Verdicts and Settlements

The Metropolitan Transit Authority of NYC requested a confidential settlement before the beginning of a trial in a case involving a 65-year-old client of ours. The woman passenger tripped on the D train doorway at the 7th Avenue station. She was transferring from the E train to the D train when she encountered the doorway...

Most recently, our law firm settled a case involving a 22-year-old female exchange student from Japan who was involved in a painful pedestrian knockdown case with a city garbage truck several years back. She studied at a school in Montana and on December 26, 2012, was visiting New York City. She was set to depart...

Our client was riding their bicycle north on 1st Avenue, when a vehicle passenger opened up their car door and hit our client. Being doored cause our client to be rushed to the hospital and resulted in a partial tear of his rotator cuff, as well as a non-displaced shoulder fracture. Our lawyers settled the…

Settlement for workplace accident totaled $350,000. Mitchel Ashley was able to hold two insurance companies who claimed they had no liability and who disclaimed coverage saying the incident wasn’t one they covered with their policies. Even though Mitchel had no guarantee of being able to get any insurance coverage for his injured client, he proceeded…

Over 6 Million awarded to an injured and bereaved mother after motor vehicle accident. The Ashley Law Firm recovered over $6 million for a woman who was pushing her daughter in a stroller and was struck by a car. The mother was severely injured and the child was killed as a result of the accident.

$815,000 verdict for car accident awarded to a man hit by a car on New York City. Mitchel successfully represented a man who was hit by a car while exiting his employer’s vehicle. The car that hit Mitchel’s client had minimal insurance coverage of $25,000. Mitchel correctly thought that the employer would have special insurance…

Verdict for medical malpractice case sways in favor of injured party. Our client, a 58 year-old Vietnam veteran, walked into an ambulance to go to the hospital to be treated for an illness. That was practically the last time he walked. Due to the hospital’s negligence, our client contracted bedsores which left him unable to…

Mitchel settled a case of a 33 year-old construction worker who was hit by a falling piece of wood while working on a construction site. He injured his shoulder, neck and back. While working with him, Mitchel discovered he desired to move and was unsure if he could secure work again. Mitchel’s helped him work with…

A jury awarded Mitchel Ashley’s client $424,000 for injuries she suffered when she slipped on snow and ice while descending the stairs going down to the subway. Mitchel proved that the Transit Authority never properly shoveled the steps after a heavy snowfall and that led to a dangerous condition. The jury ultimately found the Transit…

Motor vehicle accident victim awarded a sustainable amount for personal injury. Mitchel recovered virtually all of a $300,000 insurance policy for a pedestrian struck by a car in Nassau County. Even though the police report said the client was not in the cross walk and was walking against the light, the insurance company opted to…