Case Results

$8000000.00 Settlement Louie Cevasco (engineering project manager): On 7/10/04, I was employed by an engineering firm named STV, Inc. a leading engineering and construction management firm that specializes in projects involving highways, bridges, rail and mass transit. After the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01, the U.S. Government gave Amtrak funds to make Amtrak’s railroad tunnels more […]

$3880000.00 Chrystal Benbow Chrystal Benbow, a 43-year-old mentally handicapped woman who resided in a group home, suffered life-threatening injuries on 10/15/17 when the minivan that was transporting her crossed over the double yellow line and caused a head on collision with a pick-up truck. The driver of the minivan claimed that she swerved to avoid

$2683893.00 Verdict Jeromie Anderson (Metro-North railroad trackman): On 3/3/09, I worked for Metro-North Railroad as a trackman and was sent out with a co-worker to pick up scrap rail along the Hudson Division Line’s right of way using a boom truck. The co-worker was not qualified to operate the boom and extended the boom up

$2500000.00 Allen Charles On 3/24/18, Allen Charles, a Metro-North Commuter Railroad Structural Welder, was assigned to work on a job that involved installation of two steel walkways on top of a wall alongside the elevated tracks just outside the mouth of the Park Avenue tunnel.  The pre-fabricated walkways were loaded onto a high rail boom

$2000000.00 Settlement “John Doe” I was previously employed by Metro-North Commuter Railroad and suffered an injury on the job that aggravated a pre-existing arthritic condition and pre-existing spine defect in my lower back.  I underwent surgery that fused my lower back in 2001.  I was represented by attorney Ira Maurer at the time and he

$2000000.00 Settlement “John Doe” Our client (name withheld due to non-disclosure agreement) was a passenger in a vehicle that was rear-ended. Our client suffered significant injuries to multiple parts of her body. The claim was settled, without commencement of a lawsuit, for the full $2 million policy. This took 4 months to settle.  

$1400000.00 Verdict Robert Kendall (carpenter foreman): I was hired by the railroad industry in 1977 and worked for Metro-North Railroad from 1983 until 2007. My career was cut short because of a severe back injury I sustained opening up a heavy sliding gate leading into a railroad storage yard. I had complained to supervisors several

$1350000.00 Settlement Michael Hermann (Conductor): Michael Hermann was involved in the Spuyten Duyvil train derailment accident in December 2013. As the conductor, he was unaware that the train was taking a 30 mph curve at 82 mph, and suffered severe injuries because of the accident. Hear more about Mr. Hermann’s case and why he recommends Ira

$1330000.00 Verdict Scott Moran (signal trainee): I was only 29 years old when a simple slip on a small embankment in Norwalk, CT. changed my life forever. I didn’t fall when I slipped, but I twisted my back and herniated a disc. I had to have my spine fused. I went from being an avid

$1250000.00 Settlement Arthur Uddyback (signal trainee): On October 31, 1985, I was employed by New Jersey Transit Rail Operations as a signal trainee in their Signal Department. I was sent out with my immediate supervisor to a signal bridge over the railroad tracks to perform maintenance work. My supervisor sent me up on the bridge