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A Sampling of the Successful Results Shafran & Mosley, P.C. has Won for Clients:

Construction Accidents:

A $2.3 million dollar award for a commercial painter who fell from scaffolding because he was not provided with proper safety equipment to do his job. The painter suffered a herniated disc with surgeries and fusions of his spine.

Car/Auto Accidents:

A $2.4 million dollar award for a 16-year-old passenger in a two car accident in Geneseo, New York who suffered brain damage. He was able to resume his education but did have residual impairments.

Medical Malpractice:

A 33-year-old forklift operator who suffered blunt trauma in a Westchester County hospital suffered a bowel perforation that went undetected and undiagnosed resulting in fecal peritonitis and multiple surgeries. In obtaining a $1.6 million award, lawyers at Shafran & Mosley, P.C. were able to prove departures from good and accepted medical and emergency room practice.
A $1 million dollar award for the estate of a man who was suffering depression and set himself on fire committing suicide. The allegations of medical malpractice were that the doctor failed to detect depression and improperly medicated the decedent.
A well known highly publicized medical malpractice case where the son acted as a living donor to save his mother's life in a liver transplant at a New York hospital. The operation was successful as far as the liver transplant but medical malpractice in the procedure caused the son's arm to be partially paralyzed from a brachial plexus stretch. The hospital settled for $900,000.00.
Peters v. Tewari - settlement $900,000. This 72 year old man was treated for a prostate cancer by defendant at Columbia Presbyterian. He underwent the usual pre op testing which did reveal lung cancer but was not told and the surgery, a robotic prostatectomy, was performed. At the time of that test the growth was about 2 centimeters in size and was operable. About a year later, when plaintiff was to undergo a routine hernia repair, and underwent the same routine pre op testing, another chest x ray revealed the cancer has grown twice the size and was now inoperable.

Products Liability:

A verdict of $12.1 million for a 17 year old New Jersey man who rode a bicycle without a helmet through a red light head first into a vehicle, causing severe brain injuries. This product liability case charged the brake manufacturer of the bicycle with negligence in the design of the braking system.
A product liability award of $1.2 million for a machine tender who lost use of his right arm when it was caught in a coil coating line machine in Yonkers. The litigation team at Shafran & Mosley, P.C. was able to establish defects in the manner in which the machine was designed and how it functioned, and negligence in the manner in which it was maintained.
Johnson v. JKS Realty - This case settled for $400,00.00 at mediation right before trial after a stay in the App Div was denied. Plaintiff, a mechanic, was working under a car that was on a hydraulic lift. The car fell off the lift striking plaintiff in the head causing permanent hearing loss post a fractured skull.
Elias v. State - a 52 year old construction worker was awarded $750,000.00 when he struck his own leg with a saw given to him by his employer on a highway renovation project. We were able to prove that the machine that he was given was an improper tool for the job and that it violated the Industrial Code. He was left with a permanent foot drop.

Premises Liability:

A 21-year-old woman Westchester woman who dove into the Hudson River and became quadriplegic won a $2 million settlement from a property owner who failed to properly secure his property. Shafran & Mosley, P.C. attorneys were able to uncover dozens on instances of prior notice of trespass on the property and failure to comply with local laws on securing riverfront areas.
A $1.5 million dollar settlement for a 39 year old disabled man who tripped and fell on a sewer drain in an A & P parking lot. He suffered a fractured humerus and multiple surgeries. The strip mall owner and their primary tenant, A & P, had notice of the condition for years but each balked at repairing the pothole.
Gain Cohen vs. VIP Shoe Restorers - 275,000 Settlement click here to read more on the case.

Aviation Accidents:

A $1.23 million dollar verdict in Detroit Michigan for the surviving family members of the September, 1983 shooting down of Korean Airlines flight 007 over Russia.

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