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.
$350,000
$350,000 – at mediation for a 51 year old Bronx woman who was caused to slip and fall on wet tiling in the bathroom of a commercial building in the Bronx, causing a rotator cuff tear and surgery. Plaintiff argued that the floor was wet from mopping and building staff failed to place warning signs.
$350,000
$350,000 47 year old Queens man was merging lanes on the Long Island Expressway when a tractor trailer rear ended his vehicle. The plaintiff suffered herniations in the cervical spine and underwent an anterior cervical fusion at C4/5 and C5/6 with plates and screws, as well as a radiofrequency ablation of the C4/5 and C5/6 medial branch nerves.
$350,000
$350,000 verdict for a 57-year-old retired housewife who slipped and fell in Grand Central Station on garbage that had leaked onto the marble flooring. The plaintiff suffered a comminuted ankle fracture and underwent open reduction and internal fixation. She was left with permanent range of motion loss.
$350,000
$350,000 at mediation to a 67-year-old New York male who slipped and fell on ice while entering his car, fracturing several ribs and sustained a lacerated spleen, which had to be removed. The car was parked next to a construction site and the personnel had not properly sanded and salted after shoveling the snow and ice.
$350,000
$350,000 settlement for a juvenile who fractured both forearms after he fell on slippery stairs while recovering from drug abuse at a Brooklyn rehabilitation center. The stairs had just been mopped and the staff failed to provide “slippery when wet” signs or other warning devices to prevent the incident. The plaintiff had surgery to set the bones and was left with five-inch vertical scars on both forearms.
$350,000
$350,000 for dental malpractice. The plaintiff, age 54, was undergoing a dental implant installation of a molar with the aid of cone beam scan, when the dentist nonetheless injured the lingual nerve, which resulted in ongoing pain, numbness and paresthesia in the lip and tongue. The plaintiff, an actress, claimed she had difficulty with her verbal clarity post-accident. Although there was an informed consent, it was found that the dentist used too large and implant and drilled too deeply.
$330,000
$330,000 recovery in a labor law matter involving a 42-year-old carpenter injured on the job site when another subcontractor on the scaffold directly above him dropped a wrench, striking the plaintiff’s face, fracturing his nose and creating a 3 inch laceration off of the tear duct of his left eye, which required sutures to repair and which left a permanent scar.
$325,000
$325,000 settlement for a 12 year old boy from Freeport Long Island that sued his public school after he slipped and fell on a spilled liquid in the cafeteria during lunch. We argued that the school took an unreasonably long time to notice and clean up the spill and had they done so the accident would have been avoided. The infant suffered a fracture of his left femur, underwent surgery and made a good recovery.
$325,000
$325,000 for a gay male in his early 20’s, that was pursued sexually by a much older male doctor, who groped him during an exam and then met with him outside of the facility for what the doctor argued was consensual sex. The young man, who was religious and coming to terms with his sexuality, thereafter felt guilty and ashamed and began treatment with a psychologist, who analyzed that the victim was a dependent personality, and overly accommodating, due to low self-esteem, who during his brief engagement with the doctor, developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The doctor was investigated, fired by his employer, and reported to various disciplinary boards, after he was found by an independent investigator to have engaged in similar inappropriate conduct, all of which violated the doctor-patient relationship.
$300,000
$300,000 paid at mediation to a 55 year old woman who was shopping outside of a store when multi-level metal racks with flowers and plants collapsed on her due to 40 mph wind gusts. During depositions we demonstrated that store employees were aware that the ground on which they placed the racks was rutted and uneven and thus unstable. The plaintiff suffered a compression fracture to her L2 disc and a burst fracture in her L4 disc. Plaintiff testified that the injuries have left her unable to perform household chores, go to the gym and with difficulty walking without pain.
$300,000
$300,000 policy awarded to a 23 year old man that was struck by a car after he exited the park from jogging. The man was wearing a dark track suit and hood, but the driver admitted not seeing the jogger before striking him. The plaintiff hit his head, became comatose and suffered oxygen deprivation, requiring him to live in a daycare facility. We prepared a Medicare set aside plan to protect the plaintiff’s assets during his lifetime.
$300,000
$300,000 uninsured motorist policy awarded at AAA arbitration to the family of a 16-year-old cyclist who was killed by a hit-and-run driver as he crossed a busy four-lane road. Plaintiff argued that despite it being dusk, the boy was wearing bright colors, and an investigation showed the vehicle took no evasive action prior to impact. The young man suffered a closed head injury, which included a cerebral edema and subdural hematoma. He underwent a craniotomy, but nonetheless died two days later, having never regained consciousness.
