Results
Welcome to the Results page of Sakkas, Cahn & Weiss, LLP, where excellence in litigation meets unparalleled client service. Our firm takes pride in not just representing, but championing the causes of those who seek justice. Here, we showcase a selection of our significant settlements and verdicts, illustrating our commitment to securing outstanding outcomes for our clients.
At Sakkas, Cahn & Weiss, LLP, we believe in making a difference—one case at a time. Our legal team combines in-depth legal knowledge, sharp negotiation skills, and a passionate advocacy to ensure that each client’s rights are fully represented. Whether it’s a complex personal injury case, a challenging medical malpractice lawsuit, or any legal battle in between, our track record speaks volumes of our dedication and success.
The cases highlighted on this page are a testament to our strategic approach and our relentless pursuit of justice. Each settlement and verdict represent not just financial compensation, but a closure and a step forward for our clients. We are honored to have been able to make such a significant impact in their lives.
$3.2 Million
$3.2 million in a legal malpractice action against a Buffalo law firm. The offending firm failed to name the correct parties in this upstate car accident before the statute of limitations expired. We proved that but for the mistake by plaintiff’s original lawyers, the client would have recovered a substantial sum for his sacroiliac injury and his chronic pain syndrome.
$3.1 Million
$3.1 million medical malpractice verdict for an improper insertion of a gastric feeding tube, resulting in the perforation of the client’s duodenum. The plaintiff had received a kidney transplant several years earlier, at which point, doctors repositioned the duodenum. When the malpractice occurred, it was because the medical team failed to properly analyze a film study of the plaintiff’s internal organs, and forced the feeding tube into the tissue, assuming they were entering the stomach. As a result of their error, the plaintiff developed multiple intraperitoneal abscesses and required multiple surgeries, and lost the function of his kidneys, requiring dialysis for the remainder of his life.
$2.95 Million
$2.95 million verdict awarded to the family of a Brooklyn woman who was killed after being struck in the head by a falling tree limb. The plaintiff’s proved that the City of New York had actual and constructive notice that the tree in question had a propensity to fall by demonstrating city employees were aware the tree had diseased and decaying branches which should have been removed in a timely fashion. We represented the client as trial counsel in this matter.
$2.4 Million
$2.4 million verdict to a 50 year old woman suffering colon cancer, whose ureter was severed during a colon resection. We argued the surgeon had every opportunity to avoid getting near the ureter and then failed to notice that he severed it before closing the patient. As a result of the malpractice, the plaintiff suffered fecal contamination that led to numerous complications, including a delay in chemotherapy and testimony from an expert that her life expectancy may have been reduced by said delay.
$2.35 Million
$2.35 million awarded at mediation to a 37-year-old mother who, following a rear-end collision, required cervical fusion and developed Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD). Plaintiff argued that the pain precluded her from returning to work in her capacity as an accountant due to the disabling pain.
$2 Million
$2 million for a woman stabbed to death at work by an ex-boyfriend. We argued that the employer failed to recognize previous incidents on the premises and further failed to employ reasonable security measures to prevent intruders from entering the building.
$1.89 Million
$1.89 million awarded by the Special Master of the Victim Compensation Fund to the estate of a woman killed in the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center. We obtained sworn statements of the decedent’s co-workers and superiors that she was anticipated to have a bright future at the company, and thus her earning capacity was greater than what might have been anticipated by simply reviewing her income prior to her untimely death. This case was handled without fee or expense to the client, as part of the Trial Lawyers Care program.
$1.75 million
$1.75 million and a full waiver of the Medicaid lien to a young woman who suffered “Dropped Foot Syndrome” due to an injury to her peroneal and sciatic nerves, when the car in which she was a passenger had a head-on collision with a leased vehicle, which was being operated by a drunk driver.
$1.7 Million
$1.7 million settlement for client who suffered a crush injury and de-gloving to his left foot when he was run over by a forklift while on the floor of a lumber warehouse in the Bronx. We argued that the driver was driving too fast and failed to notice the customer.
$1.65 Million
$1.65 million award to two young siblings, both of whom had been exposed to lead paint in their apartment during the formative years (ages 2 – 6), when lead paint peeled from the radiator pipes and window frames. We showed that lead paint has a sweet taste, attractive to children, who find it on the apartment floor as they play and ingest it. As the children got older, they experienced cognitive and neurological symptoms, resulting in poor school performance, hyperactive behavior and poor eyesight, amongst other health issues.
$1.6 Million
$1.6 million to a woman who lost her leg when she was struck by a subway car that failed to properly brake after she fell onto the tracks. Plaintiff provided evidence that demonstrated that the train was traveling too quickly upon entering the station and if moving at a slower speed would have had time to avoid the collision.
$1.6 Million
$1.6 million awarded to a retired Kentucky couple in their 60’s, struck by a semi near the border of Tennessee. This tragic accident involved a distracted trucker, not paying attention to electronic highway signs indicated “traffic up ahead”, that failed to slow from his 80 mph speed and careened into multiple stopped vehicles. Our clients were 2 of 5 parties injured during the impact, and sadly the trucking company only had $1 million of underlying coverage and $1 million of excess insurance, which was tendered almost immediately. At mediation, with the help of our local counsel, we argued that our client’s suffered the most severe injuries. The husband suffered a brain hemorrhage, a nasal fracture and a rib fracture. His wife suffered multiple injuries, causing her to slip into a coma at the scene, never regaining consciousness. She died shortly thereafter. The mediator awarded us $1.4 million of the $2 million policy limits. We were also able to obtain the uninsured motorist coverage on the vehicle they were traveling in, their own vehicle’s coverage, and a small homeowner’s policy, getting our clients an additional $300,000 which was still too little for this tragedy, but all that was available.
$1.5 Million
$1.5 million medical malpractice settlement for a 48 year old woman who went to the hospital due an anaphylactic reaction from accidently eating seafood. The hospital administered epinephrine shots into both of the clients legs to stop the allergic reaction, but ended up causing the client nerve damage. The plaintiff was eventually diagnosed with Reflex Sympathetic Syndrome (RSD), also known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) in all extremities, and required the implantation of permanent spinal cord stimulator, a device used to exert pulsed electrical signals to the spinal cord to control chronic pain.
$1.5 million
$1.5 million for a construction worker who herniated cervical discs and required surgery after the oversized jackhammer he was using, to perform deck repair work on a major New York City bridge, punched completely through the bridge deck, causing him to nearly fall to his death and dangle by the machine’s pneumatic hose. We sued the owner and general contractor and the court held that both parties put the plaintiff in an unreasonable risk of serious injury.
$1.5 Million
$1.5 million medical malpractice settlement to victim’s estate for a hospital’s failure to diagnose and treat a condition known as spinal epidural abscess. The hospital argued that the condition was extremely difficult to diagnose because it was consistent with multiple pathologies. However, our experts opined that routine follow-up on any of the differential diagnoses, as well as film studies, would have revealed the existence of the abscess such that it could have been treated before resulting in permanent injury.
