Verdicts & Settlements

These are just some of the results Frank Eskesen helped obtain for his clients throughout his career. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

• Fall From Scaffold $5,600,000

  won for a construction / demolition worker who fell from a wobbly scaffold while removing stains from a brick wall, suffering knee, hip and back injuries.

• Bus Accident $980,000

  verdict for a bus passenger who fractured her arm, requiring surgery, as a result of falling due to a short stop / rear end crash.

• Grocery Store Slip And Fall $555,000

  won for a retired woman who, while a customer at a grocery store, slipped on eggs fracturing her ankle.

• Fall From Height $3,000,000

  won for the family of a construction worker who fell from one level to another at a construction site, causing back injuries. The worker later died as a result of pain medication taken due to the injuries.

• Roadway Electrical Explosion $1,850,000

  won for a worker who injured his hand after an electrical explosion at roadway excavation site.

• Failure To Diagnose $900,000

  won for a patient whose doctor failed to diagnose cancer, allowing it to progress from stage 1 to stage 3.

• Workplace Slip And Fall $750,000

  won for an office worker who sustained back injuries after she slipped and fell on a wet floor that had been improperly mopped by a maintenance company in her workplace.

• Fall From Ladder $1,800,000

  won for a cable installer who fell from an unsecured ladder, causing fractures of the foot with surgery.

• Disputed Cause – Client Forced Into Wall $825,000

  won for a 53 year-old truck driver in a highly-contested case, where the defense claimed our client rear-ended their vehicle and our client stated that their vehicle crossed into his lane. As a result of the contact between those vehicles, our client was forced into a wall, sustaining injuries to his neck and knees.

• Failed Surgery $550,000

  won for a mother, who after failed surgery developed a systemic infection and a lengthy hospitalization.

• Escalator Accident $850,000

  won for a 7-year-old girl whose foot became trapped in a moving escalator as a result of missing comb plate teeth, causing lacerations and fractures to multiple toes.

• Defective Banister $719,000

  won (approximate structured payment to the child with a then present day settlement amount of $500,000) for a 14-month-old toddler who broke her leg after she fell one-story in her apartment building as a result of a missing baluster in a railing.

• Negligent Care $687,500

  won for a mother’s psychological and physical injuries after her son died shortly after his birth.

• Defective Ladder $600,000

  won for a 43-year-old construction worker, who was injured when he fell from a defective ladder at a New York City Housing Authority Construction project.

• Animal Bite $715,000

  won (approximate structured payment with a then present day settlement amount of $300,000) for a two-year-old girl who was bitten by a neighbor’s pet monkey.

• Unsafe Workplace $875,000

  won for the wrongful death of a 31-year-old laborer working in a sewer main that was under construction, who drowned after passing out from lack of oxygen.

• Pedestrian Knockdown $575,000

  won for a 67-year-old pedestrian who was crossing the street when he was struck by a vehicle traveling in reverse.

• Failed Surgery $825,000

  won after a foreign object was left in patient’s body, resulting in additional surgeries.

• Fall From Scaffold $850,000

  won plus waiver of entire $120,000 workers’ compensation lien for a 34-year-old union taper who fell from a scaffold.