Verdicts And Settlements
For over 40 years we have handled cases of serious personal injury, construction accidents, slip trip and fall premises, car crash and pedestrian knock down cases, wrongful death, medical malpractice. nursing home negligence, and police abuse cases Although personal injury verdicts & settlements will vary from case to case, these results are significant to the integrity of the firm. Even more importantly, verdicts & settlements are crucial to the client for the compensation they deserve for their case. Some of Devon Reiff’s results of his work on his own personal clients and his work on other firm’s clients are listed here:
- $22.9 Million Jury Verdict. 39-Year-old Union Ironworker fell 12 feet from atop an electrical room rooftop, upon which he was directed to stand, in order to torque test bolts that were installed on a steel beam during the construction of a highway bridge. The issues to be determined by the jury were whether he was provided with the proper tie-off protection and a proper work platform. He underwent two spinal surgeries and despite attempting to return to work, eventually, he was forced to end his ironworking career due to his injuries. Devon Reiff handled this case throughout pre-trial litigation and co-tried it with the lead trial attorney at another law firm., 2019
- $13.7 Million Jury Verdict: Union Steamfitter – Construction Site Accident. Injured when the personnel hoist he was descending on to go to lunch break with fellow co-workers suddenly free dropped striking the bumper springs below ground level. He had cervical and lumbar spinal surgeries which ended his career. Devon Reiff handled this from inception to trial and co-tried it with the lead trial attorney at another law firm in 2016
- $9.5 Million settled while at trial time with judicial mediation Judge for another firm’s client who was a young union iron worker who was struck on his neck and shoulder by a falling plank which was being used to secure a fire blanket. The plank became unsecured and fell from 30 feet above while his co-worker was welding during construction of a new building in the Manhattan Meat Packing District. Two shoulder surgeries and cervical spinal fusion which caused and end to his career as an iron worker, 2020
- $6.9 Million awarded to a 34 year old union ironworker, another firm’s client who fell from a cross beam he was working on when the bolts failed causing the beam to break away from the support column. He suffered career ending shattered pelvis injuries requiring multiple complex surgeries, 2019
- $6.5 Million Settlement at Private Mediation: Union Iron Worker – Construction Site Accident. Another firm’s client, 2017
- $6.3 Million Settlement During Trial at Summations: Union Steamfitter Worker – Construction Site Accident -for another firm’s client., 2017
- $4.5 Million Settlement: Union Sheet Metal Worker – Construction Site Accident. Another firm’s client, 2015
- $4.3 Million Verdict for Lacerated Cornea of a Devon Reiff window glazier client.
- $3.8M Working man bicyclist run over by commercial truck making right turn at intersection. Pelvic crush fractures and permanent severe scarring of groin and thigh., 2022.
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- $3.8 Million Settlement was reached for a Union Ornamental Ironworker for another firm’s client, who, with his co-workers, was moving a spreader bar on a dolly. Dolly got stuck on floor debris and tipped causing the spreader bar to fall off the dolly onto plaintiff’s foot, 2019
- $3.8 Million Settlement for a 45-year-old Union Steamfitter, another firm’s client, while a passenger on an outside construction hoist which free fell while descending the last 10 feet striking the springs, 2019
- $3.8 Million Settlement: Union Bridge Painter – Construction Site Accident, another firm’s client, 2016
- $3.7 Million recovery for a union lather of another firm’s client who fell from fixed ladder attached to the roof side of the building during new construction. As he was ascending the ladder attempting to tighten bolts a top rung of the ladder pulled put causing him to fall to the roof top below the ladder, 2020
- $3.6 Million Settlement for Pedestrian Hit and Run. Devon Reiff personal client.
- $3.5 Million Settlement for Taxi Driver Shooting Victim of a Devon Reiff personal client.
- $3.4 Million Settlement: Union Iron Worker – Construction Site Accident. Another firm’s client, 2017
- $3.4 Million Settlement: Union Iron Worker – Construction Site Accident, another firm’s client., 2016
- $3.385 Million recoveries for a union ironworker supervisor, for another firm’s client, whose hand was caught beneath a modular unit being lowered to a trailer when he tried to adjust the dunnage on the trailer in order to land the modular unit correctly. Multiple surgeries involving hand, elbow, shoulder, and lumbar spine, 2020
- $3.25 Million Settlement: Union Lather / Ironworker – Construction Site Accident for another firm’s client, 2015
- $3.125 Million Settlement: Union Steamfitter for another firm’s client – Construction Site Accident, 2014
- $3.1 Million Settlement: Union Insulator – Construction Site Accident of another firm’s client, 2015
- $3 Million for a new union ironworker, another firm’s client who fell when the platform plank he was working on cracked causing him to fall 8 feet to the below sidewalk bridge deck. Suffered lumbar spinal injuries requiring surgical repair, 2018
- $3 Million Settlement: Union Concrete & Cement Laborer – Devon Reiff personal client Construction Site Accident, 2015
- $3 Million Settlement: Non-Union Laborer – Construction Site Accident for a Devon Reiff client, 2014
- $3 Million awarded to 48-year-old construction worker for another firm’s client who fell from bakers scaffold while performing façade renovation of a commercial bank’s entrance, 2019
- $3 Million Settlement for 46-year-old window installer who was another firm’s client who fell 8 feet from broken plank onto sidewalk bridge roof below. Required knee and spinal surgeries, 2019
- $2.8 Million award to a union mason worker, another firm’s client who tripped on garbage strewn on stairs at a construction site fracturing his wrist. Eventually after unsuccessful wrist surgeries he had wrist fusion surgery, 2018
- $2.8 Million Settlement: Union Sheet Metal Worker – Construction Site Accident of another firm’s client, 2012
- $2.75M: Union Iron Worker trip and fall over tarp left protruding in a work area passageway General Contractor’s laborers. Permanent ankle tendon tears. Need for ankle fusion, 2022, Devon Reiff client.
