2024 Year in Review

Landmark birth defect settlement, for over two dozen children with profound birth defects from environmental exposure to toxins including lead, mercury, and arsenic.

Nine-figure confidential settlements with Fortune 500 manufacturers and chemical suppliers on behalf of dozens of adults suffering from cancer, and children born birth defects, as a result of workplace exposure to toxic chemicals.

$26 million settlement against the City of New York in discrimination class action on behalf of African American and Latino police officers.

Confidential multi-million dollar settlement on behalf of families suffering injuries and property damage as a result of groundwater contamination in New Jersey.

$15.8 million verdict on behalf of New Jersey families suffering from severe illnesses including kidney failure as a result of contaminated groundwater.

Confidential eight-figure settlement for a child with profound brain damage, paralysis, and inability to speak following in utero exposure to toxic chemicals.

Confidential high seven-figure settlement for a child with brain damage following in utero exposure to mercury and solvents used by her mother at work.

Confidential multi-million dollar settlement for a mentally impaired adult whose mother was negligently exposed to toxic chemicals at work while pregnant.

Confidential multi-million dollar settlement for a child with muscular dystrophy due to toxic chemical exposure.

Confidential multi-million dollar settlement for a mentally impaired adult exposed to lead and other industrial chemicals while in utero.

$11 million jury verdict in Manhattan in October 2022 in favor of 84 year old and his wife for medical malpractice of an infectious diseases consultant alleging failure to diagnose spinal infection resulting in 5+ years of quadriparesis.

$9.6 million jury verdict for obstetrical malpractice resulting in cerebral palsy in a child whose delivery was delayed by the obstetrician’s failure to timely diagnose complications including placental insufficiency. This was reported as the 6th largest personal injury verdict of the year in the New Jersey Law Journal.

$6.9 million jury verdict in wrongful death action involving delayed diagnosis of breast cancer.

$6.8 million jury verdict for woman suffering from delayed diagnosis of thyroid cancer.

$6.5 million settlement for negligent obstetrical care resulting in catastrophic injuries to a little girl, reported as New York State’s third-highest medical malpractice settlement in 2012.

$4.25 million for failure to timely diagnose colon cancer.

$4 million for the improper treatment of an ischemic stroke.

$3 million for a woman suffering from misdiagnosed breast cancer

$3.65 million jury verdict for a patient who contracted hepatitis C while undergoing platelet transfusions

$2.25 million jury verdict for breast cancer misdiagnosis by a pathologist, resulting in an unnecessary double mastectomy in 2013.

$2.1 million arbitration award for delayed diagnosis of retinoblastoma.

Confidential seven-figure settlement for pediatric eye cancers due to chemical exposure.

Confidential seven-figure settlement in 2018 prior to and during trial against hospital, emergency room physicians, and consulting cardiologist for failure to timely diagnose and treat spinal hematoma resulting in paraplegia.

Confidential seven-figure settlement in 2017 in a medical malpractice case against a radiologist, a radiology facility, and a neurologist for failure to timely diagnose skull based tumor.

Confidential seven-figure settlement for child suffering from Erb’s Palsy as a result of a negligent delivery in 2013.

Confidential seven-figure settlement for the wrongful death of an elderly man who underwent a surgical procedure for liver cancer in 2013.

Confidential seven-figure settlement for the wrongful death of a young woman due to failure to adhere to fall risk protocols.

Confidential seven-figure settlement with radiologist and hospital involving delayed diagnosis of testicular cancer.

$1 million for delayed diagnosis of cancer.

$800,000 settlement in medical malpractice action in 2017 alleging that New York State run University clinicians failed to properly treat student’s suicidal ideation, resulting in intentional prescription drug overdose and death.

Confidential 6-figure settlement for negligent placement of a stent in patient’s leg causing lifelong pain.

Confidential high 6-figure settlement in 2017 after trial but before verdict in upstate New York medical malpractice action involving a hospital’s failure to properly monitor and prevent a patient’s fall in a hospital after surgery, resulting in wound dehiscence and additional complications.

$500,000 for intravenous infiltration burn on a young girl’s foot, which resulted in minor permanent scarring in 2014.

Confidential mid 6-figure settlement for negligent performance of knee replacement.

Confidential mid 6-figure settlement in 2018 for couple where negligent prenatal genetic testing and advice led to a child being born with disabling inherited disease.

Confidential mid 6-figure settlement in 2017 in medical malpractice action against orthopedist involving the causing of, or failure to diagnose and treat, shoulder infection after cortisone injections.

