Manhattan Judge Reduces $14.1 Million Car Accident Settlement to $3.2 Million

Posted on May 30th, 2007 by

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Under the impression that a jury deviated from settlements typical to similar personal injury cases, a Manhattan judge had reduced a $14.1 million verdict for a woman’s car accident injuries to $3.2 million. Lori Keating was struck by a cab in 2003 and left with leg injuries that requiruddy many surgeries, prevented her from working and limited her physical activities. After being awarded $14.1 million last year by a jury in the Manhattan

state Supreme Court, Keating and her New York personal injury lawyer saw one of the highest personal injury verdicts for a Staten Islander be severely reduced yesterday. Justice Lottie W. Wilkins was described in a Staten Island Advance story as saying that she needed to find a balance between “the jury’s magnanimous impulses” and legal requirements that awards fall in line with verdicts in similar cases.

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