Settlements from Lawyers Who Fight to Win
Many of our personal injury verdicts and settlements have been multi-million-dollar recoveries for our clients. Our experience and devotion to fighting for justice for our clients is part of what makes the Lipsig law firm so successful at what we do. Our team of top trial lawyers and prominent New York litigators concentrates our practice on personal injury lawsuits. Selecting an attorney to represent you is an important decision. If you or someone you love has received a serious personal injury caused by accident or negligence, we will investigate your case thoroughly, review all of your options, and then fight to get you the largest personal injury verdict or settlement that you deserve. We are committed to getting you the maximum settlement or award to which you are entitled under the law.
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A Few of Our Multi-Million-Dollar Personal Injury Verdicts
Lead Paint Poisoning Case – $50,000,000 Personal Injury Verdict
Won a $50 million verdict for a young child who developed severe brain damage as a result of lead poisoning. The building owner where the child lived was found negligent.
Faulty Traffic Light Case – $39,000,000 Personal Injury Verdict
Won a $39 million verdict for a 12-year-old boy who was struck by an automobile because the City failed to install a traffic light.
Bus Accident Case – $20,000,000 Personal Injury Verdict
A Queens woman who lost an arm and a leg and was blinded in one eye after she was struck by a bus in 2009 has won a $20 million judgment. [View Daily News Article]
Lead Paint Poisoning Case – $12,720,000 Personal Injury Verdict
Won a $12.72 million verdict in Infant Lead Poisoning Case.
Subway Accident Case – $10,000,000 Personal Injury Verdict
Won a $10 million verdict for our client, a man who fell on the elevated subway train tracks and was struck by a train on September 3, 2007.
School Assault Case – $10,000,000 Personal Injury Verdict
Won a $10 million verdict for a young girl who was violently assaulted in the stairwell of a City public school.
Defective Seat Belt – $9,500,000 Personal Injury Verdict
Won a $9.5 million verdict for the family of a woman killed by a defectively designed belt during a low-speed collision at a Bronx intersection.
Subway Accident Case – $9,300,000 Personal Injury Verdict
Won a $9.3 million verdict for a 29-year-old man who lost his left arm and suffered an open skull fracture as the result of being struck by a subway train.
Automobile Accident Case – $7,600,000 Personal Injury Verdict
Won a $7.6 million verdict for a 65-year-old woman who lost her leg as a result of being struck by a vehicle that had skidded on an icy roadway.
Intruder Assault and Defamation – $6,000,000 Personal Injury Verdict
Won a $6 million verdict for a woman who was brutally attacked and stabbed in her apartment building due to poor security.
Slip & Fall – $2,300,000 Settlement
Pre-trial settlement for a 37 year old man who fell down on stairs due to a defective handrail after visiting a family member’s building.
Construction Accident – $1,950,000 Settlement
We obtained nearly two million dollars for our client, a 46-year-old carpenter who fell approximately three feet from a defective baker scaffold. The client was diagnosed with a disc/osteophyte complex in his neck and a torn meniscus in his knee in the weeks following his fall.
Construction Accident – $1,800,000 Settlement
Construction Worker hurt due to fall from unsecured ladder – Case settled just before trial for $1.8 million.
Slip & Fall – $1,600,000 Settlement
Fall on Defective Pavement at Building Entrance – Lipsig Law Firm obtains $1.6 million settlement – 1 ½ years after injury.
Recent Results
Bus Accident – $17 Million
57 year old woman struck by a bus causing leg and arm amputations and loss of sight in one eye. We obtained a jury verdict for our client and her case was then settled during the appeal.
Auto Accident – $16 Million
9 year old girl injured in motor vehicle crash due to a defective seat belt design that left her a quadriplegic.
Medical Malpractice & Premises Negligence – $6.4 Million
44 year old fell in mall parking lot hole caused by plow; client’s fractured elbow pain was ignored by hospital and doctors causing compartment syndrome and permanent impaired use of his arm.
Medical Malpractice & Premises Negligence – $5.347 Million
53 year old airport worker right leg was caught in airplane stair that was mechanically lowered as he was walking down the steps.
Premises Negligence – $4.625 Million
Broadway actor fell through a stage trap door that we proved was defectively designed for safety. He sustained fractures to pelvis, right forearm, ribs, sternum, vertebrae, left foot and needed multiple surgeries. We hired engineers and we built a full-scale version of the stage equipment to prove the dangers for the actors.
Auto Accident – $4 Million
4 month old infant involved in a motor vehicle accident driven by her father who claimed he was cut off by a phantom car. She suffered a brain trauma requiring surgery and a seizure disorder.
Subway Accident – $4 Million
50 year old male was struck by a train when he fell on the tracks while intoxicated and suffered amputations of both legs. We obtained a jury verdict in his favor and his case was settled during the appeal by defendant.
