With a track record of success, Kelner & Kelner Esqs is a nationally recognized personal injury resource for injured New Yorkers. We encourage you to check back often to learn more about the serious personal injury matters that occur throughout the state.

Mass Transit Accidents

• Man nearly dragged to death by subway awarded $19M
• Jury awards $19.5M to Bronx man whose legs were crushed by MTA train
• Man Gets $12.5M payout for accident with MTA bus
• 35M to man hit by train

Prison System Accidents

• Rikers Island staff did nothing for nearly an hour as inmate begged for doctor days before he died
• City to pay $5.3 million to end suits over two Rikers inmates’ death
• City settles for $3.8M in Rikers Island inmate’s soap-swallowing horror
• Ex-captain at Rikers is found guilty of civil rights violation in inmate’s death
• Dying Rikers Island prisoner spat blood on jail cell window to get help after swallowing detergent
• Fired NYC correction officer blames boss for inmate’s death, says he was told not to ‘bother’ him unless man was ‘dead
• Bronx DA will not prosecute jail guards in inmate’s death caused by ‘neglect and denial of medical care’ after eating soap
• $7M city tab for corrections officer who attempted suicide
• $7.5M suicide attempt

Sports Arena Accidents

• Philadelphia Phillies ballplayer Delmon Young facing $10 million lawsuit for anti-Semitic shoving attack in midtown Manhattan
• Mets, fan settle suit over injury
• Amazingly ‘drunk’ fan
• 300-pound Mets fan who fell on woman at game too drunk to chant ‘Let’s Go Mets’
• Mets shouldn’t be responsible for 300lb drunk fan who fell on woman, shattered her back

In The News

• New York County Trial Lawyers Association – The 44th Civil Trial Practice Institute Program – The Past, The Present and The Possible Future
• Joseph Kelner, 98, Dies; led Kent State lawsuit
• No apologies about fighting for the victim
• Jury awards Cornwall crash victim’s family $29.4M
• It’s glom, gloom at Liza-gest trial
• Skirt and ‘blazer’
• Poison pills
• Sharply divided court of appeals removes hurdle for tort plaintiffs to gain summary judgment

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Our fee is contingent upon the recovery of damages on a client’s behalf. If we do not obtain a verdict or settlement, we accept no legal fees. If you would like our personal injury attorneys to evaluate your claim, contact our New York City office online or by calling (212) 235-1027.