Results

Hach & Rose, LLP Pledge: Our firm considers it a privilege to be relied upon as lawyers when people need it most. We recognize that each client has one chance to be compensated when they are injured. Whether the case is worth $10,000 or $10,000,000 our clients and their cases are treated with the same care and attention to detail.  The following outcomes are results our attorneys have obtained. All cases are different and past successes are no guarantee of a future recovery.

• $13,000,000 — Jury verdict obtained on behalf of an injured union painter who fell from a ladder and sustained a traumatic brain injury.
• $12,800,000 — Jury verdict for a worker who suffered severe neck injury, as a result of a negligently installed door-closer by construction companies that had been hired to build a new wing of a hospital.
• $8,000,000 — Jury verdict obtained for the victim of a motorcycle accident.
• $6,489,320 – Verdict-Construction Worker fell through a hole in the roof
• $6,058,000 — Jury verdict for a phlebotomist diagnosed with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) as a result of striking her knee.
• $6,000,000 – Settlement – plus lifetime Workers’ Compensation benefits. Total value $12,000,000. Produce store worker crushed by produce that fell from defective pallet.
• $5,500,000 – Settlement for porter of apartment building repairing a light fixture from a defective ladder.
• $4,800,000 – Settlement for 2 children of a couple killed in an air crash.
• $4,093,600 — Judicial decision in favor of an electrical contractor and his wife as a result of a fall through a hole during a construction project.
• $4,000,000 – Settlement – teenage boy killed due to defective cement truck chute in front of other family members.
• $3,835,338 – Verdict for warehouse worker injured by defective forklift.
• $3,800,000 – settlement for medical malpractice.
• $3,525,000 — For a construction supervisor who fell from a makeshift ladder injuring his back.
• $3,500,000 — For a stonemason who was injured when another worker threw a piece of sheetrock out a window striking him on the ground below.
• $3,500,000 – settlement for demolition worker injured by falling debris.
• $3,500,000 – settlement for a teen who drowned in a motel pool.
• $3,475,000 — For a carpenter who was injured after falling from a temporary roof.
• $3,250,000 — Settlement for an operating engineer who was injured after he fell through an unsecured wooden platform.
• $3,225,000 – settlement for a roofer who fell through the roof.
• $3,200,000 — Settlement obtained for a carpenter who was injured in a fall at work.
• $3,150,000 — For a construction worker who slipped and fell on a construction site.
• $3,100,000– settlement for a laborer who fell down the elevator shaft.
• $3,000,000 — for father and son injured in a gas explosion.
• $3,000,000 — for a construction worker who fell from a height.
• $2,750,000 – settlement for a mason who fell from scaffold.
• $2,500,000 – settlement for a worker who fell from the elevated worksite with no safety equipment provided.
• $2,600,000 — Settlement for a construction worker struck by a backhoe.
• $2,500,000 — Settlement for a worker who was injured when a piece of construction debris fell from a building.
• $2,500,000 — Settlement amount obtained for a member of sheet metal workers local who was injured when he slipped and fell on an unsecured board at a construction site.
• $2,500,000 — Settlement for a laborer who injured his neck in an accident on a construction site.
• $2,500,000 — Settlement for a worker who was killed while being driven in a car from a company parking lot.
• $2,400,000 – settlement for waterproofer who fell from scaffold.
• $2,400,000 – settlement for the asbestos handler who was electrocuted.
• $2,300,000 — For the family of an operating engineer that was killed in the course of his employment.
• $2,300,000 — Jury verdict obtained for a pedestrian who was struck by a New York City Transit Authority bus.
• $2,250,000 — Trip and fall injury resulting in RSD and the implantation of a spinal cord stimulator.
• $2,225,000 — Settlement obtained for an engineer who was injured in a motor vehicle accident.
• $2,200,000 — Jury verdict obtained for a man who suffered a back injury following an automobile accident.
• $2,100,000 — For a school fireman who was injured when he fell from a poorly constructed permanent ladder.
• $2,100,000 — Obtained for a construction worker who was struck by a Bobcat operated by a co-worker.
• $2,000,000 — For a family injured in an automobile accident.
• $2,000,000 — Settlement for a construction worker injured by a falling pipe.
• $2,000,000 — Settlement for an operating engineer who was injured after he fell from a ladder while repairing a garage door.
