GENERAL NEGLIGENCE
General negligence is defined as the failure to use ordinary care and is a judgment of both acts and omissions by an individual, or group of individuals, that results in the injury or death of other people. Negligence is the allegation or accusation by the injured party, or parties, to seek compensation for the harm done to them.
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Relevant Verdicts
| Overview |
Summary |
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| Case |
Leyton v. The City of New York, New York City Board of Education, New York School Construction Authority, TDX-Becom Construction Corp s/h/a JV Construction Corp. |
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| Date |
23-06-1999 |
| Amount |
3,147,000 |
| Attorney(s) |
Thomas A. Moore
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| Case |
Galapo v. The City of New York |
Death of a police officer was due to a violation of police procedure. |
| Date |
14-11-1997 |
| Amount |
17,950,500 |
| Attorney(s) |
Thomas A. Moore
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Relevant Articles
| Overview |
Summary |
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| Title |
Suit nets disabled man 40M |
A Brooklyn jury awarded a “stunning” $40 million verdict to Matthew Falcone, a 53-year-old construction worker, who was left “severely disabled” after he was “sent flying when a truck traveling 50 miles an hour hit him.” |
| Publication |
Daily News |
| Date |
28-05-2010 |
| Case |
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| Attorney(s) |
Thomas A. Moore
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| Title |
$41M Slap at Verizon |
Matthew Falcone, a 53-year-old construction worker, was awarded $40.8 million after he was “left brain damaged and partially paralyzed after being struck by one of [Verizon’s] trucks.” |
| Publication |
New York Post |
| Date |
28-05-2010 |
| Case |
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| Attorney(s) |
Thomas A. Moore
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| Title |
Boy's Family, Hospital Settle |
The family of six-year-old Michael Colombini, who died when he was struck in the head by an oxygen tank while in an MRI chamber, received a $2.9 million settlement from a Westchester County hospital. |
| Publication |
The Journal News |
| Date |
06-02-2010 |
| Case |
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| Attorney(s) |
Thomas A. Moore
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| Title |
$10M to Mom of Drowned Boy |
Thomas Moore, according to a Daily News report, won $10 million for the mother of a Bronx teenager, Daniel Maracallo, who had drowned eight years earlier at a water park in Pennsylvania while on a class trip with 137 students. |
| Publication |
Daily News |
| Date |
28-06-2002 |
| Case |
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| Attorney(s) |
Thomas A. Moore
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| Title |
City Hospitals Agency Settles Suit Over Botched Blood Transfusion |
The family of Ira Medjuck, aged 30 at the time of his death, received a settlement totaling $3.875 million because a hospital made a fatal mistake and gave him the wrong type of blood. |
| Publication |
The New York Times |
| Date |
26-02-1999 |
| Case |
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| Attorney(s) |
Judith A. Livingston
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| Title |
$18M Awarded to Family of Accident-Slay Cop |
A Brooklyn jury awarded the widow of a police officer $17.95 million for violation of a police procedure. |
| Publication |
New York Post |
| Date |
18-11-1997 |
| Case |
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| Attorney(s) |
Thomas A. Moore
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| Title |
Man Awarded $3 Million |
A Manhattan man, Marvin Charney, and his wife, Marie, were awarded $3,088,500 for a work-related accident in which he suffered a herniated disk that had to be removed. |
| Publication |
Staten Island Advance |
| Date |
30-06-1984 |
| Case |
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| Attorney(s) |
Thomas A. Moore
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