Case Results

A Few of Our Recent Settlements and Verdicts

Sullivan & Brill has recovered verdicts and settlements ranging from $80,000 to $18.5 million for injured New Yorkers, across car, pedestrian and bicycle accidents, slip and falls, premises liability, dog bites, medical malpractice, wrongful death, civil rights and product liability. In the cases below where the insurer’s pre-trial offer is on record, the firm recovered between 2 and 57 times what was first offered.

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$18,500,000 Medical Malpractice

$18.5 Million Brain-Injury Verdict in Brooklyn

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$4,000,000 Car Accident

Settlement for Victim of Car Accident

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$3,000,000 Wrongful Death

Settlement for Wrongful Death Victim

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$975,000 Wrongful Death

Settlement on Behalf of Pedestrian Hit by Bus

4.9× the insurer’s offer

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$900,000 Civil Rights

Jury Verdict for Victim of Police Brutality

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$795,000 Medical Malpractice

Delayed head CT after a fall on a blood thinner

2.4× the insurer’s offer

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$750,000 Medical Malpractice

Settlement for Medical Malpractice Victim

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$713,000 Pedestrian Accident

Jury Verdict on a $12,500 Pre-Trial Offer

57× the insurer’s offer

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$650,000 Car Accident

Union tradesman struck by a driver pulling out of a parking lot

4.3× the insurer’s offer

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$600,000 Slip and Fall

Settlement for Slip and Fall Victim

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$500,000 Premises Liability

Settlement for Victim of Sexual Assault

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$500,000 Bicycle Accident

Cyclist in a marked bike lane hit by a left-turning driver

4.0× the insurer’s offer

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$475,000 Slip and Fall

Oily substance on a Brooklyn sidewalk caused a hip fracture

3.2× the insurer’s offer

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$450,000 Dog Bite

Attacked by a neighbor’s dog with a known history

2.2× the insurer’s offer

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$430,000 Slip and Fall

Slip and Fall Settlement

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$425,000 Bicycle Accident

Verdict for Victim of Bicycle Accident

85× the insurer’s offer

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$400,000 Premises Liability

Settlement Obtained for Child Mistakenly Shot at House Party

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$400,000 Premises Liability

Settlement for Six-Year-Old Child Who Fell From a Balance Beam

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$400,000 Slip and Fall

Mopped floor with no warning signs at a Queens performing arts venue

4.0× the insurer’s offer

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$400,000 Premises Liability

Fall on decrepit stairs inside a Manhattan public high school

5.3× the insurer’s offer

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$400,000 Car Accident

Settlement on Behalf of Client With Herniated Lumbar Disc

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$375,000 Medical Malpractice

Settlement for Delayed Diagnosis of Ankle Fracture

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$350,000 Medical Malpractice

Settlement for Failure to Diagnose Skin Cancer

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$350,000 Premises Liability

Settlement for Child Who Broke His Arm Falling From a City Play Structure

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$350,000 Premises Liability

Student crushed her hand moving a piano the school had failed to remove

3.5× the insurer’s offer

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$325,000 Pedestrian Accident

Pedestrian struck in a Brooklyn crosswalk by a left-turning bus

3.2× the insurer’s offer

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$320,000 Pedestrian Accident

Jury Award to Woman With Fractured Ankle

4.3× the insurer’s offer

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$314,000 Slip and Fall

Unsalted ice caused an open ankle fracture

2.3× the insurer’s offer

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$300,000 Medical Malpractice

Delayed diagnosis of ANCA-associated vasculitis led to kidney failure

10.0× the insurer’s offer

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$300,000 Trip and Fall

Bunched-up floor mat at a national electronics retailer

2.4× the insurer’s offer

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$250,000 Dog Bite

Two dogs ran out of a house and attacked a man walking down his block

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$250,000 Civil Rights

Settlement Obtained for Victim of False Arrest

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$250,000 Premises Liability

Burns From an Uninsulated Steam Pipe

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$240,000 Construction Accident

Settlement for Construction Worker Who Sustained Burn Injuries in Brooklyn Accident

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$225,000 Car Accident

Rear-ended in slowing traffic and shoved into the median

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$200,000 Product Liability

Toddler swallowed a button battery from an unsecured remote

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$200,000 Car Accident

Driver turned left across an intersection without signaling

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$200,000 Premises Liability

Security gate doors that had malfunctioned all week slammed on a tenant

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$200,000 Medical Malpractice

Settlement Obtained for Family of Man Who Died by Suicide

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$200,000 Slip and Fall

Water pooling from a supermarket flower display

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$200,000 Premises Liability

Knocked to the ground by a homeowner jumping from a stoop

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$200,000 Premises Liability

Assaulted by an intoxicated patron leaving a sports bar

10.0× the insurer’s offer

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$200,000 Premises Liability

Supermarket knew its carts were jamming and did nothing

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$200,000 Premises Liability

Third-degree burns from an unguarded steam pipe

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$195,000 Slip and Fall

Liquid in a supermarket aisle with no warning signs

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$180,000 Pedestrian Accident

