New York Personal Injury Lawyers - E. Stewart Jones

Awards and Settlements

• Personal Injury / Wrongful Death
• Medical Malpractice
• Workplace Accidents
• Defective Products
  

The awards and settlements listed below represent a sampling of previous cases.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

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Personal Injury / Wrongful Death

$7.5 million settlement in the United States District Court for 1 death and 12 injuries sustained by students as a result of a dormitory fire at Skidmore College.

$3.25 million settlement, Supreme Court, Albany County, in an auto accident case resulting in traumatic brain injury.

$3 million settlement in Supreme Court, Albany County, against Chrysler Corporation. Auto collision led to gas tank explosion resulting in the death of the wife and severe burns to the husband and daughter.

$2.75 million settlement in Supreme Court, Albany County, in an auto accident case resulting in traumatic brain injury to infant.

$2.4 million settlement in Supreme Court, Albany County, against local swimming pool manufacturer when 24 year old male was injured in a diving accident resulting in paraplegia.

$2 million settlement in Supreme Court, Rensselaer County, awarded to cerebral palsy patient whose condition worsened as a result of injuries suffered in an auto accident.

$2 million verdict in Court of Claims, State of New York, against the State of New York. A head-on collision caused a traumatic brain injury. The accident occurred during signing and lining of a State highway.

$1.87 million verdict in Supreme Court, Schenectady County, against County of Schenectady and others. A 19 year old pedestrian suffered a traumatic brain injury as result of inadequate highway lighting.

$1.5 million settlement in Supreme Court, Montgomery County, in wrongful death case resulting from railroad crossing collision.

$1.5 million settlement in Supreme Court, Albany County. An auto accident caused a traumatic brain injury.

$1.35 million settlement in Supreme Court, Albany County, for a young boy who tried to jump on a moving train, fell off, and lost both legs below the knees.

$1.225 million settlement in Supreme Court, Ulster County, in an auto accident case resulting in multiple fracture injuries.

$1.175 million settlement in U.S. District Court (Northern District of New York) in wrongful death case resulting from auto-pedestrian accident.

$1.1 million settlement in Court of Claims, State of New York, with the New York State Thruway Authority. Wrongful death. A working mother died in a bridge collapse, leaving husband and adult children.

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Medical Malpractice

$3.25 million in Federal Court. Failure to diagnose battered child syndrome resulted in loss of vision in one eye and traumatic brain injury.

$2.95 million settlement in Supreme Court, Albany County. Wrongful death due to a failure to diagnose emphysema resulting from ongoing, inadequately treated pneumonia.

$2.5 million settlement in Supreme Court, Warren County, for failure to timely perform a Cesarean Section, resulting in brain damage to the infant.

$2.4 million settlement in Supreme Court, Albany County, for failure to timely perform a Cesarean Section, resulting in brain damage and severe disability to the infant.

$2 million settlement in Supreme Court, Saratoga County, for failure to timely perform a Cesarean Section, resulting in brain damage to the infant.

$2 million settlement in Supreme Court, Albany County, for malpractice in giving premature infant too much potassium, resulting in stroke that caused loss of use of lower extremities and marked weakness of extremities.

$1.95 million settlement in Supreme Court, Oneida County, for failure to timely diagnose herpes simplex encephalitis in infant.

$1.65 million settlement in Supreme Court, Albany County, for burn injuries suffered as a result of a fire induced by electrocautery and anesthesia gas.

$1.5 million settlement in Supreme Court, Rensselaer County. A hospital failed to diagnose meningitis in 3 year old female, leading to brain damage.

$1.5 million settlement in Supreme Court, Albany County. The wrongful death of a 45 year old male resulted from cardiac repair by means of electro-cauterization, causing cardiac arrest and death. He left a working wife and one son.

$1.5 million verdict in Supreme Court, Rensselaer County, against a hospital for meningitis and deafness.

$1.5 million verdict in Supreme Court, Schenectady County, against a hospital involving an infection resulting in amputation of leg below the knee.

$1.25 million settlement in Supreme Court, Albany County, for failure to diagnose lung cancer.

$1.2 million settlement in Supreme Court, Albany County, for forceps birth injury, resulting in speech impediment and gait imbalance.

$1.15 million settlement in Supreme Court, Clinton County for medical malpractice and wrongful death for failure to timely diagnose and treat a pulmonary embolus.

$1.1 million settlement in Supreme Court, Albany County for the failure to timely recognize and treat bile duct perforation. The settlement was for pain and suffering only.

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Workplace Accidents

$2.2 million settlement in Supreme Court, Schenectady County. Workplace accident to 29 year old male resulting in wrongful death leaving wife and teenage son.

$1.5 million settlement in Supreme Court, Saratoga County. Wrongful death of a 41 year old husband, leaving wife and children.

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Defective Products

$3.6 million verdict in Supreme Court, Rensselaer County, against Chrysler Corporation. Paraplegia.

$3 million settlement in Supreme Court, Saratoga County. Failure of park-lock on farm equipment resulting in spinal cord injury and paraplegia.

$2.5 million verdict in Supreme County, Saratoga county, against General Motors Corporation and others. Product liability involving improper signage along highway work zone.

$1.75 million verdict in Supreme Court, Warren County. Product liability against Irwin Elevator company, Inc. involving a workplace accident during elevator maintenance.

$1.35 million in Supreme Court, Herkimer County. Product liability against Ford Motor Company involving spinal cord injury.