million
settlement for a construction worker who fell from the roof of a building during a construction project and miraculously sustained only leg fractures.
A $2,200,000 settlement on behalf of a
laborer killed in a construction accident.
A $4 million verdict on behalf of a laborer
who suffered burns after falling into a pit of scalding
water.
A $10 million settlement for a woman who was
seriously injured when a 35-ton construction crane fell on her legs
at an excavation site
A $2,950,000 settlement for the estate of a
single woman who suffered injuries and later died as a result
of falling from a defective scaffold at a construction site.
A $5,800,000 settlement for a man who
suffered paraplegia as a result of a fall from a scaffold when
it was struck by a hi-lo.
A $1,200,000 settlement to 50-year old
brick mason who sustained a
fractured heel when the scaffolding on which he was working
collapsed causing him to fall approximately 15 feet to the ground.
A $ 2,975,000 settlement for a worker killed
when a prefabricated wall panel fell on him.
A $ 2,700,000 settlement for a worker in his
sixties who was killed when he fell from a building canopy he was
cleaning
A $ 2,975,000 settlement for a worker killed
when a prefabricated wall panel fell on him.
Personal Injury cases resulting from Defective
Products
A $5,500,000 settlement on behalf of the
family of a man killed in the Pan Am 103 plane crash which
occurred in Lockerbie, Scotland.
A $3,000,000 settlement for a woman who
suffered significant leg injuries when thrown from a boat after
an engine exploded.
A $1,000,000 settlement in
products liability action on behalf of
laborer who had two fingers cut off by defective mattress pad
cutter. Defendants alleged the plaintiff was negligent in using the
machine and that it had been substantially modified by plaintiffs
employer.
A $2,000,000 settlement in a
products liability action on behalf of
9-year old boy who lost sight in his eye due to a defective toy
mirror when the glass portion of the minor came out of the plastic
housing which had been defectively constructed. The corner of the
glass struck one of the boy’s eyes resulting in permanent blindness
in the eye.
Personal Injury cases resulting from Medical
Malpractice
A $17,250,000
verdict for a man who was rendered partially incontinent as a result
of medical malpractice in failing to diagnose a spinal malformation.
A $2,000,000
settlement on behalf of a young man whose wife died due to negligent
anesthesia care during a routine D & C.
A $2,200,000
settlement for a man whose physician caused a one day delay in
diagnosing a brain tumor.
A $4,000,000 verdict
for a man who was negligently discharged from a medical center when
he was suffering from a psychotic episode. He was struck by a train
and suffered the loss of both legs.
A $5,500,000
settlement for a young child brain injured at birth due to medical
malpractice.
A $4,800,000 verdict
for a woman whose doctor treated her cancer with coffee enemas. Of
note is that this is one of the few medical malpractice cases in
which a punitive damage verdict was achieved.
A $103,000,000
verdict (one of the largest ever) in a medical malpractice case on
behalf of a baby brain damaged at birth.
A $4,000,000
settlement for a man who was brain damaged because his
doctor failed
to diagnose a subdural hematoma resulting in brain damage.
A $2,300,000
settlement on behalf of a woman whose doctors failed to timely
diagnose her breast cancer.
A $5,000,000
settlement for a woman injured by a drunk driver. She also suffered
partial paralysis as a result of the negligence of her treating
physicians.
A $3,000,000
settlement (insurance policy limits) for a woman who lost her leg as
a result of improperly performed arthroscopic surgery of her knee.
A $3,000,000
settlement for the estate of a woman who died during childbirth as a
result of the physician's failure to diagnose internal bleeding.
A $1,750,000
settlement in a medical/dental malpractice case involving failure to
prevent
bacterial endocarditis.
$1,575,000 on behalf
of a woman whose doctors failed to make a timely diagnosis of her
breast cancer.
A $2,175,000 on
behalf of a man whose wife died because her doctors failed to
diagnosis her benign meningoma.
A $1,800,000 for a
young boy who suffered an Erb's Palsy due to the doctor's negligence
during delivery.
A $1,450,000 for a
woman whose doctors were negligent in failing to diagnose her breast
cancer.
A verdict of
$2,125,000 for the estate of a man who died because of dental
malpractice.
A$6,000,000
settlement in Bergen County, New Jersey (one of the largest in state
history) in a combination motor vehicle accident/medical malpractice
case for a 61 year old woman who
sustained a herniated disc as a passenger in a motor vehicle
accident. She subsequently
underwent a neurosurgical procedure to remove the herniated disc
during which the surgeon
slipped and lacerated the dura of her spinal cord.
A $8,000,000
settlement on behalf of an 18-year old boy in a medical malpractice
lawsuit where a physician prescribed the medication Depakote without
monitoring the boy’s liver functions despite the known effects of
Depakote on the liver. As a result of the failure to monitor the
liver functions, the plaintiff sustained complete liver failure
requiring a liver transplant and a hepatic encephalopathy resulting
in brain damage.
A $90,939,857 jury
verdict for a child whose cerebral palsy was due to the
failure of an obstetrician to diagnose placental abruption and who
thus delayed the
cesarean section that was necessary to rescue the baby who was
suffering from a lack of
oxygen.
A $9.5 million settlement for
brain damage to a professional young
woman who had
surgery for her uterine fibroids but then but then had her
endotracheal tube removed prematurely so that she stopped breathing on her way to the recovery
room.
A $4.75 million settlement in an
obstetrical malpractice case in which a baby’s
brain damage was due both to the obstetrician’s failure to diagnose
fetal distress during labor and to the pediatricians’ failure to resuscitate the newborn
baby properly.
A $3.9 million settlement for a
brain-damaged baby who was undergoing
abdominal surgery when the doctor ordered a medication which caused
the
baby to suffer from a respiratory arrest.
A $3,000,000.00,
settlement the available proceeds from the municipality for a
brain
damaged baby. Failure to recognize fetal distress, failure to perform a C
section.
Plaintiff, a 27 year old male was rendered paraplegic as a result of
defendants’ failure to diagnose an AVM (spinal cord vascular
malformation) which was evident on MRI studies
the case settled against the radiologists and treating neurologist
for $4,250,000.00 (the total coverage of the radiologists was
$4,000,000.00). The action will continue against two hospitals.
A $3.9 million for a
newborn rendered brain damaged, excessive drug
administration (Fentanyl) following surgery for intestinal obstruction (meconium
ileus) caused respiratory compromise; failure to timely resuscitate.
A $
4.75 million for a brain damaged baby fetal distress and
failure to
properly resuscitate.
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