DISCLAIMER: Previous results are no guarantee of future success. Each case is unique and the final outcome of negotiations and/or a trial is never guaranteed.
Medical Malpractice:
$2,000.000.00 Dollar Recovery for Doctor's Failure to Properly Diagnose and Treat Breast Cancer
Flanzig and Flanzig obtained a $2,000,000.00 settlement on the fifth day of trial in a medical malpractice action. The claim was based upon the doctor's failure to properly diagnose and treat our client's breast cancer. The failure to timely diagnose the patient significantly reduced the ability to successfully treat and cure the cancer. The settlement was reached during the trial, after the trial judge determined that the defendant's physician committed medical malpractice as "a matter of law."
Labor law and Construction Accidents:
$1,214,844.00 Recovery for a 33 year Old Construction Laborer Injured in Work Site Accident
Daniel Flanzig obtained a settlement of $1,214,844.00 for a 33 year old construction laborer who was struck by falling construction debris. The case was one of first impression for the Supreme Court, who held the owner of the property strictly liable for the accident based upon a violation of the N.Y.S. Industrial Code pertaining to the removal of concrete forms. Our client sustained a sustained a back injury which required him to undergo a lumbar fusion.
$1,000,000.00 Settlement for Injured Emergency Worker
We obtained a$1,000,000.00 settlement for one of our "first Responder" clients. Our client was working as a EMT-"First Responder". While assisting the transport of the patient to an area hospital he slipped and fell while exiting his emergency vehicle on ice that was allowed to accumulate on the apron of the driveway outside the Emergency Room entrance. As a result, he sustained a severe injury to his back. After successfully defeating the hospital motion to dismiss, as well as their Appeal to the Appellate Division, we were able to obtain this significant settlement for our grateful client.
$350,000.00 Recovery for Local 3 Electrician injured in Construction accident
Daniel Flanzig obtained a $350,000.00 settlement during trial before a New York County jury for a 29 year old IBEW Local 3 electrician who sustained an ACL tear requiring surgery. The client was injured while working at a construction project in Manhattan. He fell down stairs due to debris left by a subcontractor on the job site, in violation of multiple New York State construction regulations.
$300,000.00 Settlement in High Profile Lawsuit Involving A Young Woman from Texas Sexually Assaulted While a Patient On A New York City Ambulance
A resolution of a 1999 lawsuit against the City of New York was recently reached stemming from a sexual assault that occurred to a young female while she was a patient aboard a FDNY ambulance. The woman was being transported to the hospital after collapsing due to a Migraine Headache at LaGuardia Airport while she was attempting to return home to Texas. Daniel Flanzig obtained the result for our client just prior to trial in the Supreme Court, Queens County. An extensive background search conducted by investigators associated with Flanzig and Flanzig revealed prior misconduct by the EMT which was reported to his supervisors and which the city failed to properly investigate. Click here for more information.
$250,000.00 Recovery for Line of Duty Injury for a New York City Firefighter
A large recovery was obtained for a 41 year old New York City Fire Department Lieutenant who was injured in the line of duty. The firefighter sustained second-and third-degrees burns to his head, ears, and hand during a fire that started as a result of negligence of the property owner. A bug defogger had been placed next to an open pilot light in the owner's restaurant. The case settled after a jury had been impaneled in Supreme Court, Queens County.
$150,000.00 Quick Recovery for Young woman who Suffered Fractured Ankle on her Employers Driveway.
A settlement of $150,000.00 was quickly obtained by the firm for a young woman who suffered a fractured ankle requiring surgery when she slipped and fell on a snow covered driveway. The settlement was reached prior to the matter being in suit when investigators uncovered witnesses, including a neighbor and ambulance personnel who confirmed that the home owner failed to shovel the driveway despite the fact that it had stopped snowing almost twelve hours before her fall.
