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Millions Recovered for Our Clients

Since 2008, our personal injury law firm has recovered millions of dollars for our clients who have been injured at the hands of negligent parties in cases ranging from slip and falls to bicycle accidents. Call our New York lawyers at Paris & Chaikin, PLLC today at (212) 742-0476 or contact us online for a free consultation.

  • $11 Million
    Slip & Fall
    A well-known cellist was awarded almost $11 million after a slip and fall in a gourmet food market that resulted in injuries that now hamper her ability to plat the instrument.
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  • $2.8 Million
    Pedestrian Knockdown
    Our client was a pedestrian crossing the street when she was hit by a yellow school bus making a left-hand turn. As a result of the impact, she was forced to fall to the ground and sustained an injury to her shoulder and lower back, both of which ...
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  • $2.1 Million
    Bus Accident
    A mediated settlement was reached on the eve of trial on behalf of our client who was a driver of a motor vehicle which was struck in the rear by a bus. Our client sustained injuries to his back and to his shoulder and underwent surgery to both body ...
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  • $2 Million
    Pedestrian Accident
    Our client, a young boy, was crossing the street near his home on Staten Island when he slipped on ice in the roadway and was hit by a car. While the car only had $25,000 in insurance, we were able to prove that the icy condition was the result of ...
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  • $1.7 Million
    Car Accident
    Our client was an ambulance driver responding to an emergency call. While in the process of making a left-hand turn with the ambulance lights and sirens in operation, he was struck by a vehicle going straight. Our client sustained neck and back ...
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  • $1.5 Million
    Truck Accident
    Our client, a 37 year old man, was struck in the rear by a truck while driving his car and subsequently underwent neck surgery. The defendant claimed our client cut him off. We aggressively litigated the case and on the eve of trial the defendant ...
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  • $1.25 Million
    Car Accident
    Through aggressive litigation, full policy limits in the amount of $1.25 million were tendered within 14 months of the accident for the injured passenger in a motor vehicle accident. Our client was a rear-seat passenger in a motor vehicle that was ...
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  • $1.2 Million
    Slip & Fall
    Our client tripped and fell coming out of a bar in Staten Island, sustaining injuries to her knee, neck, and back. The bar claimed that the accident never happened, and the bar blamed the owner of the premises for the condition of the sidewalk, with ...
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  • $1 Million Settlement
    Slip & Fall Injury
    A settlement was reached with a confidential defendant as a result of a fall at work. Our client worked as a cash handler collecting money from banks. After picking up a bag of cash from a bank and placing it in the back of his armored vehicle, the ...
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  • $1 Million Settlement
    Scaffolding Accident
    In very contentious litigation and after extensive negotiations and multiple mediations, a settlement was reached for our client in the amount of $1 million. Our client was working on a scaffold at a construction site when he lost his balance and ...
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  • $900,000 Settlement
    Back Injury
    A settlement was reached during trial for our client who was struck in the rear while operating his vehicle. As a result of this impact, our client sustained a herniated disk in the lower back, which required surgical removal.
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  • $700,000 Settlement
    Worker with Ruptured Quadriceps
    After eight days of trial, a settlement of $700,000 was obtained for a cement truck operator who slipped on mud sustaining a ruptured quadriceps on a construction site. The accident happened while the plaintiff was walking backward holding a hose. ...
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  • $682,500 Settlement
    Man Rear-Ended by Truck
    Plaintiff was operating a vehicle that was cut off by another vehicle causing plaintiff to stop short and consequently be rear-ended by a truck that was following from behind. During the damages trial, the lawyer for the insurance company that ...
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  • $610,000 Verdict
    Elderly Man Fell in Building
    Plaintiff, who was 79 years old at the time of his accident, was returning to his apartment when he fell through an open trap door located in the courtyard of his apartment building. As a result of his fall, the plaintiff sustained an ankle injury ...
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  • $600,000 Verdict
    Injured Truck Driver
    Plaintiff, a truck driver, was injured while on the back of his box truck removing items for delivery. While plaintiff was bent over, the rolling door came down on his back causing serious injuries. A claim was brought against the garage that had ...
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  • $500,000 Verdict
    Ceiling Collapse
    Plaintiff sustained injuries as a result of a partial bathroom ceiling collapse that struck the plaintiff on the head. The defendant asserted that it had no notice of any defective condition in their tenant’s bathroom. As a result of the ceiling ...
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  • $470,000 Verdict
    Two-Car Intersection Collision
    Plaintiff was a back-seat passenger in a two-car intersection collision. As a result of the accident, plaintiff fractured five ribs that healed properly after five weeks with no residual effects. After trial, a jury awarded plaintiff $470,000 for ...
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  • $400,000 Verdict
    Rear-End Accident
    This client was injured in a rear-end motor vehicle accident and subsequently underwent back surgery. Between the accident and the surgery 10 years passed, which included the plaintiff being incarcerated and assaulted in prison. The defendant claimed ...
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  • $350,000 Settlement
    Broken Finger on Minor
    Our client, a minor, suffered a broken finger while with her parents at a kitchen and bath store. Our allegations were that a bathroom vanity fell on our client’s finger. The defendant, however, argued that the child closed a vanity door on her ...
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  • $300,000 Verdict
    Neck & Back Injuries
    Plaintiff, while operating a motor vehicle, was sideswiped by a livery car causing her to sustain soft tissue non-fracture injuries to her neck and back. The insurance company refused to settle this case and the matter was ultimately adjudicated ...
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  • $245,000 Verdict
    Defective Sidewalk
    The plaintiff, who was 79 at the time of her accident, tripped and fell on a defect on the sidewalk. She fell forward onto her face and broke her dental bridge. Because she could not pay for a new dental bridge, she attempted to Crazy Glue her old ...
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  • $240,000 Settlement
    Child Injured in Gym Class
    Our client, a young boy, was in his gym class in school and was going hand over hand on the monkey bars when he fell to the ground. The gym teacher had only placed one mat under the monkey bars, and when the boy fell to the ground one foot landed on ...
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  • Confidential Settlement
    Car Accident Involving Four Minor Passengers
    A settlement was reached on behalf of four minor passengers who were involved in an accident that was caused by the defendant driver’s improper changing of lanes. As a result of the negligence of the defendant, the most seriously injured minor was ...
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  • Confidential Settlement
    Faulty Traffic Lights Causes Accident
    A settlement was reached following a jury trial and a finding for the plaintiff. The plaintiff was a driver of a vehicle that was involved in an intersection collision at a location where the traffic lights were not working properly. Our client had a ...
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