$5,000,000

COURT AND COUNTY
Supreme Court, Kings County

AGE AND OCCUPATION OF PLAINTIFF
Plaintiff was a 45 year old electrician helper at the time of the accident

DESCRIPTION OF CASE
The accident occurred during the renovation of a warehouse when Plaintiff, an electrician helper who was installing electrical conduit, fell twelve feet to the ground when the ladder he was working on slipped out from underneath him.

DAMAGES
As a result of the accident Plaintiff ruptured his Achilles tendon. He was placed in a cast and subsequently underwent surgical repair of the Achilles tendon. Several weeks after the accident Plaintiff also developed low back pain.

Plaintiff underwent conservative treatment to his lower back and right foot and ankle, however his pain continued . Ultimately Plaintiff underwent a scar revision surgery to his right ankle and a Right Ankle Arthroscopy. Plaintiff also underwent a lumbar fusion at L4-S1 due to lumbar disc herniations.

As a result of an antalgic gait and the need to use of a cane that resulted from his right ankle and low back injuries, Plaintiff developed a right ulnar neuropathy and a left knee internal derangement, resulting in a surgery to his right elbow and left knee arthroscopy.

Defendants alleged that plaintiff’s back condition was pre-existing and unrelated to the accident. Plaintiff complained of low back pain in the ten (10) years preceding the accident and underwent nearly four years of chiropractic treatment to his lower back prior to the accident. Defendants further argued that Plaintiff's ongoing foot and ankle pain was related to an injury to the foot that he suffered as a child that resulted in traumatic flat foot. Defendants further argued that Plaintiff's elbow and knee pain, which did not exist until nearly three years after the accident, were unrelated to the accident.

JURY VERDICT
$5,000,000

The case was handled by S. Joseph Donahue and Sean Constable of Block O'Toole & Murphy.