Duane Morgan

Duane R. Morgan has been practicing exclusively in the area of personal injury since 2004. He specializes in trial practice of construction accidents, automobile accidents, premises accidents and product defect cases.

Mr. Morgan has obtained numerous verdicts and multimillion dollar settlements for his clients, including $3.25 Million for a scaffold worker that was hit on his hardhat by a falling object. The client went to the doctor only three times in the first 7 months after the accident and continued working for 10 months after his accident. The case settled after jury selection in New York County.

He also obtained $2.9 Million settlement for an Albanian maintenance worker that suffered from Post-concussion syndrome after a grate fell and struck him on the head;

$1,250,000 for a non-union plumber who tripped on a brick left on the stairs causing him to fall and re-injure his lower back. The plumber suffered a similar injury 10 years ago in a car accident;

$1,000,000 verdict for an undocumented immigrant who had his hand caught in a pasta maker at a popular New York restaurant;

$775,000 settlement for an Albanian that lost the index finger on his non-dominant hand in a construction accidentinvolving a grinder;

$700,000 verdict for an 80-year-old-woman who sustained a 
fractured ankle when she stepped off a city bus that failed to kneel the bus;

$600,000 settlement against a general contractor, for a non-union plumber who injured his knee and shoulder;

$500,000 verdict for a woman who tore a ligament in her wrist when the mirror of a passing van struck her hand.