Attorney Pat James Crispi's Legal Cases

Personal injury

Supreme Court, Bronx County March 14, 2011

Mar 14, 2011

OUTCOME: One Million Four Hundred Thousand ($1,400,000.00) Dollars

Palwinder Singh was 46 years old and married with two children. On June 26, 2008, he was the victim an accident, when employed at the renovation of a six story residential apartment building located in ... Bronx, New York. Mr. Singh was performing brick pointing work while standing on a manual two-point suspended metal scaffold suspended at the third or fourth floor level of the rear exterior wall of the building. When he climbed back up the exterior fire escape in order to continue his work, the Plaintiff-Respondent grabbed the scaffold suspension ropes; and placed his right foot down onto the scaffold platform. At this point the scaffold moved perpendicularly away from the building causing him to fall more than thirty feet to the ground and resulting in multiple fractures to his right arm that required surgical repair. The case was settled before a mediator while awaiting trial, but only after the Law Firm of KEOGH CRISPI, forced the hand of the defendants by obtaining a ruling from the Court that the defendants were 100% responsible for the accident.

Personal injury

Frederick Migliaccio v. 808 Columbus LLC and Gotham Construction Co., LLC, Supreme Court, New York County Index #: 100526/08

Jan 04, 2010

OUTCOME: $4.5 Million

On Sept. 4, 2007, plaintiff Frederick Migliaccio, 48, a carpenter/laborer, was working on the excavation phase of a construction project located at 808 Columbus Avenue in Manhattan. On this day, he was ... in the process of setting up the placement of concrete forms for what was to become the foundation of a new residential apartment complex. He worked in tandem with a co-worker who was drilling holes into the surface so that wooden posts could be placed in them. At the same time, an operator of heavy-duty excavation equipment was in the process of digging out the footing of the foundation, which was located at the point at which the vertical section meets the horizontal surface. While Migliaccio was working near the operator of the excavation equipment, a section of rock the size of a small car became dislodged from the vertical section of a rock foundation. He claimed that the force and vibrations of the heavy-duty excavating machinery caused the rock section approximately 15 to 20 feet above him to slide down and roll onto his right foot, crushing it.

Personal injury

Lorna Hanson v. Safeway Environmental Corp., Extell Development Corporation

Oct 29, 2008

OUTCOME: Award Total: $4,630,000.00

Lorna Hanson was living independently and functioning as a home health aide prior to July 14, 2005. On July 14, 2005 shortly before 9:30 a.m. the wall of a two-story building collapsed into the interse ... ction of Broadway and 99th Street, trapping Plaintiff, LORNA HANSON who was waiting at a bus stop on the corner, and leaving her buried under a pile of debris. Plaintiff, LORNA HANSON was rescued from underneath the rubble and removed to St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital where she remained hospitalized for approximately two weeks. Plaintiff, LORNA HANSON was transferred to Mt. Sinai Medical Center, where she remained hospitalized for another 2 weeks. At the time of the accident Lorna was employed as a full time live in home health aide employed through Concepts of Independence 120 Wall Street Suite 1010 New York, NY 10005. She had been employed in this capacity for over fifteen years. As a result of the physical harm and the conditions she was subjected to prior to her being rescued by Emergency Personnel, Lorna Hanson developed two distinct and profoundly serious illnesses, which robbed her of her means of existence. Ms. Hanson was transformed into an individual who requires constant medical care and supervision. She was forced by her medical problems, to move into a restricted living facility. Ms. Hanson suffers from Post traumatic Stress Disorder and Dementia as a direct result of the traumatic episode of July 14, 2005. She has been treated with antipsychotic and antidepressant medication. Three years following her accident Lorna Hanson remains emotionally and cognitively impaired. She is dependent on others for her safety and well being.

Personal injury

ALEXANDER BEAUCHAMP v. UNION SQUARE NEWS Inc.

Jun 13, 2008

OUTCOME: Jury Verdict Award 2.2 Million

The defendant operated and maintained a convenience store at 100 W. 14th Street, New York, NY. At the time of the incident the plaintiff, ALEXANDER BEAUCHAMP, a customer fell into an opening in the flo ... or created by an open trap door. The opening, which led to a storage area in the basement, was normally covered by the trap door. The Plaintiff did not see the opening before the accident. An employee of defendant had previously opened the door in the normal course of his employment duties, in order to permit entry by a Con Ed utility person. The Con Ed utility person had exited the basement and the store before the plaintiff entered. However the store employee neglected to close the trap door thereby leaving the opening exposed to the general public. Plaintiff's cause of action for negligence against defendant alleged that: that the premises were not reasonably safe; that defendant was negligent in not keeping the premises in a reasonably safe condition; and that defendant's negligence in allowing the unsafe condition to exist was a substantial factor in causing plaintiff's injury. Defendant contended that the Plaintiff was negligent in failing to observe the opening in the floor and that his negligent constituted the sole cause of the accident

Pat James Crispi's Legal Cases (4)

Supreme Court, Bronx County March 14, 2011

Frederick Migliaccio v. 808 Columbus LLC and Gotham Construction Co., LLC, Supreme Court, New York County Index #: 100526/08

Lorna Hanson v. Safeway Environmental Corp., Extell Development Corporation

ALEXANDER BEAUCHAMP v. UNION SQUARE NEWS Inc.