Verdicts and Settlements

Toll booth worker injured while handing ticket to motorist  Settlement with motorist for left arm and shoulder injury. Motorist failed to properly slow down.

Tow truck collision  Settlement for hip and cervical spine fractures suffered when tow truck collided with plaintiff's car. Tow truck driver claimed the plaintiff was distracted and could have avoided the collision.

Train workers injured by failure to monitor their work  Two railroad workers were severely injured while working in a tunnel and struck by a moving train when there was improper monitoring of their work. Both recovered under the Federal Employers Liability Act.

Trip and fall in supermarket parking lot  Settlement with owner of parking lot for left femur fracture in 85-year-old woman who tripped on an uneven surface in the parking lot.

Trucking accident  Trucking company allowed drivers to work beyond the maximum hours mandated by federal regulations, resulting in a tired truck driver rear-ending a car at high speed on a highway, killing a woman in her thirties with no dependents. Trucking company settled case.

Union tunnel worker injured on job  Settlement for worker injured when auger hooked piece of rebar struck worker in leg causing tibial plateau fracture. Settlement with auger operator's employer.

Worker changing billboard advertisement falls  Settlement for a worker who fell 20 feet, resulting in partial amputation of left arm and leg.

Worker killed in mechanical lift accident  Settlement obtained for the family of a worker killed when a mechanical goods lift at his place of employment malfunctioned, causing the worker's death. Sugarman successfully brought claims against the foreign parent corporation of the worker's employer.

Workers struck by train  Two railroad electricians injured by unexpected movement of train. Settlement for electricians thrown from man-lift onto moving train.