On December 1, 2023, Feldman, Kleidman, Collins & Sappe LLP’s (FKC&S) 48-year-old client, a vet tech in Stone Ridge, NY, was driving east on US-44 & State Route 55 in Gardiner. The defendant driver was driving west and crossed over into FKC&S’s client’s lane, causing a crash. FKC&S’s client had to be extricated from her car by emergency personnel and was taken by ambulance to the hospital, where she was treated and released.
Prior to the accident, FKC&S’s client was diagnosed with right shoulder bursitis. In this crash she sustained a labral tear to her right shoulder which required surgery. The defense argued that her problems were pre-existing, but the post-crash MRI clearly showed a new injury. The case was settled without a lawsuit for $85,000.