• $2,000,000 – settlement for siding installer who fell from scaffold
• $2,000,000 – settlement for a homeless man hit by a police car.
• $1,900,000 – settlement for a guest injured in a diving accident at motel’s lake.
• $1,900,000 – settlement for union carpenter struck by falling equipment.
• $1,800,000 — Settlement obtained (co-counsel) for an engineer that suffered from lung cancer due to his work in and around asbestos. He is currently retired and is in complete remission. His case is remarkable because it was rejected by a major New York asbestos law firm.
• $1,800,000 — Settlement for a construction worker struck by vehicle due to lack of barricade.
• $1,700,000 — For an operating engineer who was injured in a motorcycle accident.
• $1,625,000 — Settlement obtained for a carpenter just prior to trial in which the client stepped off a ladder and tripped on debris.
• $1,500,000 — Settlement for school operating engineer who suffered severe burns because of a leaking sump pump.
• $1,500,000 — For a man who suffered a back injury when he was struck by a motor vehicle.
• $1,450,000 — Settlement for a man injured in an accident with a municipal bus.
• $1,450,000 — Jury verdict obtained for a 60-year-old, self-employed woman who slipped and fell on water in a cafeteria while at a conference.
• $1,400,000 — Jury verdict for railroad worker injured due to derailment.
• $1,400,000 — Jury verdict for a master mechanic at Richmond Hill Yard injured when a shuttle wagon failed and sustained neck injury with surgery.
• $1,350,000 — For a man injured in an automobile collision with a tractor-trailer whose operator was driving under the influence of alcohol.
• $1,300,000 – Arbitration award for a man injured in an automobile accident.
• $1,300,000 — Settlement obtained during trial for a woman injured in an automobile accident.
• $1,200,000 — Construction worker injured when he slipped on door laying on the ground that had pipe hidden underneath it.
• $1,200,000 — Settlement obtained (co-counsel) for a union worker that suffered from lung cancer due to his work in and around asbestos. He continues to work in his job and is in complete remission.
• $1,175,000 — For a cleaner who was injured when poorly stacked soda bottles toppled over and struck her when she was in the process of cleaning the cafeteria.
• $1,000,000 — Settlement obtained for the family of a man who died as a result of a negligently performed gastric bypass surgery.
• $995,000 — Arbitration award for an injured couple involved in an automobile accident.
• $900,000 — Railroad worker injured due to a faulty ladder.
• $900,000 — Trip and fall injury resulting in RSD and the implantation of a spinal cord stimulator.
• $900,000 — For a worker who fell due to improperly and insufficiently illuminated stairwell.
• $800,000 — For an operating engineer who tripped and fell over debris.
• $800,000 — For an operating engineer injured when installing a drop ceiling.
• $800,000 — For a construction worker who fell from a ladder positioned on scaffolding.
• $750,000 — For a plumber when he fell down a staircase due to an unsecured floor covering.
• $750,000 — For a bus driver injured when she tripped and fell on a misleveled elevator in the building where she worked.
• $750,000 — obtained for a woman who injured her back following a slip and fall accident at work.
• $725,000 — settlement for a pedestrian who tripped on a broken sidewalk caused by nearby construction activities.
• $700,000 — obtained for a man who injured by improperly closing elevator doors resulting in lumbar spine injury and the implantation of a spinal cord stimulator.
• $700,000 — obtained for a union member with respiratory injuries caused by exposure to dust and fumes on a construction site.
• $700,000 — settlement amount for a New York City Transit Authority worker who injured her knee when she tripped over a metal construction plate in the roadway.
• $673,000 — For a man injured in a train collision on his way to work.
• $670,000 — Jury Verdict for a back injury as a result of a train crash.
• $650,000 — For a man who was injured due to an unsafe indoor soccer field.
• $635,000 — For union laborer who was injured when he stepped into an unprotected hole.
• $600,000 — For a construction worker who fell from a ladder during a renovation project.
• $500,000 — For a woman injured in shopping mall due to negligent crowd control.
• $500,000 — For a young woman who injured her back when struck by an automobile.
• $500,000 — For a woman injured in an automobile accident who had a prior injury to the same body part she injured in the accident.
• $500,000 — For a man who tripped and fell on railroad property with an arm injury.
