$2.5M
Wrongful Death, Car Accident
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Case Details
Our client was a 39 year old plumber who was involved in a car accident. While driving home, he encountered a large body of standing water in the roadway that was adjacent to the Hudson River. Unable to avoid the water, he hydroplaned, lost control of his car striking a pole. As a direct result of the car accident, he suffered extensive internal injuries resulting in his wrongful death. Investigation revealed that drainage system was designed in a way that the outlet pipe for the storm sewer would become submerged under the river’s water at high tide causing the River’s water to back up into the roadway It was further determined that employees of the State of New York were aware of this problem for at least 18 years before the client’s accident and that there had been several prior similar accidents in the same location.
Additional Notes
Settlement during Trial