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Henry Mendia – An Immigrant’s Story
Friday, April 30th, 2010
A young Hispanic worker got hurt on the job, and Hill & Moin LLP got him a payday.
Henry Mendia, 27, from Queens was injured doing construction work as a day laborer almost three years ago. He was working below ground level when an unattended wheelbarrow crashed down on his head, neck, back, and shoulders. The impact knocked him unconscious for about 20 minutes. He ended up needing several stitches and losing his hearing in one ear. Henry’s boss followed him to the hospital and tried to buy his silence with a few thousands dollars.
Tags: back injury, construction injury, head injury, loss of hearing, neck injury, wheelbarrow accident
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A. L.’s Story
Friday, April 9th, 2010
A student was struck by a car on campus, so Hill & Moin LLP taught the negligent driver a lesson in justice.
On the afternoon of Halloween 2007, Alex Levine, then a sophomore psychology major at New York University, was struck by a motor vehicle as he was leaving class. Alex was carefully crossing a street near Washington Square Park, carrying his school books, when a driver who was not paying attention to the road, ran into him and knocked him to the ground. The driver was from out of town and was only in the area to drop off friends for the West Village Halloween festivities taking place that night.
Tags: broken leg, negligent driver, pedestrian accident, struck by motor vehicle
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W.M.’s Story
Monday, March 29th, 2010
Hill & Moin LLP helped this senior woman recover after a traumatic car accident.
W.M., who had been a Catholic parish secretary for 25 years before retiring, was injured in a car accident on her way to Sunday mass in Queens, NY, with her husband. Her husband made a complete stop at a stop sign about a block away from the church, looked both ways, and pulled out into an intersection when a young man in a sports car plowed into the passenger side where W.M. was sitting. W.M., age 71 at the time, broke her neck in two places. She decided to have Hill & Moin LLP evaluate her rights.
Tags: car accident, full body cast, speeding
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D.E.’s Story
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
A chiropractor’s malpractice injured her, and Hill & Moin LLP got her the compensation she deserved.
D.E., from Bronx, NY, was only in her mid-20s when she was diagnosed with a herniated disc in her back. In June 2004, she went to a chiropractor because of the pain. Three days of the chiropractor’s treatment put her in an operating room for emergency surgery and caused difficulty urinating that lasted for years. She still has back pain.
But, thanks to Hill & Moin LLP, D.E. also has compensation for her injuries in the amount of $750,000. The firm achieved this high six-figure settlement for her through hard work. D.E. didn’t mind the wait: “It’s all worth it in the end,” she said.
Tags: back injury, back pain, herniated disc
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B.D.’s Story
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
A fall in front of a city housing project disrupted a young woman’s life, but Hill & Moin LLP helped get it back on track.
Britney, 22, fell three years ago on a defective sidewalk in front of a housing project in Brooklyn. She stubbed her shoe toe on a raised part of the sidewalk and fell, hurting her hand and knee. Unable to walk, she used her cell phone to call her stepfather, who took her to the hospital. The fall had torn a ligament in Britney’s knee, requiring surgery. She was no longer able to play basketball, one of her passions in life.
Tags: defective sidewalk, fall, hurt knee and hand, New York City Housing Authority, torn ligament
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L.R.’s Story
Friday, February 12th, 2010
She tripped because of an electric company’s negligence, and Hill & Moin LLP forced them to pay.
L.R., a 73-year-old Colombian born woman, fell while walking near her apartment on the Upper West Side in October 2004. She broke her right hip, and, while she was in the hospital, one of her family members suggested she contact Hill & Moin LLP about her injury. L.R. took the advice and is glad she did.
Tags: broken hip, ConEd, unsafe obstruction, weeks in the hospital
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