Achieving big city results while providing small-town customer service.
Achieving big city results while providing small-town customer service.
John E. Lavelle has dedicated his career to helping people injured in accidents to recover fair and just compensation. Over the past 19+ years, Mr. Lavelle has served as lead or co-counsel in cases that resulted in the following recoveries.
(Prior results do not guarantee future outcomes)
A Bronx resident suffered devastating injuries when he was struck while riding his motorcycle. A thorough damages evaluation by experts helped prove plaintiff's past, present and future damages.
A young woman in Suffolk County is injured while crossing a street in the early morning hours. The use of an accident reconstructionist helped secure a full policy offer.
A school administrator is injured in a head-on collision and is forced to undergo neck surgery. The settlement was secured before trial costs had to be expended.
An auto parts delivery man is injured when his pick-up truck is struck by a municipal garbage truck. Aggressive motion practice helped secure a superior settlement despite a prior serious back injury.
A union painter falls and is injured while painting a ceiling. Plaintiff's claims are filed under the New York State Labor Law. Defendants maintained that there was no defect in the scaffold.
Plaintiff falls when a ladder sifts at a construction site. He suffers a fractured wrist. Defendant claims the fall was caused by poor ladder placement.
Plaintiff is injured during a botched laparoscopic kidney removal surgery. The case is pursued in a conservative venue in Pennsylvania.
Plaintiff is injured when a makeshift ladder at a construction site collapses as he descends it. The case settled after motions for summary judgment had been filed by plaintiff.
Plaintiff suffers a serious shoulder injury when his car is struck by a truck owned by a school district that lost control on an icy road. The venue of the case was Westchester County, NY.
Plaintiff suffers a broken foot when an automatic door closes too quickly as he walked through the door. Discovery established that the door was being modified at the time of the accident.
Plaintiff trips and falls over the leg of a highchair protruding from under a counter at a fast-food restaurant. Defendant claims the leg of a highchair does not constitute a dangerous condition.
Plaintiff trips and falls over an uneven floor in a store. There were no photographs taken of the defective flooring. Both the landlord and tenant denied the existence of a defective condition.