Nicholas E. Warywoda, Esq.
Trial record: Hall of Fame · Top NY Verdicts · Top 50 Wrongful Death · U.S.
Nick Warywoda is a trial attorney whose jury verdicts and settlements rank among the largest personal injury recoveries in New York State and the United States. His results include a Top 50 Wrongful Death Verdict nationally and recognition in the Top New York Verdicts and Verdicts & Settlements Hall of Fame.
The trial lawyer reporters call when injured people are in the news.
“If there was this rampant fraud going on, these cases would be dismissed by a judge or a jury. That’s just not happening.”
- WorkersCompensation.com · Apr. 2025Answering industry claims that New York construction accidents are faked (opens in a new tab)
- ABC News · Mar. 2025Featured in an ABC report on insurance-industry claims about New York’s Scaffold Law (opens in a new tab)
- NBC 4 New York · Feb. 2021Analyzing New York’s nursing home scandal (opens in a new tab)
- Univision · June 2020Interviewed about a COVID-19 wrongful death suit against a Long Island nursing home (opens in a new tab)
- CBS New York · Feb. 2013Representing a man jailed because a court clerk entered the wrong conviction (opens in a new tab)
- FindLaw · Jan. 2010A gym member sues after being hurt in a fitness class where no one was spotting her (opens in a new tab)
- NewsdayThe family of a man who died in the Nassau County jail files a federal lawsuit (opens in a new tab)
- NewsdaySuffolk County settles a lawsuit over a police shooting (opens in a new tab)
Trial verdicts among New York's largest.
His practice focuses on medical malpractice, construction accidents under New York Labor Law, nursing home neglect, wrongful death and catastrophic injury: the cases that demand sustained trial preparation, expert development and courtroom execution.
Nick has tried cases to verdict for more than fifteen years, in New York State Supreme Court from Manhattan and Queens to Suffolk County, and in federal court in the Eastern District of New York. He handles his cases from intake through appeal, and the Appellate Division has repeatedly ruled for his clients when defendants tried to move, stall or end their cases before trial.
Notable Rulings
- Nursing home arbitration agreement thrown out. The Appellate Division reversed an order that had forced a nursing home resident’s injury claims into private arbitration, holding that the facility never proved a valid agreement to arbitrate, and allowed the resident’s other agent under her power of attorney to join the case. Bergman v. Rosalind & Joseph Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Ctr. of Long Is., Inc., 227 A.D.3d 942 (2d Dep’t 2024).
- Case kept in the client’s chosen county. The Appellate Division affirmed the denial of a physician’s motion to move a patient’s action out of Kings County, rejecting a conclusory affidavit and new proof offered for the first time in reply. Beli v. Lacqua, 212 A.D.3d 701 (2d Dep’t 2023).
- Premature summary judgment defeated. The Appellate Division affirmed the denial of a defendant’s summary judgment motion made before any discovery, preserving an injured airplane cleaner’s right to the evidence before his case could be dismissed. James v. Aircraft Serv. Int’l Grp., 84 A.D.3d 1026 (2d Dep’t 2011).
A record built in the courtroom.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Certain results were obtained at prior firms or with co-counsel.
- $8.5MJury VerdictMedical malpractice, fatal bariatric surgery (Queens County)
- $7.89MJury VerdictCivil rights, death in county custody (E.D.N.Y.)
- $6.915MSettlementConstruction-site accident
- $3.0MLabor Law SettlementUnion ironworker accident
- $3.0MSettlementConstruction-site trip-and-fall
- $2.975MSettlementMedical malpractice
- $2.25MSettlementMotor vehicle accident
- $2.225MLabor Law SettlementConstruction accident
- $2.1MSettlementCivil rights, false arrest (E.D.N.Y.)
- $1.937MJury VerdictFailure to diagnose infection
- $1.9MSettlementMedical malpractice
- $1.55MLabor Law SettlementConstruction accident
- $1.5MJury VerdictMotor vehicle collision
- $1.4MJury VerdictPedestrian struck by vehicle
- $990KSettlementConstruction worker injury
- $875KJury VerdictWrongful death, choking and aspiration
- $850KSettlementMedical malpractice, wrongful death
- $800KSettlementEye surgery malpractice
- $800KLabor Law SettlementConstruction accident
- $775KSettlementNursing home wrongful death
- $775KSettlementMedical malpractice, wrongful death