Keith Halpern Attorney at Law

$7.2M

Commercial Dispute

My client invested $50,000 for a 10% interest in a developer's real estate trust. The developer flourished, but refused to give the investor an accounting and did not distribute any profits. When the developer still failed to provide a complete accounting after suit was filed, the Court entered judgment against him and conducted a hearing on damages.

$375,000

Medical Malpractice

A 27 year-old man suffered a back strain in a workplace accident. His primary care doctor prescribed Percocet continuously for four years. The doctor failed to conduct proper tests and did not refer the man to a specialist. The man became an addict, and eventually a heroin user, from which he contracted Hepatitis C. At the time of the settlement he was in Methadone treatment.

$490,000

Product Liability

A utility lineman suffered burns in an explosion. Expert accident reconstruction focused on a component part that was shattered in the explosion.

$120,000

Premises Liability

An elderly man fell down a flight of stairs in a restaurant when he backed up into a hallway door to allow a waiter to pass by. The door opened the wrong way, in violation of building codes. The gentleman received a blood transfusion at an emergency room from which he contracted Hepatitis C. At the time there was no test available to detect Hepatitis C in blood donations.

$130,000

Auto Accident

A 75 year-old man exited a taxi. Before he could walk away, the cabdriver drove off, striking his lower leg with the rear tire.

$37,500

Employment Law

A young man quit his job with a commercial cleaning company as a result of homophobic remarks made by a supervisor.