F&F# 83247A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – BRAIN-DAMAGED BABY MODIFIED JURY AWARD OF $6,285,772 UPHELDSummary: This First Department memorandum decision reinstated, but reduced, a $10,000,000 jury verdict awarded to a Plaintiff who suffered profound mental retardation,...

F&F# 87211A PERSONAL INJURY – NEGLIGENCE IN FAILING TO EVICT TENANTS INVOVED IN DRUG ACTIVITY – NEGLIGENCE IN FAILING TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SECURITY – JURY AWARD OF $518,500 SUSTAINED Summary: In this premises liabity...

F&F# 90293A LEAD POISONING-BRAIN-DAMAGED INFANT – MODIFIED JURY AWARD OF $1,905,000 UPHELD Summary: In this lead poisoning case, The Fitzgerald Law Firm, P.C., won a plaintiff’s verdict of $5,355,000. The Appellate Division, Second Department,...

F&F# 95243A LEAD POISONING-STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS -INFANCY-TOLL NOT TERMINATED BY ACTS OF GUARDIAN Caption: Henry v. City of New York Court: Court of Appeals Judge: Hon. Wesley, J. Cite: 94 N.Y.2d 275, 724 N.E.2d...

F&F# 91164A Premises Security: Jury Verdict Rear Exit Door Broken 91164a Sexual Assault Of Infant Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – Second Trial – Judgment N.O.V. 1st Dept. Dismissal – Court Of Appeals Reverses And Reinstates...

F&F# 86115A PRODUCTS LIABILITY-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT-DEFECTIVELY DESIGNED TOY-REASONABLY FORESEEABLE UNINTENDED USE Summary: This products liability case involved a toy figure of a cartoon character with a detachable spinning blade. In cartoons and videos,...

F&F# 93696A LEAD POISONING-NOTICE OF HAZARD ON PART OF LANDLORDS Court: Appellate Division, Second Department Cite: 2002 N.Y. Slip Op. 02638, 739 N.Y.S.2d 450 Summary: In this lead poisoning case, The Fitzgerald Law Firm,...

F&F# 92091A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – BIRTH TRAUMA – PREMATURE INFANT PERIVENTRICULAR LEUKOMALACIA AND CEREBRAL PALSY Summary: Plaintiff incurred periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) and spastic diplegic cerebral palsy as a result of defendant’s medical malpractice in...

F&F# 89042A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – BIRTH TRAUMA – PREMATURE INFANT PERIVENTRICULAR LEUKOMALACIA AND CEREBRAL PALSY Summary: Plaintiff incurred periventricular leukomalacia, spastic diplegia cerebral palsy, and hydrocephalus as a result of defendants’ medical malpractice in...

F&F# 92386A PERSONAL INJURY – AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT – COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL ARGUMENT REJECTED – MOTION TO RENEW/REARGUE GRANTED Summary: The Appellate Division, First Department, decided two personal injury cases arising out of the same occurrence,...