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This section will allow you to view a sampling of articles written about some of the cases with which we have been involved either directly as counsel or as legal consultants for the media. Please scroll through the list below and click on the links in order to read the full articles. Through more than two decades we have a great deal of experience with most every type of media coverage. Mr. DeFilippis has appeared on all of the local TV news stations and on legal TV shows. He has provided commentary for many newspapers, magazines and blogs. In the event that your case receives or warrants media exposure, we are confident that we will successfully handle the coverage in a manner most beneficial to your case, yet least intrusive upon your privacy. Our Firm will not in any way publish or participate in coverage of any information concerning our clients or their cases without their full consent and approval. Click on an article's title for the full story: Cap to Limit Non-Economic Awards Fails in Negotiations [2011-03-29] : Joel Stashenko [New York Law Journal] Clot Preventing Measures Led to Eight Surgeries, Plaintiff Alleged - Verdict: $3,500,000 [2010-12-16] : Staff Writer [VerdictSearch] Man Bumped By Car Sustained Fractures of Leg - Settlement: $550,000 [2010-09-27] : Dan Israeli [Verdict Search] Patient's Death Blamed on Surgeons' Failure to Remove Tube - Settlement: $675,000 [2010-05-17] : Dan Israeli [VerdictSearch] Decrepit Radiator Fell Onto Child's Foot - Settlement: $775,000 [2009-12-07] : Staff Writer [New York Law Journal] Fatal Mistake At Coney Island Hospital Was Never Reported, Records Show - Settlement: $675,000 [2009-07-26] : Benjamin Lesser [New York Daily News] Fire Truck Driver Ran Red Light Caused Crash Plaintiff Claimed - Settlement: $295,000 [2009-06-01] : Priya Idiculla [VerdictSearch] Falling Debris From Tractor-trailer Blamed for Accident-Settlement: $286,000 [2008-12-21] : Nancy DeLuca [Verdict Search] City "Whitewash" for Botched-Op Doctors [2008-12-04] : Susan Edelman, Stefanie Cohen and Cynthia R. Fagen [New York Post] FDNY Hit & Run Settled for 275G [2008-11-17] : Susan Edelman [New York Post] Passenger Claimed Disabling Injuries Due to Bus Rollover- Settlement: $400,000 [2007-08-27] : Staff Writer [VerdictSearch] Firetruck Crash ID Mystery [2007-01-21] : Susan Edelman [New York Post] Woman Claimed She Was Struck While Stepping Off of Road - Settlement: $300,000 [2006-09-18] : Staff Writer [VerdictSearch] Tillie v. NYC - Waiting for $1.9M Pay Day [2005-04-04] : Chrisena Coleman [New York Daily News] What a Big Bill! [2004-10-29] : Derek Rose, George Rush and Nancy Dillon [New York Daily News] For Extortion, O'Reilly's Suit Might Not Fit [2004-10-17] : Paul H.B. Shin [New York Daily News] Murder Laid Out in Letter - Lawyer [2004-09-06] : Ralph R. Ortega [New York Daily News] Money talked, Kobe walked: pros [2004-09-05] : Tracy Connor [New York Daily News] $1.9M Price for Animal House Crash [2004-08-25] : Gersh Kuntzman, Murray Weiss and Heidi Singer [New York Post] Woman Shot By Ex Dies [2004-07-31] : Jose Martinez [New York Daily News] Hospitals in Nurse Crisis; Dire Shortage Putting Many Patients in Peril [2004-05-09] : Susan Edelman [New York Post] Doc's Killer Plan - L.I. shrink schemed to murder lover & other patients, cops say [2003-06-01] : Brian Harmon and Tracy Connor [New York Daily News] Psycho Analyst [2003-01-10] : Kieran Crowley and William J. Gorta [New York Post] Psychiatrist Threatens Rampage [2003-01-10] : Associated Press [From WPVI.Com Action News Channel 6, Philadelphia] Authorities Say L.I. Psychiatrist Told Patient of Plot to Kill 6 [2003-01-09] : Elissa Gootman [New York Times] Ex-Net Could Face Suits 'Accident' Remark Seals Jayson's Fate [2002-02-24] : Austin Fenner [New York Daily News] Fall Down Wet Floor in Nursing Home Nurse Responding to Patient Call Fractured Wrist - Settlement: $180,000 [2001-10-29] : John Hadler [New York Jury Verdict Reporter] Puffy Settles '91 Crush Case [2000-05-25] : Salvatore Arena [New York Daily News] Puffy Settles Stampede Suit - Payoff Is Last Chapter Of '91 Tragedy [2000-05-25] : Laura Italiano and Eric Lenkowitz [New York Post] Judge Nixes Puffy Bid To Halt Negligence Trial [2000-05-16] : Salvatore Arena [New York Daily News] Beat the Rap - Will Sean 'Puffy' Combs Pay $2 Million to End His City College Nightmare? [1999-11-29] : Robert Kolker [New York Magazine] Puff Daddy Keeps a Father Waiting [1999-05-17] : Matt Fleischer [The New York Observer] Childs v. City University of New York "Stampede at City College" [1999-01-21] : Judge Luis Benza [New York Law Journal] Puffy Found Guilty in Stampede Case [1999-01-12] : Associated Press [New Jersey Star-Ledger] CCNY Shares Liability In '91 Stampede Deaths [1999-01-12] : Associated Press [New York Newsday] Judge Says Rappers and State Share Blame in a Fatal Crush [1999-01-12] : Anthony Ramirez [New York Times] Victims' Families Relieved By Ruling [1999-01-12] : Bill Hutchinson [New York Daily News] Puffy Shares Rap in Stampede [1999-01-12] : Dareh Gregorian [New York Post] Best Of '99: Puff Daddy Heavy D Found Liable For Deadly Stampede [1999-01-12] : Chris Nelson and Editor Randy Reiss [VH1] Rap Producer Testifies on Fatal Stampede at City College [1998-03-24] : John Sullivan [New York Times] Puffy Recalls Deadly Benefit - Suit over tragedy at City College [1998-03-24] : Associated Press [New York Newsday] Puff Daddy Gives Testimony Says Stampede Wasn't His Fault [1998-03-24] : Salvatore Arena [New York Daily News] Stampede Trial Smokes Puffy's Plan For Oscars [1998-03-21] : Salvatore Arena [New York Daily News] City Held in Suit Over Fatal Stampede [1998-02-19] : Bill Alden [New York Law Journal] Premises Accident - Failure to Repair Broken Trash Chute Door - Housekeeper Suffers Fractured Finger with Deformity and Trigger Finger - Verdict: $598,000 reduced to $448,500 for 25% comparative negligence of Pltf. 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