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Valdovinos v. Shore Road Apartment Corporation
21157/2005
Supreme Court of the State of New York, Bronx County
September 15, 2009

HRRV Achieves Favorable Verdict in Bronx County Labor Law Case

In Valdovinos v. Shore Road Apartment Corporation, which was recently tried before Justice Kern in the Supreme Court, Bronx County, the plaintiff claimed that Shore Road Apartment Corporation violated Section 241(6) of the Labor Law, specifically by failing to ensure that the general contractor performing work in a co-operative apartment failed to provide a guard on a table saw being used by the plaintiff to do his work. The plaintiff claimed the following injuries: a severe laceration to the left index finger with a comminuted compound fracture to the DIP joint, requiring a fusion to the distal interphangeal joint, with a skin graft and insertion of a pin; a subsequent removal of the pin; a severe laceration to the left ring finger requiring a skin graft; and a permanent injury to the flexor tendon in the left index finger, including numbness and pain.

On September 15, 2009, the jury returned its verdict, finding that the plaintiff was 75% comparatively negligent, with only 25% liability attributed to Shore Road. The total verdict was 261,375.89 (11,375.89 medical expenses; 200,000 past pain and suffering, $50,000 future pain and suffering for 45 years).

Tara C. Fappiano of HRRV tried the case on behalf of Shore Road.

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