Mr. Elbadawi represented a 48 year old resident of Groton, New York who sustained a comminuted mid-shaft right femur fracture which required surgical repair as a result of a head on collision with a taxi on February 5, 2012. Fortunately, the client healed completely from his injuries approximately 13 months after the accident. In January, 2016, about 1 year after Mr. Elbadawi was retained, the claim settled for $90,000 which included the taxi company’s entire $25,000 automobile insurance policy and an additional $65,000 in supplemental underinsured benefits from the client’s own automobile insurance company.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 50 year old resident of Groton, New York who sustained multiple rib fractures, a sternum fracture, and a fracture in her left foot as a result of a head on collision with a taxi on February 5, 2012. Fortunately, the client healed completely from her injuries and was discharged from care about 15 months post accident. In January, 2016, about 1 year after Mr. Elbadawi was retained, the claim settled for $95,000 which included the taxi company’s entire $25,000 automobile insurance policy and an additional $70,000 in supplemental underinsured motorist benefits from the client’s own automobile insurance company.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 38 year old resident of New Berlin, New York who sustained a left pneumothorax, a concussion, and shoulder injuries which were treated non-operatively as a result of a rear end collision on Interstate 88 on July 11, 2014. In January of 2016, approximately 20 months after Mr. Elbadawi was retained, the claim settled for $100,000 which included the other motorist’s entire $25,000 automobile insurance policy and an additional $75,000 from the client’s own automobile insurance company which was the entire amount of supplemental underinsured motorist benefits that were available.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 39 year old New York State resident who sustained injuries on January of 2013. In February of 2016, Mr. Elbadawi’s client’s claim settled for $4,900,000. Due to a confidentiality agreement, additional details regarding the claim can not be provided.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 71 year old resident of Moravia, New York who sustained a right pneumothorax, a kidney laceration, a right posterior iliac crest (pelvis) fracture, a right unlar shaft fracture (broken arm), and fractures of 4 ribs as a result of a motor vehicle accident at an intersection in the Town of Summerhill, New York on March 12, 2015. In February of 2016, about 11 months after Mr. Elbadawi was retained, the claim settled for $100,000 which included the other motorists entire $25,000 insurance policy and an additional $75,000 from the client’s own automobile insurance company which was the entire amount of supplemental underinsured motorist benefits that were available.
Mr. Elbadawi represented an 82 year old resident of Seneca Falls, New York who sustained facial scarring as a result of a dog bite incident at a neighbor’s residence on October 16, 2014. In the moments before the incident, the client entered her neighbor’s residence unannounced. The neighbor therefore claimed that the incident was the client’s fault and also claimed that there was no proof that the dog in question had vicious propensities. In March of 2016, about 18 months after Mr. Elbadawi was retained, the claim against the owner of the dog settled for $55,000.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 17 year old resident of Ogdensburg, New York who sustained a multiple fractures in her feet including fractures of the 1st and 4th metatarsals on the right, a fracture of the 5th metatarsal on the left, and a left small toe fracture as a result of a motor vehicle accident on June 5, 2011. Although the client underwent right ankle arthroscopy in December of 2014, the causal relation of that procedure to the motor vehicle accident was disputed because there were no fractures in the ankle joint after the subject motor vehicle accident and because the client had a lengthy pre-accident history of right ankle injuries and problems. The surgeon released the client from care without any restrictions in December of 2015 and the client was essentially symptom free thereafter. In June of 2016, about 20 months after Mr. Elbadawi was retained, the claim settled for $75,000.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 74 year old repairman who resided in Redwood, New York who sustained low back injuries including a herniated disc at L3-L4 when he fell on the ice covered front porch steps of a customer’s residence on April 12, 2013. Independent medical evaluations confirmed the existence of pre-existing degenerative problems in the client’s lumbar spine. Additionally, Mr. Elbadawi’s client had sustained low back injuries in 2002 and, as a result, had undergone an extensive course of low back therapy and treatment prior to the accident. In June of 2016, less than two years after Mr. Elbadawi was retained, the claim against the homeowner settled for $95,000.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 49 year old delivery person who resided in Ogdensburg, New York who sustained a left ankle fracture that required surgical repair when he fell on the ice covered front step of a North Country market on December 26, 2013. The client was discharged from the care of his orthopedic doctor about 10 months post accident. The defendant market asserted a storm in progress defense (among other defenses) because weather data indicated that it was snowing and blustery in the hours before the accident. In June of 2016, about 20 months after Mr. Elbadawi was retained, the claim settled for $95,000.