$300,000
$300,000 result for a 24-year-old student, who, while attending a New Year’s Eve party, fell 11 feet over the railing of a sidewalk bridge and into an exterior basement pit. Plaintiff suffered cervical fractures with instability that required surgery and left residual nerve damage.
$300,000
$300,000 for a laborer who suffered a comminuted tibia and fibula while removing a boiler from a commercial property. Plaintiff alleged that the work was conducted in a dangerous and hazardous manner and in violation of the New York Labor Law §200, 240(1) and 241(6).
$287,500
$287,500 mediated settlement for a Roosevelt Island man who suffered fractured forearms when his bike hit a pothole in the roadway. By conducting multiple depositions, we obtained evidence that the pothole was created by the collapse of the pavement supporting an electrical vault in the roadway and that the defendants were aware of the condition, which they failed to repair.
$280,000
$280,000 settlement following jury selection for a Queens hardware store owner who fractured a disc in his neck when a snow-covered awning, that was the landlord’s responsibility, collapsed on top of him as he was closing his shop for the day.
$280,000
$280,000 awarded to a 58-year-old New York pedestrian who was struck by a car and required arthroscopic ankle and rotator cuff surgery.
$275,000
$275,000 settlement to a 68 year old woman who fell down a small granite landing exiting a midtown New York shoe store. The plaintiff claimed that the stair design created an illusion that the granite landing was all one level. We retained an engineer that explained that shallow and short risers on the steps did create an illusion and argued that a handrail wasn’t present as well. Plaintiff sustained a tri malleolar fracture and dislocation that required an open reduction, internal fixation of the leg.
$275,000
$275,000 awarded to a college student who was a passenger in a two-car collision. The student suffered several scars, a fractured pelvis and later developed a DVT in her leg.
$255,000
$255,000 settlement at mediation for a truck driver making a delivery to a loading dock, when a security guard activated a machine called a “dock leveler”, a device that bridges the gap between the loading dock surface and the truck bed. The security guard’s employer disputed how the accident happened, but the video evidence that would show the accident, was erased and the defendants were accused of “spoilation” which states that a failure to maintain evidence results in a charge that if the video was available, it would have benefited the other party, in this case, the plaintiff. The victim suffered two puncture wounds and was diagnosed with a crush injury that left him with numbness in the leg and an antalgic gait.
$250,000
$250,000 awarded at mediation to a 52-year-old teacher’s aide who was struck by a small passenger bus in Queens County just outside of the crosswalk. She suffered rib fractures and a shoulder tear and was out of work for several months during the recovery process.
$250,000
$250,000 26 year old woman struck by a car that drove onto the sidewalk while attempting to parallel park. The plaintiff sustained displaced fractures of the fibula and medial malleolus and required open reduction internal fixation surgery to install 2 plates and 9 screws. Defendant’s insurance carrier paid the plaintiff the full $250,000 insurance policy following depositions.
$250,000
$250,000 awarded to a 47 year old plumber’s assistant employed by a sprinkler company, who fell from a 15 foot height while attempting to replace a sprinkler head in a residential building. Plaintiff sustained a tibial plateau fracture and required surgery to a repair a medial meniscus. Our office argued under Labor Law Section 240 (a New York statute, also known as the scaffold law, that protects the rights of workers injured in high falls or after being struck by a falling object, by holding that the general contractor, project owner, project manager, and building owner may all be held responsible if an injury occurs) that plaintiff should have been provided with a Baker’s scaffold and other safety devices by the companies monitoring his job site.
$250,000
$250,000 awarded to a Nassau County woman who became claustrophobic in a stand-up tanning booth and lacerated her finger on razor sharp edges on the metal door as she attempted to escape, requiring surgery to relieve a nerve compression in her arm. We argued that the booth had a poor design in that a user, wearing protective goggles would not be able to easily exit the booth and would not anticipate sharp metal edges, which was the proximate cause of plaintiff’s laceration.
$250,000
$250,000 medical malpractice verdict to a Brooklyn woman who suffered a severed ureter during fibroid removal surgery and had urinary incontinence for several months until the problem was corrected in a subsequent surgery.
$250,000
$250,000 awarded to an 80-year-old woman who fell out of a cab when the driver failed to verify she was in the car. Upon falling from the car, she landed on her shoulder, causing a four-part fracture and dislocation, as well as a brachial plexus injury. She thereafter had a hemiarthroplasty and was left with permanent weakness in the arm.
