Elizabeth Montesano
About Elizabeth Montesano
Elizabeth Montesano is a member of the firm who focuses on medical malpractice, including birth injuries, delayed cancer diagnosis, surgical and cardiac errors, and product liability cases involving defective medical equipment. She graduated magna cum laude from New York Law School in 2000, joined Sullivan Papain in 2002, and became a member in 2011. She has achieved numerous multi-million-dollar settlements for her clients and has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star multiple times (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2024, 2025). She is based in the Garden City office.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo
These results are credited to Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
Sullivan Papain was among the firms representing New York State against Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, and Lorillard, securing a $25 billion recovery through the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement.
Paul Napoli served as court-appointed co-liaison counsel for nearly 10,000 firefighters, police officers, and construction workers who developed respiratory diseases after working at Ground Zero, securing a settlement worth up to $712.5 million against the city and its contractors.
A Bronx jury in February 2016 awarded $183 million to five FDNY firefighters and the families of those killed after the city was found 80% liable for removing personal safety ropes years before a 2005 Bronx tenement fire that forced six firefighters to jump from a fourth-floor window.
William Berroyer Sr. tripped on an unsecured 15-foot telephone cord under a conference table at the IRS office in Hauppauge, New York, in July 2008 and suffered a spinal cord injury. After a four-day bench trial under the Federal Tort Claims Act, Judge Arthur D. Spatt found the United States negligent and entered a $712,000 judgment for Mr. Berroyer in January 2014. His wife, Ruth, received a separate $150,000 award for loss of services.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
