Gruenberg Kelly Della

$27M

Child Sexual Abuse

$27 Million In Damages Awarded In Second of 104 Child Sexual Abuse Cases Filed by Patients-Survivors Against Notorious Former Long Island Serial Pedophile-Pediatrician Stuart M. Copperman Mineola, New York (April 2, 2024) - $27 million in damages has just been awarded by a New York State trial judge to the second of 104 patients-survivors of Stuart M. Copperman. Plaintiff Terri Ackerman, 62, accused Copperman of repeated sexual abuse starting when she was 14. Copperman did not participate in court hearings, leading to a default judgment.

$22M

Child Sexual Abuse

$22 Million In Damages Awarded In First of 104 Child Sexual Abuse Cases Filed by Patients-Survivors Against Notorious Former Long Island Serial Pedophile-Pediatrician Stuart M. Copperman Mineola, New York (August 28, 2023) - $22 million in damages has just been awarded by a New York State trial judge to the first of 104 patients-survivors of Stuart M. Copperman. The award to the plaintiff identified as A.R. 1 included $17 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.

$14.6M

Personal Injury

Woman was struck by falling signpost, lawsuit alleged. Plaintiff C.M., a 43-year-old woman, was walking alongside Fifth Avenue when a street-name signpost fell and struck her head. She suffered a severely disabling stroke. The jury found that defendant was negligent in its maintenance of a signpost, and it further found that the town’s negligence was a substantial cause of Plaintiff stroke.

$6M

Premises Liability

Snow-removal co. failed to clear parking lot, plaintiff alleged. Plaintiff D.G., 51, a truck driver, slipped on a patch of ice in the parking lot of a trucking facility. He sustained injuries to his back, head, and neck, including a brain hemorrhage, concussion, palsy of his fourth cranial nerve, and herniated discs requiring surgery. He also developed post-concussion syndrome affecting cognitive ability and causing emotional distress. Defendant H & R, the English Landscape Gardeners Ltd., failed to timely procure new counsel, leading to default judgment. Judge Thomas Whelan determined damages.

$4.5M

Motor Vehicle Accident

Defendant settles for $4,500,000 after spinal surgery due to car accident. A Suffolk County police officer, Mr. Scala, had just responded to an obstruction in the roadway when a truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and rammed his police cruiser. Spinal surgery resulted.

$4.4M

Motor Vehicle Accident

A US Veteran and aircraft mechanic educator’s life was forever changed at the age of 44 when he was involved in a rear-end chain collision. The veteran sustained injuries causing him to undergo multiple high-risk surgeries. After years of trying to reenter the work-force, he was forced to give up his career and passion because of the daily pain.