Over Ten Million Dollars recovered
for victims of false arrest and police misconduct
for victims of false arrest and police misconduct
$275,000 settlement at trial for a man falsely arrested by the NYPD and struck on the knee with a baton. The police mistook him for a drug dealer, ran into his house and assaulted him. The police denied they made a mistake and said he resisted arrest.
$1.5 Million settlement for a Firefighter injured while practicing roof-top drills. While climbing an extension ladder onto a school on a weekend practice drill, the Firefighter fell on a loose pipe on the roof and burst a disc in his back requiring surgery
$225,000 settlement for a man assaulted by police officers after he was called to pick up a friends children during a search warrant raid, and was then arrested for what was allegedly found in the apartment
$825,000 settlement for a woman who fell on a broken sidewalk and fractured her elbow resulting in multiple surgeries and permanent injuries
$225,000 for a 17 year old shot in the hand by an off-duty officer after a verbal dispute escalated
$750,000 settlement for a child injured while in utero. The child’s mother fell on a pothole in a parking lot and stress was placed on her fetus. When the child was born it was determined that she had had a stroke, and had neurological injuries as a result
$622,100 Verdict for a woman injured in a restaurant. While eating with her family, an unsecured TV fell from its stand onto her table after the stand was bumped, causing her to fall backwards. She herniated discs in her neck and required surgery
$487,500 settlement for three children injured by years of lead paint in a foreclosed on building where the only insurance was from a court appointed Receiver’s management company that managed the building for only nine months, well after the children were first exposed to lead paint
$300,000 settlement for a passenger in a Transit bus hit by a tractor trailer, sustaining neck and back injuries
$250,000 settlement for a woman who broke her ankle in a head on crash
$217,000 for a family when the police raided their home and wrongly arrested everyone
$210,000 settled during trial for a woman who fell on debris in a housing project and broke her ankle
$175,000 for a man strip searched twice after being falsely arrested in front of his own home - the officers said they would arrest him again if they saw him there again - even though he lived there - the second time they saw him, the same officers falsely arrested him again, and, he claimed, falsely placed drugs on him - and strip searched him a third time
$160,000 for a man assaulted in a movie theatre by an unknown assailant who broke his jaw in a dispute. The theatre was sued for inadequate security.
$150,000 settled at trial for a woman assaulted and falsely arrested in her home by an officer looking for her son
$145,000 for a family when the police raided their home and wrongly arrested everyone
$120,000 for a family wrongly arrested by police officers in a search warrant raid
$115,000 for a family and home health aid wrongly arrested by police officers in a search warrant raid
$100,000 for a man falsely arrested and jailed for seven days
$100,000 for a man wrongly arrested and assaulted by police officers
$1.5 Million settlement for a Firefighter injured while practicing roof-top drills. While climbing an extension ladder onto a school on a weekend practice drill, the Firefighter fell on a loose pipe on the roof and burst a disc in his back requiring surgery
$225,000 settlement for a man assaulted by police officers after he was called to pick up a friends children during a search warrant raid, and was then arrested for what was allegedly found in the apartment
$825,000 settlement for a woman who fell on a broken sidewalk and fractured her elbow resulting in multiple surgeries and permanent injuries
$225,000 for a 17 year old shot in the hand by an off-duty officer after a verbal dispute escalated
$750,000 settlement for a child injured while in utero. The child’s mother fell on a pothole in a parking lot and stress was placed on her fetus. When the child was born it was determined that she had had a stroke, and had neurological injuries as a result
$622,100 Verdict for a woman injured in a restaurant. While eating with her family, an unsecured TV fell from its stand onto her table after the stand was bumped, causing her to fall backwards. She herniated discs in her neck and required surgery
$487,500 settlement for three children injured by years of lead paint in a foreclosed on building where the only insurance was from a court appointed Receiver’s management company that managed the building for only nine months, well after the children were first exposed to lead paint
$300,000 settlement for a passenger in a Transit bus hit by a tractor trailer, sustaining neck and back injuries
$250,000 settlement for a woman who broke her ankle in a head on crash
$217,000 for a family when the police raided their home and wrongly arrested everyone
$210,000 settled during trial for a woman who fell on debris in a housing project and broke her ankle
$175,000 for a man strip searched twice after being falsely arrested in front of his own home - the officers said they would arrest him again if they saw him there again - even though he lived there - the second time they saw him, the same officers falsely arrested him again, and, he claimed, falsely placed drugs on him - and strip searched him a third time
$160,000 for a man assaulted in a movie theatre by an unknown assailant who broke his jaw in a dispute. The theatre was sued for inadequate security.
$150,000 settled at trial for a woman assaulted and falsely arrested in her home by an officer looking for her son
$145,000 for a family when the police raided their home and wrongly arrested everyone
$120,000 for a family wrongly arrested by police officers in a search warrant raid
$115,000 for a family and home health aid wrongly arrested by police officers in a search warrant raid
$100,000 for a man falsely arrested and jailed for seven days
$100,000 for a man wrongly arrested and assaulted by police officers
AND HUNDREDS MORE!