Civil Cases
100% Liability Trial – Verdict in favor of 28 separate incarcerated individuals who were the victims of a brutal beating by several corrections officers and supervisors at Midstate Correctional Facility. A trial to determine monetary damages will be held in the near future. Link to decision. Link to article. Link to interview.
$2,100,000 Prison Abuse – Verdict for a 27-year-old man who was brutally attacked by correction officers while undergoing a procedure at Westchester Medical Center, resulting in his being temporarily paralyzed and in a wheelchair for several months afterwards.
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$2,000,000 Prison Abuse – Verdict for 72-year-old inmate brutally assaulted by correction officers at Attica Correctional Facility.
$1,500,000 Police Brutality/ False Arrest/ Malicious Prosecution — Settlement for a 43-year-old woman who was repeatedly harassed and beaten by NYPD officers from the 46th Precinct in the Bronx causing physical and emotional injuries.
$1,500,000 Police brutality — Settlement for 34-year-old Brooklyn man injured during a fatal police shooting in which officers planted a gun on the slain victim.
$1.4 million prisoner abuse — Recovery for an incarcerated individual who was severely beaten by New York State corrections officers resulting in a fractured ankle.
$1,200,000 Police brutality — settlement for a 49-year-old politician who was beaten by NYPD officers at the 70th Precinct in Brooklyn causing an exacerbation of pre-existing injuries.
$1,100,000 Assault — Settlement for a 59-year-old Brooklyn man and Army veteran who was assaulted by HRA officers and sustained bodily injuries and an exacerbation of posttraumatic stress disorder.
$1,000,000 Prison Abuse – Verdict, reduced to $550,000 by the court, for a 35-year-old man assaulted by corrections officers at Fishkill Correctional Facility.
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$750,000 Wrongful Conviction – Settlement for man who was wrongfully charged, convicted, and imprisoned. Officers in Brooklyn coerced his confession and otherwise fabricated and withheld evidence in the case, resulted in his spending 6 years in prison before being acquitted.
$700,000 Prisoner Abuse Trial – Verdict for a 54 year old incarcerated individual who suffered a rotator cuff injury during an assault by corrections officers at a New York State Correctional Facility.
$700,000 – Settlement for a young Brooklyn delivery person who suffered an ankle fracture in a slip and fall at a residential building in Manhattan.
$655,000 Prison Brutality — Verdict for a 37 year-old Sing Sing Correctional Facility inmate, who was assaulted by other inmates and suffered multiple lacerations and TMJ disorder due to the negligence of corrections staff.
$650,000 False Arrest / Excessive Force – Verdict for 61-year-old woman who was body slammed to the ground and violently arrested by officers from the NYPD 60th Precinct after seeking their help to deal with a possum outside of her Brooklyn apartment building.
$600,000 Police Brutality / False Arrest / Malicious Prosecution – Settlement for two Bronx women who were assaulted, falsely arrested, and maliciously prosecuted by NYPD officers from the 42nd Precinct.
$600,000 Assault — Verdict at trial for a Queens-couple in their 40s after husband was assaulted by restaurant employee and suffered significant knee injury.
$550,000 False Arrest/Malicious Prosecution — Verdict for 53-year-old longtime handyman at an upscale Manhattan apartment complex wrongfully accused of by resident and maliciously prosecuted for sexual assault.
$500,000 Police brutality — Settlement for 39-year-old Syracuse woman sexually assaulted by an on-duty police officer.
$485,000 – Verdict for a young man subjected to excessive force by NYPD officers at Bronx central booking.
$400,000 -Settlement for a young man who was assaulted by security staff at a bar in Yonkers, NY resulting in a fractured jaw and facial scarring.
$375,000 – Settlement for the false arrest and malicious prosecution of a 21 year old Manhattan man resulting in several months of incarceration.
$375,000 – Settlement for the false arrest and malicious prosecution of a Brooklyn man resulting in several months of incarceration.
A $350,000 – Excessive Force settlement for a 27 year old Brooklyn resident who was beaten by NYPD police officers during the execution of a search warrant at her home.
$350,000 False Arrest/ Malicious Prosecution— settlement for a for a 32 year-old male who was falsely arrested and charged with attempted assault on a police officer by officers from the 42nd precinct.
$300,001 – Settlement for an incarcerated individual assaulted by a guard in Cayuga Correctional Facility resulting in a perforated eardrum and permanent hearing loss.
A $250,000.00 – Prison Abuse settlement for a 58 year old incarcerated individual who sustained multiple rib fractures in an assault by corrections officers at a New York State Correctional Facility.
$250,000 False Arrest – Settlement for the false arrest and malicious prosecution of a Manhattan man resulting in approximately three weeks of incarceration and a year long prosecution.
$250,000 Prison Abuse — Verdict for a 56-year-old man who was brutally attacked by corrections officers at Clinton Correctional Facility.
$240,000 Prison Abuse – Verdict for correction officer beat down of an inmate at Bare Hill Correctional Facility.
$225,000 – Settlement for the false arrest and malicious prosecution of a young Brooklyn man resulting in five days of incarceration and multiple court appearances.
$220,000 – Settlement for the false arrest and malicious prosecution of a young Manhattan man resulting in approximately two weeks of incarceration and multiple court appearances.
$200,000 – Settlement for the false arrest and malicious prosecution of a young Bronx man by NYPD officers resulting in approximately 20 hours of unlawful detention and multiple court appearances.
$200,000 – Settlement for the false arrest of a 15 year old Brooklyn High School student resulting in over 6 hours of unlawful detention.
$200,000 Excessive Force/ False Arrest – Settlement for a 14-year-old girl who was tased by NYPD officers from the 49th Precinct in the Bronx causing physical and emotional injuries.
$200,000 False Arrest / Malicious Prosecution – Settlement for a Bronx man falsely arrested and charged by NYPD officers.
$160,000 – Settlement for a Brooklyn business owner who was falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted by NYPD officers on a fabricated claim that he was running an illegal bar at his business premises.
$150,000 Prison Abuse — Verdict for a 34-year old man brutally assaulted by correction officers at Elmira Correctional Facility.
$125,000 – Settlement for a young New York City man who was subjected to excessive force by HRA officers.
A $100,000.00 – Prisoner Abuse settlement for a 37 year old incarcerated individual who was sexually abused by a corrections officer at a New York State Correctional Facility.
$100,000 Prison Abuse — Verdict for 39-year-old man who was brutally attacked by corrections officers at Elmira Correctional Facility.