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,...

F&F# 92220A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ATTORNEY – BRAIN-DAMAGED BABY MODIFIED JURY AWARD OF $6,929,000 UPHELD Summary: In this medical malpractice case involving a brain-damaged baby, F&F won a $13,629,000 unanimous verdict at trial on behalf...

F&F# 83394A PERSONAL INJURY – NEGLIGENCE IN FAILING TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SECURITY – PLAINTIFF’S PRIMA FACIE CASE SHOULD HAVE GONE TO JURY Summary: This case involved a movie theater usher (Cruz) who was assaulted...

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,...