Archive for 2010
J. Morales’ Story
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Hill & Moin LLP obtained substantial compensation for a shopper injured by faulty snow-clearing efforts.
J. Morales fell during a January blizzard in Chinatown while shopping for shoes for his young son, who was with him.
Tags: fractured ankle, slip and fall, snow related accident
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E.D.’s Story
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Hill & Moin LLP quickly achieved a great settlement for this injured pedestrian.
E.D., 18, was hit by a vehicle one late afternoon in January 2009 while she was crossing the street in her Hassidic Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn. The impact fractured her left heel and left knee, requiring surgery.
Tags: fractured heel, fractured knee, pedestrian car accident
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Dr. Diane Lombardy’s Story
Friday, June 25th, 2010
Hill & Moin LLP helped this ER doctor get through her own emergency.
Diane Lombardy, an emergency room doctor and pediatrician from Great Neck, NY, fell shortly after her 56th birthday as a result of bad lighting conditions at the home of an acquaintance. Dr. Lombardy picked her daughter up from a play date in New Hyde Park around 11:30 p.m. one night. As Dr. Lombardy walked down the stairs outside the home, she could not see because there was no exterior light, and the only source of light, coming from inside the home, was cut off once the front door was closed. She missed a step, fell, and broke her nose, wrists, elbow, and knee and sustained a gash across her forehead, which required stitches. The doctor who was used to treating others found herself in the emergency room, facing the possibility of knee replacement surgery.
Tags: broken elbow, broken knee, broken nose, broken wrists, fall due to bad lighting
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Myra Heller’s Story
Monday, June 14th, 2010
An active senior and her husband were devastated by a fall, but Hill & Moin LLP got them compensation.
Myra Heller was an active 82-year-old woman when a sidewalk defect caused her to fall. She was entering the Long Island Railroad Station near Penn Station, planning to go to an art show at the Nassau County Museum with a friend, when she tripped over a depression in the sidewalk, about an inch and a half deep. The fall broke her shoulder, but she managed to go into the station to get help from the Long Island Railroad police. The fall required shoulder replacement surgery, and she ended up spending more than four weeks in the hospital, where she contracted a staph infection; Myra is permanently disabled from her injury.
Tags: broken shoulder, Long Island Railroad Station, permanently disabled, shoulder replacement surgery, sidewalk default, slip and fall
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S.H.’s Story
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
A fall on snow and ice resulted in a six-figure settlement for this Brooklyn man.
S.H., a 67-year-old widower, slipped and fell on snow and ice one March morning while walking in his Brooklyn neighborhood. He broke his right ankle and was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. He underwent surgeries on his ankle and acquired an infection. He ended up spending several weeks in the hospital and undergoing multiple blood transfusions. S.H. had been a limousine driver for a funeral parlor before his fall. Afterwards, he was no longer able to work.
Tags: broken ankle, fall on snow and ice, sidewalk accident, surgical infection
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Tamara Ignatova’s Story
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Hill & Moin LLP gets compensation for a Russian speaker involved in a car accident.
Tamara Ignatova, 61, a Brooklyn resident originally from Russia, was in a traumatic car accident about two and a half years ago. She was riding with a friend on her way to work as a home health aide when a speeding vehicle plowed into them. The car was totaled, and Ms. Ignatova sustained a concussion, fractured ribs, a broken collar bone, and herniated discs in addition to hurting her right ankle, hip, and shoulder. She spent several days in the hospital. When she was released, she was unable to work and was physically dependent on her daughter who was forced to move in with her. Ms. Ignatova began looking for legal help, and was fortunate enough to find Hill & Moin LLP. “It is very good that you have a Russian speaker in the office,” said Ms. Ignatova, who speaks very little English, by way of a translator. She is still in terrible pain from the accident, but she is happy that the attorneys at Hill & Moin LLP worked quickly to help her recover the six-figure settlement that she deserved.
Tags: broken collar bone, consussion, fractured ribs, herniated disc, speeding vehicle accident, traumatic car accident
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