$660,000 Jury Verdict - New York Premises Liability Lawsuit
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented plaintiffs who had rented the second floor of a house from one of the defendants. On 4/17/88, someone threw a rock through the window and the police investigated the incident. Plaintiffs claimed that the police told them that they would watch the house. The house was firebombed 8 hours later. Plaintiffs jumped from the second floor to escape the flames from the house fire, but a 16 year old boy died. Read more about the New York premises liability lawsuit.
$518,500 Jury Verdict - Premises Security and Assault
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented the superintendent of an apartment building who was assaulted on two occasions. In the first attack, he was attacked with a machete. In the second attack, he was struck on the head with a pistol and stabbed. Read more about the premises liability case involving assault of an apartment superintendent.
$500,000 Jury Verdict - Apartment Security Involving a Broken Door
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a woman who had been raped at her apartment building. The woman, age 12 at the time, testified that she was waiting for the elevator in the lobby of the building when she saw the assailant enter the building through a rear exit door, which had been broken for a long time. Read more about the lawsuit involving apartment security and a broken door.
$315,000 Settlement - Assault in Apartment Building
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a girl who had been assaulted in her apartment building. She was struck on the back of the head by an unknown assailant in the lobby of her apartment building in the Bronx. She was rendered unconscious and never saw her assailant. Read more about the case involving assault in an apartment building.
$150,000 Jury Verdict - Assault at a Nightclub
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented an off-duty police officer who claimed he was accosted by three people at a nightclub. He also claimed that he was then ejected from the club, which also immediately ejected the three men who had just assaulted him inside, who then assaulted him again just outside the club exit. Read more about the premises liability lawsuit involving an assault at a nightclub.
$95,000 Settlement - Apartment Security and Assault
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a child assaulted in his apartment building located in Queens. The child, then 10, was assaulted in the elevator of his apartment building. Fitzgerald and Fitzgerald successfully argued that New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) was negligent for failing to provide adequate security and a functional front door lock. Read more about the case involving apartment security and assault in an elevator.
$45,000 Jury Verdict - Inadequate Security in Parking Lot
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald represented a man assaulted in a parking lot. Lighting, signs, and fencing in the parking lot area were inadequate. Read more about the lawsuit involving inadequate security in a parking lot.
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