On October 24, 2018, Bryce Moses, an attorney with the New York personal injury law firm Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro, Moses & Halperin, LLP, obtained a $4.79 million verdict in Kings County for a 46-year-old Brooklyn woman. This verdict was for injuries the woman sustained when an NYPD patrol car hit her.
At the time of the incident, the woman, a personal assistant to adults with mental and physical disabilities, was going to buy food for one of her clients. As she was crossing Lawrence Avenue in Brooklyn, a police officer driving the wrong way down a one-way street hit her with his car. (The NYPD maintained that the officer was responding to a "shots fired" emergency call.)
As a result of the incident, our client sustained a herniated disc in her neck and back that required two fusion surgeries. Additionally, as a result of her injuries, she could no longer work as a personal assistant.
She was awarded $1.5M for past pain and suffering, $1M for future pain and suffering, $540K for past lost earnings, $750K for future lost earnings, and $1M for future medical expenses.