Harvey Weitz
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Trial Practice, Civil Law, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability
Background
Mr. Harvey Weitz was born in New York City on August 16, 1932. He attended Brooklyn College, graduating with an A.B. in 1951 and Brooklyn Law School, receiving his J.D. in 1954. Over the course of Mr. Weitz’s incredible career spanning nearly four decades, he has been elected President of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and the American Board of Trial Advocates, has been named Lawyer of the Year by the Trial Lawyers Section, has been a contributing author to a number of high profile publications including Trial Lawyers Quarterly and NYSTLA Bill of Particulars and has been named to countless prestigious boards such as the ATLA Hall of Fame Committee and the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Practice Areas
Mr. Weitz focuses his efforts in the areas of Trial Practice; Civil Law; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability.
Memberships
Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State and American Bar Associations; Academy of Trial Lawyers; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; The American Board of Trial Advocates; New York County Lawyers Association; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; Jewish Lawyers Guild; Society of Medical Jurisprudence; Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association; Civil Justice Foundation.
Published Works
Weitz on Automotive Litigation (The Authority on the Law of Automobiile Negligence and No-Fault Insurance); The Art of Summation (Vol. I); The Art of Summation (Vol. II).
Most Recent Wins
$197,570,785.00
Verdict against Budget Rent-A-Car Corp.
Record verdict, rented car with nine occupants collides with disabled tractor-trailer on approach to George Washington Bridge. Truck driver and company found liable for negligent safety procedures and rental car company partially liable for inadequate seat belts resulting in massive injuries to occupants.
$104,795,033.00
Verdict against City of New York
Swimming accident, adult brothers dive from a pier into five feet of water both rendered quadriplegic. Alcohol involvement by both individuals. The City was found liable for failure to warn.
$76,115,000.00
Verdict against City of New York
Punitive damages record. False arrest and excessive force by a plain clothes officer. New York State Verdict reduced as excessive by the Trial Court.
$42,964,000.00
Verdict against Dr. Robert Wallach, Dr. Lawrence Levitan, & Beth Israel Medical Center
Medical Malpractice childbirth negligent pre-term delivery respiratory distress syndrome causes spastic diplegia and brain damage. Lack of informed consent for Oophorectomy.
$24,200,000.00
Verdict against Bruce Flett & James W. Flett Co., Inc.
Motor vehicle disabled car in breakdown lane struck in the rear causing quadriplegia.
$20,900,000.00
Verdict against City of New York
Motor vehicle cross over median barrier retrial on liability following appeal finds city 25% liable second damages trial one plaintiff suffers psychological injuries wrongful death of two women in mid 30s zone of danger.
$18,378,719.00
Verdict against Washington Maldonado
Motor vehicle - infant passenger - flooding because of clogged catch basin - brain damage and spastic quadriplegia.
$15,250,000.00
Recreational accident - plaintiff was a 19 year-old single man with no children at the time of the accident. He fell from the recreational apparatus and was rendered quadriplegic.
$14,000,000.00
Construction accident - plaintiff was a 26 year-old single construction worker no children who fell from a height. He was rendered paraplegic as a result of the fall.
$11,532,440.00
Verdict against City of New York
Attractive nuisance - child falls from a sculpture in the park - quadriplegia - second trial.
$18,378,719.00
Verdict against John Ore; Tir-Boro Rental, Inc.
Motor vehicle 17 year-old passenger in cargo area of rental van unequipped with seats or seat belts maintenance work being performed on Williamsburg Bridge leaves inadequate transition lane paraplegia.
$8,200,985.00
Verdict against 450 Lexington Avenue, Ventures & Turner Construction
Construction accident - worker falls through hole in the floor - brain damage, pelvic fractures and severe hand injury.
$8,035,000.00
Verdict against City of New York, Winston Lester
Motor vehicle center line passengers water on roadway causes vehicle to skid, multiple injuries day-in-life film.
