Attorney Kenneth J. Halperin's Legal Cases

Car accident

New York Car Accident Case

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OUTCOME: $2,500,000 Settlement

The accident in question occurred on the West Side Highway, near 125th Street in Manhattan. At the time of the accident, the plaintiffs were driving Northbound on the elevated portion of the West Side ... Highway. The defendant's vehicle which was heading Southbound, went out of control, drove up the embankment that separates the North and Southbound lanes, then went airborne over the metal divider and struck the front of the plaintiffs vehicle. Immediately prior to jury selection the case settled for a total of $2,500,000 which represented $2,200,000 for the 66 year old plaintiff and $300,000 for her daughter.

Motorcycle accident

New York Premises Liability Case

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OUTCOME: $2,650,000 Settlement

The accident in question occurred at the Kings Plaza Mall parking garage. Plaintiff was injured when he was struck on the head by the armature gate as he was exiting the parking lot. The gate improperl ... y descended before he exited and as a result of the blow he was thrown off of his motorcycle and onto the ground. In this case, the attendant violated company policy by raising the gate when plaintiff was exiting and created a dangerous condition that caused the accident.

Personal injury

New York Construction Accident Case

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OUTCOME: $2,950,000 Verdict

Client was a brick layer who was carrying a 50-lb. piece of cement to his work area, when he fell through an improperly secured hole in the floor of the building. As a result of the accident, the clien ... t sustained herniated lumbar discs, lumbosacral radiculopathy, and a bulging cervical disc with cervical radiculopathy. However, it was not until an MRI was performed five years later in December 2000 when the herniated discs in plaintiff's lumbar spine were first diagnosed.

Wrongful death

New York Wrongful Death Case

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OUTCOME: $5,000,000 Settlement

At the time of the accident the worker was inside an approximately 10-12 foot deep trench. The trench walls were not shored in any way and while the worker was in the trench, it collapsed burying him u ... nderneath a mountain of dirt where he died. The general contractor pled guilty to various crimes for knowingly failing to properly shore the walls of the trench to prevent this type of collapse.

Brain injury

New York Brain Injury Case

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OUTCOME: $7,250,000 Settlement

A union-affiliated painter in his 40s was injured while working at a chemical storage facility in the city of Niagara Falls. While painting a large chemical tank, the painter fell as he ascended the at ... tached ladder that provided access to the scaffold’s platform. Because he had not been provided a harness or any other safety device that could have prevented his fall, he plummeted 12 feet and sustained brain damage, including memory loss, concentration impairment, speech impairment, anxiety and depression, as well as a torn hip labrum, and a torn rotator cuff.

Personal injury

New York Construction Accident Case

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OUTCOME: $8,200,000 Settlement

A 40 year-old, undocumented immigrant from El Salvador, was working off the books for a roofing contractor when he fell through a hole in the first floor of a one family home he was working in. The fal ... l fractured a thoracic vertebra injuring his spine rendering him a paraplegic.

Kenneth J. Halperin's Legal Cases (6)

New York Car Accident Case

New York Premises Liability Case

New York Construction Accident Case

New York Wrongful Death Case

New York Brain Injury Case

New York Construction Accident Case