$250,000
$250,000 settlement for a 52-year-old school aide who was struck by a school bus while she crossed the street. As a result of the accident, the victim sustained a displaced fracture of the fifth rib, a partial thickness humeral surface tear of the supraspinatus tendon, and multiple thoracic and cervical herniations. Defendants argued that the plaintiff was jaywalking way outside of the crosswalk.
$250,000
$250,000 paid to the family of an elderly woman who was fatally struck by a medical doctor when she was crossing the street at night and in a rainstorm outside of the crosswalk.
$250,000
$250,000 to a 9-year-old child who was playing tag in a city public school yard, when she fell and fractured her hip. Our attorneys argued that the teachers should have stopped the game of tag, which was being played on blacktop and, had they done so, the injury could have been avoided.
$250,000
$250,000 awarded at mediation to a 55-year-old man who, while in the course of his employment as a truck driver, was involved in a two-truck collision. The plaintiff sustained an aggravation and exacerbation of prior lumbar injuries and required an L5-S1 fusion and bilateral foraminotomy with decompression. He was unable to return to work as a driver.
$242,500
$242,500 awarded to a Staten Island housewife who, while visiting friends, slipped on their tiled kitchen floor, fracturing her ankle and requiring an open reduction/internal fixation (ORIF). In opposition to the defendant’s argument that they had no notice of the dangerous condition, we gathered through testimony that the same tile had been removed and replaced in another section of the house because of its slippery nature, and the kitchen had multiple sources of water – a leaking refrigerator, a dog’s water bowl, and kids swimming in the family pool and tracking wet feet across the kitchen.
$240,000
$240,000 awarded to a gentleman whose vehicle was rear-ended by an out of state driver that was driving his daughter’s vehicle on the Southern State Parkway. Plaintiff sustained a herniated L2-3 disc in his lumbar spine, requiring a laminectomy. We collected $50,000 from the daughter’s general liability policy and then recovered another $190,000 from the defendant’s policy that was available on his own car in another state.
$240,000
$240,000 arbitration decision for a 79-year-old male pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle while crossing a busy street in Westchester. As a result of the incident, the plaintiff suffered a fractured ankle and required rotator cuff surgery. Questions existed as to whether the plaintiff or the driver of the BMW had the light in their favor, and plaintiff was found to be 66 percent at fault.
$240,000
$240,000 awarded at arbitration to a law school professor from Greenwich Village who was struck by a nursing home ambulette while on his bicycle. It was undisputed that the ambulette was improperly traveling in an emergency lane. As the plaintiff merged into said lane, he was struck and thrown from his bike, losing consciousness and suffering L4 and L5 compression fractures. The arbitrator awarded
$500,000
$500,000 finding that the driver should have seen the cyclist merging but found the plaintiff 20 percent comparatively negligent, reducing the award.
$239,300
$239,300 award for an 84-year-old Alzheimer’s patient who was injured while being transported by ambulette. The victim, who suffers from peripheral vascular disease, sustained a large gash on her lower leg. The victim’s medical conditions left her body unable to heal the wound, and her lower leg had to be amputated.
$235,000
$235,000 awarded, following jury selection, to a day laborer, who was injured on the job when a gas line exploded due to the general contractor failing to adhere to the requirements of the Industrial Code and retain a safety coordinator in violation of Labor Law §241(6) and Labor Law §200. The plaintiff suffered a traumatic brain injury and was unable to return to work.
$230,000
$230,000 awarded at mediation just prior to trial to a 38 year old man that was driving his car straight when a pick-up truck attempted to make a left turn and struck the plaintiff’s car. The plaintiff suffered tears in his knee and shoulder, as well as herniated discs in his lumbar spine, but opted only to have surgery on his knee due to a pre-existing blood disorder that made surgery inherently dangerous.
$225,000
$225,000 paid to the family of a 15 year old boy in Westchester County, who was struck by an SUV in front of a school, while riding a motorized bicycle. The young man suffered an orbital roof fracture, lingering headaches and road rash. Defendants alleged the bicycle required a license and was illegal, to which we argued that a pedestrian, cyclist, or person on a scooter should be seen by the driver of a heavy automobile.
$224,000
$224,000 for a common law couple in their 60’s who were heading home in a sports car in Queens when they were cut off by a garbage truck. Their vehicle became trapped under the vehicle and dragged. The husband sustained a torn bicep and the wife sustained soft tissue injuries, including a bulging disc in her neck.
$220,000
$220,000 settlement with the City of New York for a woman who suffered a fractured elbow requiring ORIF surgery for injuries she sustained when crossing a pedestrian foot bridge in Queens. Plaintiff proved the City had been on notice by a two-year-old Department of Transportation memo indicating the bridge was decaying and recommending it to be repaired immediately.
