$1400000.00 Verdict Robert Kendall (carpenter foreman): I was hired by the railroad industry in 1977 and worked for Metro-North Railroad from 1983 until 2007. My career was cut short because of a severe back injury I sustained opening up a heavy sliding gate leading into a railroad storage yard. I had complained to supervisors several …
$1350000.00 Settlement Michael Hermann (Conductor): Michael Hermann was involved in the Spuyten Duyvil train derailment accident in December 2013. As the conductor, he was unaware that the train was taking a 30 mph curve at 82 mph, and suffered severe injuries because of the accident. Hear more about Mr. Hermann’s case and why he recommends Ira …
$1330000.00 Verdict Scott Moran (signal trainee): I was only 29 years old when a simple slip on a small embankment in Norwalk, CT. changed my life forever. I didn’t fall when I slipped, but I twisted my back and herniated a disc. I had to have my spine fused. I went from being an avid …
$1250000.00 Settlement Arthur Uddyback (signal trainee): On October 31, 1985, I was employed by New Jersey Transit Rail Operations as a signal trainee in their Signal Department. I was sent out with my immediate supervisor to a signal bridge over the railroad tracks to perform maintenance work. My supervisor sent me up on the bridge …
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$1043660.52 Settlement Frank DiGesu (electrical contractor): On 7/20/91, I was employed by an electrical contractor as a journeyman electrician working in a New York City subway as part of a New York City Transit Authority project. At the time of my injury, I slipped while moving a ladder to remove conduit pipe from the ceiling …
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$1032000.00 Settlement “John Doe” (railroad conductor) I was employed by a railroad in the Northeast and worked as a conductor, making up trains in the railroad yard. One night, while I was riding on the side of a train in the yard, my back was struck by an electrical box that was installed too close …
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$975000.00 Settlement “John Doe” (roofer) When I fell from the roof of a two-story building where I was installing a new roof for my employer, I was told it was my fault. My employer knew we were storing roofing material within one foot of the edge of a flat portion of the roof, but during …
$900000.00 Vito Venditolli (track foreman) Guido Vendittoli, a 55-year-old PATH Track Dept. Foreman, was killed, along with another track worker, by a PATH train on 12/2/95 in broad day light. They were struck by the PATH train while standing on tracks performing scheduled track maintenance work. Ira Maurer represented the widow of Guido Vendittoli and …
$750000.00 Settlement On 1/17/05, I was employed as a railroad carpenter for Metro-North Railroad. I drove to work, parked my car and proceeded to walk through the employee parking lot. As I approached the parking lot entrance, I slipped on a patch of ice that was covered with a dusting of fresh snow, causing me …
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