$32.9 Million
Injured Ironworker Wins $32.9 Million – Democrat & Chronicle
In what could be among the largest personal-injury awards ever granted in New York, a jury yesterday gave $32.9 million to a local iron worker who suffered severe brain trauma in a fall.
State Supreme Court jurors awarded the money to ———- of Spencerport, who fell 30 feet while helping build a Home Depot home-improvement store in Newburgh, Orange County [NY].
———-, now 35, is totally and permanently disabled, said his lawyer, Bill Collins of Buffalo. Personal injury lawyer A. Vincent Buzard of Rochester, who wasn’t involved in the case, said the award could be one of the highest ever granted in New York. “This is certainly among the largest, either here or anywhere.”
The award included $25 million for future pain and suffering. It also included $2.8 million in lost future wages, $2.7 million in future medical expenses, and $2 million for past pain and suffering.