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 58 year old operator of a motorcycle who resided in Herkimer, New York who sustained multiple left foot and ankle injuries as a result of a collision with a motorist on September 23, 2015. As a result of the collision, the client had to undergo surgical repair of 5 tarsometatarsal joint dislocations, a displaced 2nd metatarsal shaft fracture, and a medial cuneiform joint dislocation on September 29, 2015. Unfortunately, the client needed to have a second operation on November 14, 2015 to remove previously implanted fixation hardware, and to repair a left tibial non-union with a bone graft. By the summer of 2016, the client’s symptoms had improved considerably, he was discharged from the care of his surgeon and he was released to return to work. In July of 2016, approximately 10 months after the accident, the claim against the motorist who caused the collision settled for $437,500.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 71 year old operator of an SUV who resided in Lowville, New York who sustained neck and right shoulder injuries when she was rear ended by another motorist on July 26, 2011. The client’s claim against the motorist had been settled prior to Mr. Elbadawi’s involvement in the matter. In September of 2014, Mr. Elbadawi was retained to assist the client in obtaining supplemental under-insurance motorist benefits (SUM benefits) from the client’s own automobile insurance carrier. With respect to the cervical spine, the client claimed she sustained mild disc bulges at C4-C5 and C6-C7. With respect to the shoulder injury, the client sustained, among other things, an acromio-clavicular (AC) joint sprain and a rotator cuff tear which required surgical repair on November 7, 2012. The client’s SUM claim was arbitrated on June 28, 2016. On August 11, 2016, the SUM arbitrator determined that the total value of the client’s claim was $115,000 which included the $25,000 previously paid by the motorist who caused the accident. The client therefore received a net arbitration award of $90,000 in August of 2016, less than two years after Mr. Elbadawi was retained.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 51 year old resident of Saranac Lake, New York who sustained left leg and knee injuries including a dislocated knee cap, quadriceps tendon tear, and a ruptured patellar tendon when he tripped and fell on the exterior steps of the Saranac Lake Post office on August 22, 2013. As a result of the accident, the client underwent surgical repair of the quadriceps tendon on August 30, 2013. In April of 2015, Mr. Elbadawi commenced a claim against the United State Postal Service alleging that the accident was caused by a defect in the exterior steps of the post office. During a mediation held on August 31, 2016, the claim settled for $100,000, approximately 18 months after Mr. Elbadawi was retained.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 46 year old resident of Heuvelton, New York who sustained cervical spine and left shoulder injuries as a result of a motor vehicle accident on January 6, 2012. With respect to the left shoulder, the client alleged a torn anterior cartilaginous glenoid labrum, a rotator cuff tear, and she underwent an arthroscopic distal clavicle excision and subacromial decompression with debridement on October 13, 2014. With respect to the cervical spine, the client alleged, among other things, a left para-central disc herniation at C6-C7 which required an anterior fusion/arthrodesis on February 23, 2016. Prior to the subject motor vehicle accident, the client presented on numerous occasions to healthcare providers with complaints of left shoulder and spine complaints and she had sustained cervical spine injuries as a result of a previous motor vehicle accident in 2007. The independent medical examination on behalf of the motorist who caused the accident concluded that the client’s neck and shoulder complaints were exaggerated, pre-existing, and were, at most, aggravated by the subject motor vehicle accident. In November of 2016, approximately 18 months after Mr. Elbadawi was retained, the claim settled for $210,000.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 27 year old resident of Auburn, New York who sustained right knee and leg injuries including a femur fracture and a tibial plateau fracture when the operator of the vehicle she was riding in lost control and crashed into a piece of heavy equipment parked in a nearby parking lot. Unfortunately, the client was not wearing her seatbelt and her medical records documented her illegal drug use prior to and at the time of the subject accident. In November of 2015, approximately 18 months after Mr. Elbadawi was retained, the claim settled for $60,000.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 37 year old Harrisville, New York resident who suffered severe crush injuries to his right foot and leg caused by the front wheel of a large dump truck on a construction site in the Town of Clinton, New York on September 20, 2012. Eye witness accounts from co-workers suggested that the client may have stepped into the path of the moving dump truck and, as a result, he may have been either partially or even completely responsible for the accident. Due to the severity of the crush injuries, the client underwent multiple surgeries and eventually needed a below the knee amputation. Following an extensive course of therapy and rehabilitation, the client returned to work full time without restriction approximately 9 months post accident. The personal injury action which was filed in Franklin County Supreme Court settled for $2,100,000 in February of 2015 on the Friday before trial.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 27 year old Potsdam resident who suffered a right knee dislocation when she fell on snow and ice in the parking lot of her apartment complex on January 20, 2013. Follow up evaluations confirm that by August of 2013, the client’s knee problems had largely resolved without the need for surgical intervention. The claim against the owner of the apartment complex settled for $65,000 in March of 2015.