Settlement for Man With Herniated Disc

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$175,000 Trip and Fall

Tripped over a vacuum being dragged through a sample sale

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$175,000 Car Accident

Settlement on Behalf of a Child Injured in a Rental-Car Crash

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$160,000 Trip and Fall

Poorly lit construction walkway was the only route home

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$160,000 Trip and Fall

Fell head first down stairs she had already complained about

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$160,000 Car Accident

Driver ran a red light and struck a van carrying an extended family

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$150,000 Dog Bite

Loose dog broke free and knocked a woman to the ground

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$150,000 Car Accident

Rear-ended at speed by a driver who said he had had a seizure

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$140,000 Car Accident

Struck by a driver who ran a red light

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$140,000 Trip and Fall

Metal protruding from a Mount Vernon basement staircase

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$135,000 Trip and Fall

Settlement for Injury From a Fall in a Store

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$130,000 Trip and Fall

Settlement for Woman Who Tripped on a Sidewalk and Fractured Her Wrist

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$130,000 Premises Liability

Landlord left sharp steel edges in a rented basement after being warned

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$125,000 Pedestrian Accident

Struck in a Queens crosswalk by a turning postal truck

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$125,000 Premises Liability

HVAC technician slipped on standing water a facility never fixed

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$110,000 Premises Liability

Store employee pulled a customer off balance, causing a brain injury

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$100,000 Car Accident

Taxi passenger injured when the cab rear-ended another vehicle

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$100,000 Pedestrian Accident

Illegal U-turn struck a pedestrian in a Bronx crosswalk

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$100,000 Car Accident

Driver merged directly into our client’s lane

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$100,000 Pedestrian Accident

Struck by a driver reversing into a space beside a fire hydrant

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$100,000 Pedestrian Accident

Struck in a Brooklyn crosswalk with the pedestrian signal in his favor

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$100,000 Pedestrian Accident

Delivery driver shoved into the road and run over by a fleeing vehicle

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$100,000 Pedestrian Accident

Pedestrian in a crosswalk struck by a right-turning vehicle

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$100,000 Car Accident

Sideswiped on the Belt Parkway, stopped short by automatic braking

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$100,000 Motorcycle Accident

Scooter rider struck crossing an intersection on a yellow light

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$100,000 Motorcycle Accident

Moped rider hit by a driver who turned left across his path

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$100,000 Slip and Fall

Unlit, unmarked stairs at a nightclub

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$95,000 Slip and Fall

Slip on Ice Causing Knee Injury

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$90,000 Pedestrian Accident

Settlement for Woman With Herniated Disc

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$88,000 Car Accident

Settlement Obtained for Man Who Injured His Wrist in a Car Accident

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$80,000 Pedestrian Accident

Settlement for Woman With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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Below are real outcomes this firm has obtained for injured New Yorkers — 94 verdicts and settlements in total. Client names and identifying details have been withheld to protect privacy. Every case is different and turns on its own facts, and prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Additional settlements

These 18 settlements are recorded in our files with limited detail. Select an amount to read what we can report about it.

$2,911,955 — Car Accident

Wrongful death settlement following a motor vehicle collision.

$875,000 — Medical Malpractice

Wrongful death settlement in a medical malpractice claim.

The insurer’s pre-trial offer was $500,000. The recovery was 1.8× that amount.

$500,000 — Car Accident

Depressed fracture of the left orbital floor, displaced fractures of the maxillary antrum and orbital wall, a skull base fracture, a rotator cuff tear requiring injection and surgery, and an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion at C4-C5-C6.

$275,000 — Premises Liability

A ground-floor trash chute hatch slammed shut on our client’s hand, causing a partial amputation of the left fourth finger and removal of the tuft of the distal phalanx.

The insurer’s pre-trial offer was $35,000. The recovery was 7.9× that amount.

$275,000 — Premises Liability

Full-thickness tear of the right supraspinatus tendon with impingement syndrome and frozen shoulder, treated first with stem cell injections and therapy, then arthroscopic rotator cuff repair with subacromial decompression, acromioplasty and synovial debridement.

$225,000 — Car Accident

Motor vehicle collision settled after suit.

The insurer’s pre-trial offer was $11,000. The recovery was 20.5× that amount.

$225,000 — Car Accident

Motor vehicle collision settled after suit.

The insurer’s pre-trial offer was $40,000. The recovery was 5.6× that amount.

$200,000 — Slip and Fall

Fractured right ankle requiring surgery to insert a metal plate.

$160,000 — Construction Accident

Right knee and mid-to-lower back injuries requiring physical therapy, knee surgery and spinal injections.

$160,000 — Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice claim settled after suit.

$150,000 — Car Accident

A fire department vehicle entered an intersection against a red light without siren or emergency lights activated and struck our client.

$150,000 — Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice claim settled after suit.

$150,000 — Civil Rights

Civil rights claim against a New York county.

$150,000 — Product Liability

Nine stitches to the forehead leaving significant permanent scarring, with ongoing pain in both legs.

$150,000 — Car Accident

Cervical and right shoulder injuries with lumbar involvement, treated with two cortisone injections and extended physical therapy for shoulder impingement.

$125,000 — Car Accident

Multiple fractures of the right foot: chip fractures at the base of the first metatarsal, a comminuted fracture of the second metatarsal, a fracture of the third metatarsal and a fracture of the lateral cuneiform.

$125,000 — Premises Liability

Premises liability claim settled after suit.

$100,000 — Pedestrian Accident

Wrongful death settlement for the estate of a pedestrian struck while crossing a Bronx roadway.

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