Goidel & Siegel won a 2 million-dollar settlement for an 8 year-old boy struck by a van. The incident occurred on a path in Red Hook Park, Brooklyn. The boy sustained a fracture of the distal portion of one leg’s femur. He underwent the insertion of percutaneous pins, surgical removal of the pins and the application of an external fixation device. He also underwent about one year of physical therapy.
His mother sued the van’s driver and the van’s owner, the City of New York. The boy and his mother alleged the driver was negligent in the operation of his vehicle and that the city was vicariously liable for the driver’s actions.