- $2.75 Million Settlement: Union Bridge Painter – Construction Site Accident. Another firm’s client, 2014
- $2.75 Million Settlement: Union Operating Engineer – Construction Site Accident. Another firm’s client., 2016
- $2.65 Million Settlement: Union Iron Worker – Construction Site Accident. For another firm’s client., 2017
- $2.5M – Union Construction Laborer- hit inside by unsecured container door – arm nerve surgery and back surgery, 2022. Devon Reiff client.
- $2.5 Million awarded to driver Devon Reiff client who was hit from behind by a commercial vehicle. Devon Reiff client, 2018
- $2.5 Million Settlement for Union Sheetmetal Worker Devon Reiff client who fell 5 feet while descending ladder (R.R.), 2014
- $2.5 Million Settlement: Union Iron Worker – Construction Site Accident. For another firm’s client., 2013
- $2.4 Million Settlement: Union Iron Worker – Construction Site Accident for another firm’s client, 2016
- $2.1 Million Settlement: Driver – Devon Reiff client Struck by commercial vehicle, 2017
- $2.1 Million Settlement: Union Iron Worker – Construction Site Accident for another firm’s client, 2016
- $2M Union Iron Worker slip & fall on ice not removed by the General Contractors’ laborers. Low back surgery, 2022. Devon Reiff client.
- $2 Million Settlement obtained while at Jury Selection for another firm’s client who was a union Ironworker struck by falling bolting gun, suffered neck injury resulting in spinal surgery, 2020
- $2 Million Settlement: Union Glazier (Metal & Glass) Worker – Construction Site Accident. Another firm’s client, 2013
- $2 Million Settlement: Union Bridge Painter – Construction Site Accident. Another firm’s client, 2012
- $2 Million Settlement for Pipe Explosion, Devon Reiff client.
- $1.9 Million Jury Verdict for Injured Worker, Devon Reiff client.
- $1.82 Million Jury Verdict: Devon Reiff client – Police Excessive Use of Force, 2016
- $1,800,000 Settlement at private mediation for a Union construction worker who is another firm’s client who fell off an unsteady ladder during lobby renovation of multi-story residential housing development. Shoulder surgery and aggravation of prior lumbar spine condition, 2019
- $1.8 Million Verdict for Hand Fracture. Devon Reiff client.
- $1,750,000 Settlement in mediation for another firm’s client Union Sandhog working in MTA tunnel expansion project struck by falling Sakrete concrete mix. Fractured arm with nerve damage, 2019
- $1.6 Million Settlement: Union Painter – Construction Site Accident. Another firm’s client, 2016
- $1.55 Million Settlement: Union Steamfitter – Construction Site Accident. Another firm’s client, 2013
- $1.5 Million for a union steamfitter, another firm’s client who slipped and fell on a piece of discarded insulation wrapping on a ramp at a construction site, 2018
- $1.45 Million Settlement: Cement & Concrete Laborer, Devon Reiff client, who tripped and fell due to an unsecured hole covering on the construction site floor during demolition at a construction site. (M.C.), 2015
- $1.4 Million Settlement: Union Bridge Painter – Construction Site Accident. Another firm’s client, 2015
- $1.1 Million Settlement: Union Iron Worker – Construction Site Accident. Another firm’s client., 2014
- $1.1 Million Settlement for Car Accident, Devon Reiff client.
- $1 Million Settlement: Union Carpenter – Construction Site Accident. Another firm’s client, 2016
- $1 Million Settlement: Union Iron Worker – Construction Site Accident. Another firm’s client, 2013
- $975,000 Settlement: Union Worker – Construction Site Accident. Another firm’s client, 2014
- $650,000 Settlement: Union Plumber. Devon Reiff client- Trip and Fall Accident, 2016
- $550,000 Verdict for Pedestrian Hit in Crosswalk. Devon Reiff client
- $540,000 Settlement for Customer Injured at Store
- $500,000 to a non-union electrician, Devon Reiff client who fell from a ladder fracturing his elbow requiring surgery. Intoxication was at issue. (A.C.), 2018
- $500,000 Settlement: Slip and Fall in Sidewalk Crack
- $450,000 Female Union Iron worker fall into open uncovered hole. Arthroscopic knee surgery, 2022
- $350,000 Union Iron Worker struck by falling construction material, neck injury. Died of unrelated causes shortly after accident, 2022
- $375,000 Settlement: Construction Accident for Carpenter
- $300,000 Settlement: Scaffold Accident