In April 2021, Pryor Law recovered $250,000.00 for a Westchester Plaintiff who slipped and fell on snow and ice on the sidewalk of her apartment complex. It had snowed earlier on the day of her accident and the defendant housing complex allegedly sent workers to clear the snow from the sidewalks. The Pryor Law attorneys…
In March 2021 Pryor Law settled a Fair Labor Standards Act unpaid wages case for $90,000.00. Pryor Law filed the federal case in March 2020 for a plaintiff who lives in the Bronx. At first, Plaintiff sought Pryor Law’s guidance to evaluate the fairness of his worker’s compensation settlement. While he was working at a…
In the summer of 2018, a Bronx driver was struck by a negligent driver conducting an illegal U-turn. She sustained right hand fractures that required multiple surgeries. Pryor Law settled with the negligent driver for the full insurance policy without filing suit for the full limit of his $25,000 insurance policy. However, this plaintiff had…
In this case the plaintiff was walking on the dock of the marina where he kept his boat. When he stepped off the dock, he stepped directly into crumbling and dilapidated pavement. The pavement was also angled backwards which caused the plaintiff to roll his ankle and fall to the ground. He suffered a fracture…
A Bronx pedestrian was walking down a Bronx street when she stepped into a hole in the sidewalk in front of a store and fell. The defendant refused to accept responsibility and argued that “the plaintiff should have been looking where she was going.” However, she was reasonably looking ahead where she was walking, and…
Wintertime freezing temperatures can create additional hazards for pedestrians. When landowners are negligent in their clean up of snow and ice, it creates a danger for everyone who may walk on their property. This Bronx plaintiff slipped and fell on a patch of ice on the sidewalk in his condominium complex. He sustained a back…
On Wednesday, July 24, 2019, Will Forero negotiated his first settlement at Pryor Law. In this case, a pedestrian had been struck by a motorist while he was crossing the street. Will settled the case for 86% of the full insurance policy. This settlement was an excellent outcome for our client, because the settlement offer…
In early January, the Law Offices of Edmond J. Pryor secured a $270,000 settlement for a plaintiff who slipped and fell on ice in a parking lot at work. In this case, the Defendants were aware that ice had formed and created a dangerous condition in the parking lot where the Plaintiff worked. Upon exiting…
On Wednesday, January 30, 2019, a Bronx jury rendered a $250,000 verdict in favor of our client, who was involved in an automobile accident. Our client, the plaintiff, had been a seat belted front seat passenger in a sideswipe collision between two cars. The Defendant was the driver of the vehicle in which Plaintiff was…