Attorney William Paul Hepner's Legal Cases

Personal injury

New York Construction Accident Case

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OUTCOME: $900,000 Settlement

Client was standing on a small platform on which his work table was mounted, and was about to step off, when the defendant came quickly around a turn in the crowded warehouse loading dock, and knocked ... him to the ground. The defendant forklift driver then ran over the client’s foot. The client sustained a questionable fracture of his foot, and had some back pain, which over the following months and years developed into a painful condition ultimately requiring him to undergo lumbar spine fusion surgery. He attempted to go back to work but could not continue.

Slip and fall accident

New York Slip and Fall Case

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OUTCOME: $1,050,000 Settlement

Client making a concrete delivery fell on the defendant’s property. The client had removed a hose from the delivery truck and was walking backwards with it, when he fell into a hole that was supposed t ... o be covered by a metal plate. The defendant had uncovered the plate and did not put it back properly, leaving a large gap into which the plaintiff fell. The client’s injuries included arthroscopic surgery to his right shoulder (which had been injured 18 years prior) and a lower back fusion.

Car accident

New York City Car Accident Case

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OUTCOME: $1,100,000 Verdict

The client was the driver of the middle vehicle in a three car chain accident in which he was hit in the rear by a commercial truck. The client sustained neck and back injuries for which he had fusion ... surgery with hardware. Though this case failed to settle at mediation, the mediation laid the groundwork for continued settlement talks.

Personal injury

New York Bicycle Accident Case

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OUTCOME: $1,325,000 Settlement

Client was partially paralyzed after she traveled through a red light and collided with a driver.

Personal injury

New York Elevator Accident Case

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OUTCOME: $1,550,000 Settlement

Client was injured when the elevator he was in at work quickly dropped five floors and abruptly came to a stop. Records showed the elevator had also dropped a couple of floors on a prior occasion. As a ... result, the client was thrown into the side of the elevator, then to the floor and sustained injuries to his shoulder, neck, and back.

Workers compensation

New York Work Related Accident Case

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OUTCOME: $1,950,000 Settlement

The client was injured when merchandise he was unloading with a forklift from his truck became wedged at the top of his tractor-trailer's rear door, making it necessary for him to stop and attempt to p ... ush the stacked merchandise by hand to keep it from falling over. As a result of pushing against the stack of boxes, plaintiff sustained three herniated discs in his lower back, which had been in a weakened condition from an earlier injury and years of degeneration.

William Paul Hepner's Legal Cases (6)

New York Construction Accident Case

New York Slip and Fall Case

New York City Car Accident Case

New York Bicycle Accident Case

New York Elevator Accident Case

New York Work Related Accident Case