Traumatic Brain Injury & Severe Chronic Pain

Success Record

When a plaintiff’s injuries are clearly catastrophic and a defendant’s fault is readily apparent, it’s hardly unexpected that the lawsuit will result in a significant dollar recovery.

But what about personal injury cases where the injured client has suffered, even obscure — but still incapacitating — injury? Unfortunately, certain injuries can be overlooked — by both doctors and lawyers.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI)/concussion and certain severe pain problems (including complex regional pain syndrome or reflex sympathetic dystrophy) are examples of the type of injury that can go undiagnosed or under-diagnosed by some doctors. Often X-rays, CAT scans, and traditional MRIs just aren’t sensitive enough to establish the presence and severity of these subtle yet disabling injuries. Many of our case successes fall into this category.

Many cases involved our taking over from a prior attorney unfamiliar with the true significance of these injuries. Case results are listed below.

Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion
New York County
Offer to prior attorney: $400,000$10,000,000
Construction Accident/Concussion/Spinal Injury
New York County
Offer to prior attorney: $1,000,000$7,990,000
Tire Explosion/Traumatic Brain Injury
Suffolk County
Offer to prior attorney: None
Offer at start of trial: None
$7,000,000
Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion
Bronx County
Offer to prior attorney: None$7,000,000
Traumatic Brain Injury/Spinal Injury
Bronx County
Offer to prior attorney: None$5,500,000
Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion
New York County
Offer to prior attorney: approximately $150,000$5,000,000
Construction Accident/Spinal Injury
Suffolk County
Offer to prior attorney: $500,000$4,500,000 Verdict
$4,600,000 Settlement after Verdict
Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion
New York County
Offer at start of trial: $150,000$4,450,000
Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion
Clark County, NV
Offer to prior attorney: None$4,000,000
Orthopedic Malpractice/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome [RSD]
Suffolk County
Original Offer: None$3,800,000
Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion
New York County
Offer to prior attorney: None$3,700,000
Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion
Kings County
Offer to prior attorney: None$3,430,000
Spinal Surgery Malpractice/Cauda Equine Injury
Putnam County
Offer to prior attorney: None$3,300,000
Bus Collision/Concussion
Kings County
Offer to prior attorney: None$3,250,000
Spinal Surgery Malpractice
Nassau County
Offer to prior attorney: None$3,050,000
Special Surgery Malpractice
Westchester County
Offer to prior attorney: None$3,000,000
Motor Vehicle Accident/Spinal Surgery
Suffolk County
Offer to prior attorney: $1,100,000$2,994,000
Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion
New York County
Offer to prior attorney: None
Offer at start of trial: $100,000
$2,800,000
Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion
Queens County
Offer to prior attorney: None$2,700,000
Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion
Nassau County
Offer to prior attorney: None$2,675,000
Motor Vehicle Accident/Partial Foot Amputation
Rockland County
Offer to prior attorney: $750,000 (2 mediations)$2,500,000
Bus Accident Concussion/Cervical Spinal Injury
Kings County
Offer to prior attorney: None$2,500,000
Medical Malpractice: Mismanagement Bipolar Disorder
New York County
Offer at start of trial: $500,000$2,000,000
Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion
Kings County
Offer to prior attorney: $150,000$2,000,000
Spinal Surgery Malpractice
Kings County
Offer to prior attorney: None$2,000,000
Pedestrian Knockdown/Brain Injury
Queens County
Offer to prior attorney: $500,000$1,900,000
Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion
New York County
Offer to prior attorney: $35,000$1,600,000
Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death
Queens County
Offer to prior attorney: None$1,500,000
Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion
Queens County
Original offer: $75,000$1,450,000
Spinal Surgery Malpractice
Nassau County
Offer to prior attorney: None$1,370,250
Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion
Nassau County
Offer to prior attorney: $20,000$1,300,000
Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion
Kings County
Offer to prior attorney: None
Offer at start of trial: $75,000
$1,250,000
Spinal Injury from Fall
New York County
Offer at start of trial: $200,000$1,250,000
Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion
Suffolk County
Offer at start of trial: $150,000$1,150,000
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome[RSD]
Queens County
Offer to prior attorney: None$1,100,000
Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion
Eastern District of New York
Offer to prior attorney: $350,000 right before trial$1,000,000
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome[RSD]
Bronx County
Offer to prior attorney: $200,000 right before trial$1,000,000
Spinal Injury/Trip and Fall
Queens County
Original offer: None$1,000,000
Spinal Nerve Injury
Nassau County
Offer at start of trial: None$975,000
Elevator Accident/Spinal Injury
New York County
Offer at start of trial: None$940,000
Spinal Surgery Malpractice
Westchester County
Abandoned by prior attorney
Offer at start of trial: None
$875,000
Spinal Injury
New York County
Offer to prior attorney: None$875,000
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome[RSD]
Suffolk County
Offer at start of trial: None$797,000
Spinal Injury
New York County
Offer to prior attorney: $90,000$750,000
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome[RSD]
Bronx County
Offer to prior attorney: $75,000$750,000
Ladder Fall/Spinal Injury
Bronx County
Original offer: $15,000$750,000
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome[RSD]
Queens County
Offer to prior attorney: $175,000$745,000
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome[RSD]
Suffolk County
Offer at start of trial: None$715,000
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome[RSD]
Queens County
Offer at start of trial: None$700,000
Fall from Train Platform/ Arm Fracture
Queens County
Offer to prior attorney: None
Offer at start of trial: None
$675,000
Spinal Injury
Suffolk County
Offer to prior attorney: $150,000$649,990
Traumatic Brain Injury/ConcussionSuffolk CountyOffer to prior attorney: None$500,000
Spinal Injury/Slip and Fall
Kings County
Offer to prior attorney: $15,000$400,000
Subway Crash/Tinnitus
Kings County
Offer to prior attorney: $10,000$400,000