Case Results: Personal Injury

$10 Million–Products liability. Negligently installed defective hot water heater, and defective gas can causing explosion and severe burns to a child.

$19.1 million verdict increased to $19.85 on appeal. (Auer v. State of New York 289 A.D.2d 626 (2001). Improperly designed and maintained highway shoulder. Severe brain injury and quadriplegia. See full article here.

$7 million for wrongful death due to products liability of a defective smoke detector.

$7.5 million settlement in federal court for 1 death and 12 injuries sustained by students as a result of a dormitory fire at Skidmore College.