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 61 year old Ogdensburg, New York resident who suffered a torn rotator cuff (shoulder injury) and cartilage tear in his wrist as a result of a motor vehicle accident on October 11, 2011. The claim against the motorist who caused the accident settled for $50,000 in March of 2015 – less than two years after Mr. Elbadawi was retained.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 53 year old Cazenovia, New York resident who suffered cervical spine injuries including a herniated disc at C5-6 as a result of a rear end collision in Fayetteville, New York on December 6, 2011. As a result of the accident, Mr. Elbadawi’s client underwent an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in August of 2013. The personal injury action against the motorist who caused the accident settled in May of 2015 for $250,000 – approximately two years after Mr. Elbadawi was retained.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 16 year old Canton, New York resident who suffered facial scarring and lacerations to her chin and lower lip as a result of a dog bite incident on May 27, 2013. Although the owners of the residence where the incident occurred did not own the dog in question, they allowed the owner (who had no insurance) to bring the dog to their residence on a regular basis. The claim against the property owner settled for $65,000 and the infant’s settlement was subsequently approved by a New York State Supreme Court Justice in May of 2015.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 46 year old Hammond, New York resident who suffered low back injuries including a thoracic syrinx as a result of a motor vehicle accident on April 28, 2013. As a result of the accident, Mr. Elbadawi’s client underwent a laminectomy at L3 on October 21, 2014. The claim against the motorist who caused the accident settled in June of 2015 for $90,000 – approximately 16 months after Mr. Elbadawi was retained. Due to the client’s pre-existing disability and the injuries arising from the motor vehicle accident, Mr. Elbadawi also assisted the client with the creation of a Medicare Set Aside account.
Mr. Elbadawi represented the Estate of a mother of three young children who suffered fatal injuries as a result of a head on motor vehicle accident on September 28, 2013. Eye witness accounts confirmed that the client died instantly and, mercifully, did not endure any post accident conscious pain and suffering. The vehicle involved in the crash was owned by the client (who carried automobile insurance coverage totaling $50,000). Although the operator of the vehicle involved in the crash did not have any insurance, he resided with his parents who carried automobile insurance coverage with a separate insurance company with a limit of $100,000. In June of 2015, Mr. Elbadawi received Surrogate Court approval to settle the Estate’s claims against both insurance carriers for their respective policy limits ($150,000).
Mr. Elbadawi represented an 84 year old Auburn, New York resident who suffered a torn rotator cuff (shoulder injury) which required surgical repair as a result of a motor vehicle accident on April 29, 2014. Follow up examinations confirmed that the client was pain free and asymptomatic less than 5 months after surgery. The claim against the motorist responsible for causing the accident settled in July of 2015 for $50,000 which was the entire amount of available automobile insurance coverage.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 56 year old Oswego, New York resident who suffered burn injuries on May 31, 2013 when an ignited gel pot she was standing near accidentally tipped over and caused flammable liquid to spill onto her legs. The personal injury action against the owner of the gel pot settled for $350,000 in October of 2015 – approximately 14 months after Mr. Elbadawi was retained.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a high school student who suffered a concussion when a lacrosse ball struck her in the head while she was training on the school’s track. At the time of the incident, the school’s lacrosse team was practicing on the field inside the track and there were no available safety nets to protect athletes on the track. The personal injury action against the school district settled for $32,500 in November of 2015 – approximately 11 months after the case was referred to him.
Mr. Elbadawi represented the Estate of a mother and her two daughters in a claim arising from a two car motor vehicle crash in the Town of Paris, New York on December 28, 2010. At the time of the accident, road conditions and visibility were poor and likely played a role in causing the accident. The mother and her daughters were passengers in a car that lost control, entered the oncoming lane of travel, and collided with an oncoming vehicle. The driver of that oncoming vehicle also suffered injuries and commenced his own personal injury action. As a result of the accident, the mother suffered fatal injuries and there was no evidence of conscious pain and suffering. Although neither daughter suffered significant physical injuries, one of the daughters struggled emotionally after the accident and required extensive therapy. The personal injury action against the two drivers settled for $280,000 in December of 2015.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 33 year resident of Jamesville, New York who suffered spinal cord injuries resulting in lower leg paralysis as a result of a motorcycle accident in the City of Syracuse on May 16, 2013. In January of 2014, the claim against the automobile driver responsible for causing the accident settled less than 9 months after Mr. Elbadawi was retained for $250,000 (the entire amount of available coverage).