• $400,000 — Jury verdict for a woman injured in a car accident. She sustained back injury but did not report it to her doctors for nine months following the accident.
• $400,000 — Settlement for a professional chauffeur who was involved in a motor vehicle accident.
• $390,000 — Settlement for a pedestrian struck by automobile causing shoulder injury
• $375,000 — For a municipal employee injured when he slipped on stairs that had just been mopped and there were no warning signs posted.
• $345,000 — Settlement for a woman who tripped and fell in a restaurant.
• $325,000 — For a garage worker struck by an elevator door in the course of his employment.
• $300,000 — For a worker who fell from an A-frame ladder while he was replacing a sensor on the back of the boiler.
• $300,000 — For a machinist injured at the Stamford, Connecticut Yard Repair Shop.
• $300,000 — For Long Island Railroad conductor who fell through an unsafe gap between train and platform.
• $275,000 — For a heavy equipment operator who was hit by a bus in a hit and run accident.
• $250,000 — For an operating engineer injured due to failure of building to provide a safe way to enter or exit a cooling tower.
• $250,000 — For a man injured due to an unsafe ladder at a storage facility.
• $250,000 — Due to trip and fall on a defective sidewalk.
• $250,000 — For a woman who fell on the sidewalk after tripping on a metal gate.
• $225,000 — For a union electrician who injured his wrist when he fell from his ladder on a construction project.
• $225,000 — For a woman injured in an automobile accident.
• $225,000 — For a man who was struck by a car while riding a scooter.
• $225,000 — For a man injured when he slipped and fell on a floor at a catering hall due to the failure of the hall to clean the premises.
• $210,000 — For a child who was struck by an automobile while crossing the street in the middle of a block.
• $200,000 — For a construction worker who was injured when he tripped on a defective sidewalk on his way to work.
• $200,000 — For a union member injured in the course of his employment due to Labor Law violations.
• $200,000 — For an operating engineer injured at work when he fell from an unsafe ladder.
• $190,000 — For a man injured on a dock that was not properly secured by the marina.
• $190,000 — For an operating engineer injured on construction site.
• $190,000 — For a man injured by a construction elevator.
• $185,000 — For a woman injured on a defective sidewalk caused by a metal gate.
• $185,000 — For a woman who was an assistant on a school bus injured when the bus was in an accident.
• $180,000 — For an operating engineer who was injured when he fell down a staircase while in the course of his employment.
• $150,000 — For a woman who slipped in a school parking lot that was not cleared of snow and ice on her way to work.
• $145,000 — For a union member injured by a defective product.
• $143,000 — For an operating engineer who injured his knee when he tripped on a misleveled elevator.
• $140,000 — For a woman injured due to unsafe steps at a school.
• $135,000 — For a woman injured by an underinsured driver.
• $125,000 — For a construction worker injured on a job site.
• $125,000 — For a truck driver injured by an underinsured motor vehicle.
• $105,000 — Due to a trip on a defective step.
• $100,000 — For a woman injured during a home construction project.
• $100,000 — Due to a slip and fall on ice.
• $95,000 — For a utility worker injured during a road construction project.
• $85,000 — For a woman injured when she tripped on a defective sidewalk.
• $85,000 — For a woman who was injured on a sidewalk due to an unsafe construction.
• $85,000 — For a man injured in an automobile accident.
• $80,000 — For the wife of a union member who was injured.
• $75,000 — For a woman injured in a motor vehicle accident.
• $75,000 — For a woman injured when she tripped in a poorly maintained public parking lot.
• $75,000 — For a woman injured due to a defective elevator.
• $70,000 — For an operating engineer injured on construction site.
• $70,000 — For a sheet metal worker injured when he tripped on construction debris.
• $70,000 — For an NYTA bus driver who was injured when an airport van collided into his bus.
• $67,000 — For a pedestrian struck by an automobile.
• $65,000 — For a man injured on unsafe premises.
• $65,000 — For a bus driver injured in an automobile accident.
• $65,000 — For a person who slipped and fell on water in a pharmacy.
• $60,000 — For a construction worker who was injured when he slipped on ice on a construction site (a violation of Labor Law Section 241(6) while in a designated walkway.
• $60,000 — For a police officer injured in the course of her employment.
• $59,000 — For a man injured in an automobile accident.
• $55,000 — For a woman injured in an automobile accident.