$225,000 settlement in 2016 in pharmaceutical malpractice claim alleging that Defendant Compounding Pharmacy negligently dispensed inaccurately measured prescription to an infant.

Confidential 6-figure settlement in 2017 in medical malpractice claim against hospital for failing to properly monitor infant’s intravenous line of infant in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, resulting in infiltration and burn.

Over just the last five years, Phillips & Paolicelli, LLP has recovered more than $50,000,000 on behalf of our clients who were victims of childhood sexual abuse. While many of these results are confidential, some notable results include:

$4.5 million settlement in CVA action in 2024.

$3 million settlement with public school in a CVA action in NY in 2023.

$2.25 million settlement in CVA action in NY in 2024.

$2 million settlement on behalf of a child abused by a special education teacher in school.

$975,000 settlement in CVA action in NY in 2024.

$867,500 settlement with the State of New Jersey in 2024 for victim of sexual abuse at State-run child behavioral health facility.

Over one hundred million dollars recovered for asbestos victims nationwide in settlement of claims against bankrupt asbestos manufacturers.

$22 million on behalf of plaintiff suffering from mesothelioma caused by wrongful asbestos exposure.

$18.5 million jury verdict on behalf of Brooklyn Navy Yard workers with asbestos-related diseases including lung cancer, asbestosis, colon cancer, and mesothelioma.

$14.3 million in federal suit on behalf of five powerhouse workers suffering from mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis, reported as one of the largest verdicts of 1991 in the New York Law Journal.

$7.15 million jury verdict in federal court on behalf of two shipyard workers suffering from asbestosis and pleural disease.

$5.5 million in consolidated trial on behalf of Brooklyn Navy Yard Workers suffering from asbestos-related disease.

$4 million award reinstated on appeal on behalf of the widow of a 40-year-old sheet metal worker who died of colon cancer.

$4.5 million for the family of an engineer who was exposed to asbestos while working on submarines, and developed mesothelioma.

$800,000 jury verdict in federal court on behalf of a 60-year-old insulator with asbestosis.

$10.5 million to victim of catastrophic injuries from a construction accident after appeal by Phillips & Paolicelli lawyers, following an original jury award of $3.7 million.

$5.4 million jury verdict on behalf of secretary with carpal tunnel syndrome and reflex sympathetic dystrophy caused by intense keyboard work at a defective computer workstation.

$4.8 million settlement for victim of traumatic brain injury in an automobile accident.

$4.25 million for a 46-year-old motorcyclist who was catastrophically injured when struck by a truck making an illegal turn in New York City.

$1.88 million verdict obtained in New York Court of Claims on behalf of a painter who fell from a scaffold, suffering personal injuries.

$1.1 million settlement for an 81 year-old woman who sustained a serious leg injury on vacation at an Atlantic City, New Jersey casino.

$822,925 jury verdict on behalf of Pennsylvania construction worker who suffered a head injury at a construction site in New Jersey, causing post-traumatic headaches.

Confidential high six-figure settlement with condominium association on behalf of woman sexually assaulted in her building’s side entrance way due to Management’s failure to properly secure and maintain the entrance way door.

Confidential high 6-figure settlement for negligent supervision in a medical facility.

Confidential 6-figure settlement in bus collision with truck involving no permanent injuries in 2017.

Confidential 6-figure settlement in 2017 in legal malpractice action for failing to bring malpractice action within the statute of limitations.

• $6,950,000 recovery on behalf of an injured child in a product liability action

• $4.8 million settlement for victim of traumatic brain injury in an automobile accident.

  $4.25 million for a 46-year-old motorcyclist who was catastrophically injured when struck by a truck making an illegal turn in New York City.

• $2,400,000 recovered for client injured in a motor vehicle collision in New York

• $1.88 million verdict obtained in New York Court of Claims on behalf of a painter who fell from a scaffold, suffering personal injuries.

• $650,000 recovery in a NY motor vehicle collision action

• $600,000 recovery in a NJ motor vehicle collision action

$8.5 million jury verdict for a child suffering from lead paint poisoning, reported as the highest lead paint verdict in New York State in 2008.

$6.9 million on behalf of two brothers in New York suffering from lead poisoning.

$4.8 million award for child suffering from lead paint poisoning.

$4.6 million jury verdict for child who ingested lead paint, causing brain damage.

$2.4 million jury verdict for a child suffering from lead paint poisoning, reported as the fourth highest lead paint verdict in New York State in 2008.

Confidential mid six-figure settlement on behalf of young boy who ingested lead paint.