 Brian Isaac has been at the forefront of New York Appellate Practice for almost 20 years, and has been responsible for numerous ground breaking decisions. In Balbuena v. IDR Realty LLC, No. 19 , 6 NY3d 338 [2006], Mr. Isaac successfully argued that undocumented aliens were not precluded from obtaining lost wages for safety violations under N.Y. Lab. Law §§ 240, 241 because there was no preemption by the Immigration Reform and Control Act, 8 U.S.C.S. § 1324a et seq.
More recently, in Soto v. New York City Tr. Auth., 6 NY3d 487 [2006], Mr. Isaac successfully argued that Under C.P.L.R. § 1411, a jury properly found transit authority 25 percent at fault in accident, as plaintiff's conduct in running along railroad tracks, although a substantial factor in causing the accident, was not so egregious or unforeseeable that it had to be deemed a superseding cause of accident that absolved transit authority of liability.
Mr. Isaac has also secured large verdicts at the Appellate Level. Some of Mr. Isaac’s most recent decisions are as follows:
• Miraglia v. H & L Holding Corp.,
36 AD3d 456 [2d Dept. 2007], the Appellate Division, Second Department
awarded the plaintiff- Awarded $18,056,222
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• Taylor v. Martorella,
35 AD3d 772, the Appellate Division, second Department affirmed an award for loss
of earnings and past and future pain and sufferning- Awarded $18,056,222
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• Nassour v. City of New York,
35 AD3d 556 [2d Dept. 2006], the Appellate Division, Second Department
awarded the plaintiff the principal sum- Awarded $3,959,166.85
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• Lorenzo v. Mass, Inc.,
31 AD3d 616 [2d Dept. 2006], the Appellate Division, Second Department affirmed
an award- Awarded $990,000
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• Cabrera v. Hirth,
8 AD3d 196, 196-197 [1st Dept. 2004], the Appellate Division, First Department
reinstated a jury’s award- Awarded $3.5 million
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• Hoenig v. Shyed,
284 A.D.2d 225 [1st Dept. 2001] the Appellate Division, First Department affirmed a
judgment and awarding plaintiff damages in the pre-structured, principal amount- Awarded $7,663,078,
including $2 million and $3.6 million for past and future pain and suffering
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