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 34 year old resident of Richville, New York who suffered a torn medial meniscus in the right knee which required arthroscopic surgery as a result of a multi vehicle accident in the Town of Dekalb in February of 2012. The claim against the motorist responsible for causing the accident settled in February, 2014 for $50,000 – approximately 16 months after Mr. Elbadawi was retained.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a laborer in his late forties who suffered a severe knee injury requiring multiple surgeries as a result of a work related accident when he fell from a permanently affixed ladder at a co-generation plant in Chateaugay, New York on May 11, 2009. The Labor Law action against the plant settled in March of 2014 for $275,000 – approximately 2 ½ years after Mr. Elbadawi was retained.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 30 year old resident of Lewis County who suffered a right acetabular (hip) fracture that fully healed about 1 year later when she lost control of her brother’s off road electric utility vehicle and crashed in a ravine on July 13, 2010. Mr. Elbadawi commenced a product liability action against the manufacturer of the vehicle in question which alleged, among other things, that the vehicle was defectively designed, had inadequate steering, acceleration and braking systems and lacked basic safety features like doors and seatbelts. In April of 2014, the claim against the manufacturer settled for $90,000 -approximately two years after Mr. Elbadawi was retained.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 50 year old Niagara County resident who suffered neck injuries and eventually needed an anterior cervical discectomy with fusion at C5-6 as a result of a rear end motor vehicle accident on October 20, 2010 on the I-190 in the Town of Tonawanda on October 20, 2010. The action against the motorist who caused the rear end collision settled in May of 2014 for $450,000.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 20 year old enlisted soldier stationed at the Fort Drum Army base near Watertown, New York who claimed that he suffered a herniated disc in his thoracic spine as a result of a head on motor vehicle accident in the Town of Canton, New York on May 6, 2012. The claim against the motorist responsible for causing the collision settled in June of 2014 for $70,000 – approximately 2 years after the accident.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 42 year old laborer who suffered a rotator cuff tear in his left shoulder when he fell at a construction site on March 2, 2011 in the Town of Canton, New York. At the time of the accident, Mr. Elbadawi’s client was employed by a subcontractor hired to assist in the construction of a large dormitory on a SUNY campus in Northern New York. Mr. Elbadawi, filed a Claim against the State of New York, the owner of the property where the accident happened, alleging in part that the accident was caused by the State’s failure to maintain a safe worksite. The State questioned the extent of Mr. Elbadawi’s client’s injuries, questioned the causal relation of those injuries to the accident and asserted a “storm in progress defense”. In July of 2014, the Claim settled for $80,000.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 60 year old resident of Edwards, New York who suffered a torn medial meniscus in his left knee that required two arthroscopic surgeries when he fell while entering a grocery store located in Gouverneur, New York on September 4, 2010. In September of 2014, the claim against the store settled for $95,000 about 2 years after Mr. Elbadawi was retained and approximately 2 weeks before the trial was scheduled to begin.
Mr. Elbadawi represented an eight year old boy who suffered a minor laceration to chin as a result of a dog bite which occurred at an apartment located in the Town of Massena, New York on March 14, 2012. In November of 2014, infancy settlement application of the claim against the owners of the dog involved in the attack was approved and the matter subsequently settled for $85,000 approximately a year and a half after Mr. Elbadawi was retained.
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 20 year old resident of Cuyler, New York who suffered a bimalleolar fracture requiring open reduction and internal fixation as a result of a motorcycle accident in the Town of Somerset, New York on September 8, 2013. At the time of the accident, Mr. Elbadawi’s client was riding as a passenger on her boyfreind’s motorcycle. In November of 2014 (less than 14 months after Mr. Elbadawi was retained) the claim against the operator of the motorcycle settled for $100,000 (the motorcycle operator’s entire policy).
Mr. Elbadawi represented a 39 year old resident of Syracuse who suffered a disc bulge with an annular tear at L4-5 as a result of a motor vehicle accident in Syracuse, New York on November 21, 2008. At the time of the accident, Mr. Elbadawi’s client was a pedestrian attempting to cross East Genesee Street near the intersection with Crouse Avenue in downtown Syracuse when she was struck on the right side by a motor vehicle operated by a resident of Watertown, New York. The action against the motorist responsible for causing the accident settled in November of 2014 for $160,000 (approximately 14 months after Mr. Elbadawi was retained and approximately one week before the trial of the action against the motorist was scheduled to begin).
