21 people were injured in a massive NYC apartment fire last week. The fire started around 1:00 pm last Tuesday in an apartment on the 6th floor of a large building located on 34th Avenue near 89th Street in Jackson Heights, Queens. While escaping, the resident of the apartment left…
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10 people injured in Bronx gas explosion
A gas explosion injured 10 people including several children in the Bronx, NYC. The explosion blasted a three story multi-family residence located at 1520 Paulding Avenue in Morris Park, yesterday afternoon around 3:30 pm. A gas leak on the building’s second floor seemed to have been at the origin of…
Multiple people injured in fire accidents in New York
There is always an uptick in fire accident injuries in New York during the coldest days of the year. Last night a fire that erupted in an apartment building under renovation located at 283 Monroe in Bed-Stuy and spread to adjacent buildings is the last of multiple fire accidents that…
$60 MILLION VERDICT UPHELD BY TRIAL COURT FOR BURNT BEACON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
This week, in an unusual decision, New York State Supreme Court Justice Alexander Tisch upheld a jury verdict for $60 million. Our partners New York personal injury attorneys Ben Rubinowitz and Richard Steigman tried the case before Justice Tisch last July. See Prior Blog. This is one of the largest…
3 women and a young girl critically injured in NYC apartment fire
An overloaded power strip might have been the cause of a gigantic fire in a New York City residential building that caused 4 people to be critically injured. The fire occurred early last Friday around 12:15 am in a residential building located on 35th Ave near Rowan Street in Flushing,…
22 people injured including 2 critically in Upper East Side apartment fire
22 people were injured in a fire that erupted in a high-rise in Manhattan. The fire started around 2 AM on Tuesday on the 24th floor of a 41 story building located on E. 72nd St. CLOSING THE DOOR COULD HAVE PREVENTED MANY INJURIES According to the FDNY the fire…
Another high school student severely burned in chemistry experiment gone wrong
18 year old Claudette Joseph and another female student suffered severe burn injuries in a botched chemistry experiment that occurred in October 2018 at the Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies High School for Violin and Dance located in the Bronx, NYC. Our partner Jeffrey Bloom is representing Claudette and recently…
$59 MILLION VERDICT FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO SUFFERED DEVASTATING BURN INJURIES
Our New York personal injury attorneys, Ben Rubinowitz and Richard Steigman obtained a record setting $59 million verdict for a former High School student who suffered catastrophic burns during a botched chemistry demonstration. Alonzo Yanes was awarded $29,585,000 for past pain and suffering and $29,585,000 for future pain and suffering…
Unattended stove and no fire detector caused the death of a family of six in New York fire accident
4 children and two adults died in a fire accident in New York early wednesday. The fire broke out a little after 1:30 am in the apartment where 45 year old Andrea Pollidore was living with her stepson 32 year old Matt Abdularauph and her 4 young children, 3 year…
4 people injured in Manhole explosion in Manhattan
1 building super and 5 firefighters were injured in a manhole explosion in New York. The incident happened Wednsday morning on East 32nd Street between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue in the Flatiron district. According to the FDNY, a pair of smoking manholes led to gas build-up and resulting explosion…