Grant v. Nembhard

Aug 09, 2012

OUTCOME: $7,000,000.00 settlement

The plaintiffs child was injured badly in a car accident on May 11, 2008. Her injuries included, but are not limited, to a severely fractured skull and traumatic brain injury. The claim was made by the ... child's mothers against four defendants. Joseph E. O'Connor, Esq., said the accident involving two motor vehicles occurred on May 11th, 2008, when the vehicle in which mother and her child were traveling in was rear-ended.. The plaintiffs alleged that the driver was driving as part of his employment at the time of the accident. The employer denied that the driver was in the course of his employment at the time of the accident. The case was settled three days before trial without admission of fault by any party. The settlement is believed to be one of the largest in Ulster County history.

Pultz v. Straightline Industries

Nov 27, 2006

OUTCOME: $5,025,000.00 settlement

Plaintiff was at a service station about to place gas in his motorcycle when trucker operating his vehicle at an unsafe rate of speed on adjacent road struck vehicle in front of him in the rear. The tr ... uck, then riding up on the vehicle's trunk and losing steering control, skidded off the road into the service station striking plaintiff's motorcycle, pumps and plaintiff throwing him 15 feet and almost amputating plaintiff's leg. Emergency personnel quickly on the scene managed to save his life and plaintiff was helicoptered to trauma center

Neave v. Platt

N/A

OUTCOME: $2,250,000

Joslin v. SUNY New Paltz

N/A

OUTCOME: $1,500,000.00