Railway and Airline Injuries

There are special laws that apply to those who are injured by trains, by airliners, and while on ships. Often these accidents are covered by federal laws rather than local state laws. Injuries range from food poisoning to wrongful death.

If you or a loved one has sustained serious injury or wrongful death due to a train, an airliner or a ship, Schmelkin Associates, P.C. can assist you.

Schmelkin Associates, PC. is experienced in railway and airline injuries. We can help you obtain proper compensation for your personal injuries and suffering. Call 212-227- 8865 or toll free l-888-LAWWIRE (529-9473).

Our Cases

$3,500,000 awarded to a 27-year-old model who was slashed and assaulted in a building where several violent crimes had occurred.

$2,000,000 following settlement, paid out over time for a seven-year-old child who sustained lead poisoning due to his landlord’s negligence in failing to remove chipping and peeling lead paint from the walls of his apartment.

$1,750,000 awarded to out client, a New York City welfare inspector, who was attacked while on the job by the defendant's vicious pitbulls, causing scarring and loss of earnings.

$1,000,000 awarded to a three-year-old girl who became learning disabled as a result of sustaining lead poisoning due to lead paint in the walls of her apartment.

$700,000 awarded (including a waiver of worker's compensation lien), to a construction worker who fractured his femur and tore ligaments in his knee as a result of using a defective saw.

$660,000 verdict to a teacher who suffered a fractured toe requiring surgery after tripping over a loose wire on the floor of her office.

$650,000 settlement to a site flag person who was hit by a car sustaining a fracture of her hip and humerus.

$650,000 awarded to an unemployed 60-year-old woman who sustained a fractured hip after allegedly walking into the path of a motor vehicle.

$650,000 settlement (including a waiver of worker's compensation lien) to a 58-year-old construction worker who sustained a herniated disc as a result of falling from a pipe in a construction trench.

$600,000 settlement to a 46-year-old nurse who sustained a herniated disc and fractured foot after being struck by a car as she was crossing mid-block, looking in the opposite direction.

$600,000 verdict to a 27-year-old home care attendant who sustained a torn meniscus after being struck by a car while exiting a bus at an improper location.

$550,000 settlement for a 44-year-old carpenter who suffered a fractured hip and a knee injury after cutting himself with a saw that lacked the proper guards.

$538,000 settlement for a 39-year-old laborer who sustained a two herniated discs as the result of twisting his back on debris on the floor of a construction site.

$513,000 settlement (including a waiver of worker's compensation lien) for a 38-year-old mason who fell through a hollow shaft on the sidewalk, sustaining a herniated cervical disc and a laceration of a tendon.

Railway and Airline Injuries

Schmelkin Associates, P.C.
30 Vesey Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212-227-8865
Toll Free: 1-888-LAWWIRE (529-9473)
Fax: 212-791-4129

All content © 2013 Schmelkin Associates, P.C.

Schmelkin Associates, P.C.30 Vesey Street, 4th FloorNew York, NY 10007 Phone: 212-227-8865Toll Free: 1-888-LAWWIRE (529-9473)Fax: 212-791-4129

All content © 2013 Schmelkin Associates, P.C.

Schmelkin Associates, P.C.
30 Vesey Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212-227-8865
Toll Free: 1-888-LAWWIRE (529-9473)
Fax: 212-791-4129