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 County | Offer 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 |
* Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.