Auto Accident- $3.1 Million
41 year old working man sustained a neck injury in a motor vehicle accident that required a fusion surgery. We obtained a jury verdict for him and his case was settled during the appeal by defendant.
Slip & Fall – $3 Million
44 year old man fell due to defective stair edge in his apartment building. After surgery to his fractured right wrist, he developed a well-known complication: compartment syndrome of the right forearm.
Construction Accident – $3 Million
42 year old roofer who fell from an unsafe ladder fracturing his left leg and requiring 4 surgeries.
Construction Accident – $3 Million
55 year old laborer who fell from a unsecured ladder and suffered multiple fracture dislocations to his right foot with 3 surgeries.
Premises Negligence – $2.7 Million
12 year old tripped and fell due to protruding base of scaffold support pole causing him extensive injuries to his left leg requiring multiple surgeries.
Scaffold Accident – $2.6 Million
25 year old construction worker who fell from defective scaffold. He sustained fractured ribs, multiple injuries to his left knee requiring surgery and fusion surgery to his lower back.
Construction Accident – $2.6 Million
26 year old construction laborer hurt knee and back due to fall through defective outdoor scaffold at roof renovation project.
Bus Accident – $2.4 Million
60 year old woman struck by a NYC Transit bus causing degloving injury and fractures of her left leg. She needed multiple surgeries for the wound to the skin of her leg.
Premises Negligence – $2.3 Million
37 year old tourist from Guyana fell down a flight of stairs due to a defective handrail and fractured his right leg.
Bus Accident – $2.15 Million
56 year old woman was dragged by an MTA bus after her coat was caught in the back doors causing degloving injury to left leg and fractures with surgeries.
Auto Accident – $1.975 Million
30 year old man involved in a motor vehicle accident with injury to his neck requiring surgery.
Auto Accident – $1.85 Million
62 year old business owner was struck by a motor vehicle backing up over a crosswalk and suffered traumatic brain injury.
Construction Accident – $1.8 Million
47 year old construction worker struck by a construction bucket that fell causing him to suffer injuries to his shoulders and back and requiring several surgeries.
Construction Accident – $1.78 Million
31 year old construction worker who fell into a hole and suffered injuries to his back and neck.
Scaffold Accident – $1.75 Million
53 year old construction worker fell from a scaffold with multiple fractures in the pelvic area, traumatic brain injury, fractured fingers and back injuries.
Landlord Negligence – $1.7 Million
37 year old EMT who was injured in an elevator that was defective causing him injuries to both knees and back requiring surgeries. This case only settled during the damages trial in Court.
Premises Negligence – $1.6 Million
26 year old male who tripped and fell on a premises defect causing him to fracture his right, dominant hand and back injuries requiring surgeries.
Premises Negligence – $1.6 Million
27 year-old Brooklyn resident who fell on a cracked sidewalk ramp in front of an apartment building and required several back surgeries.
Scaffold Accident – $1.6 Million
50 year old construction worker who fell from a scaffold and suffered back and ankle injuries requiring surgeries.
Construction Accident – $1.5 Million
50 year-old construction laborer who fell from a scaffold and suffered back and ankle injuries.
Auto Accident – $1.5 Million
43 year old bus driver struck in the rear by a commercial truck causing back injuries requiring several surgeries.
Auto Accident – $1.5 Million
68 year old women struck by car exiting driveway suffered a fractured elbow with surgery; hardware removed one year later.
Auto Accident – $1.46 Million
14 year old female passenger in a motor vehicle accident that caused spinal injuries requiring fusion surgery, facial scarring, brain injury, and right ear detachment.
Auto Accident – $1.46 Million
High school student, passenger in friends car suffered back injuries. Friend lost control of car in traffic light controlled intersection.
Premises Negligence – $1.45 Million
31 year old male injured when he fell into an uncovered and unguarded form for a concrete column causing him to endure multiple back surgeries.
Premises Negligence – $1.35 Million
42 year old man fell through an opening covered with unsecured plywood. He had rib fractures, lower back fractures, tears to knees requiring surgery with a partial loss of use of right arm and right leg.
Construction Accident – $1.2 Million
44 year old electrician who was electrocuted causing him to fall 14 ft. causing clavicle fractures with surgeries and multiple rib fractures.
Landlord Negligence – $1.2 Million
41 year old woman who was assaulted by a tenant due to negligent security. She suffered spinal cord injury in neck and had 2 injuries.
Construction Accident – $1.1 Million
44 year old ironworker who tripped and fell on steel plates causing injuries requiring surgery to his left knee.
Auto Accident – $1.1 Million
23 year old female passenger in a motor vehicle who suffered soft-tissue injuries to her neck, shoulder and knees with two arthroscopic surgeries. We tried this case before a jury and received a verdict of over $2 million. The case was settled during the appeal for almost all of the insurance coverage.
*Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome
We work on a contingency basis, which means that you don’t pay a cent until you receive compensation, at which point you are charged a percentage of the settlement.
There is no fee for our services unless a recovery is won.
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