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9 of our Personal Injury Lawyers selected for the 2015 New York Super Lawyers list

We are proud to announce that for the tenth consecutive year our attorneys have been named to the New York Super Lawyers list. In 2015 nine of our lawyers were selected. These are: Ben B. Rubinowitz(Top 100), Anthony H. Gair, Howard Hershenhorn, Jeffrey B. Bloom, Richard M. Steigman, Jerome I. Katz, Stephen…

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Does the recent jaywalking enforcement help reduce pedestrian accidents?

Since the de Blasio administration  launched The Vision Zero program to reduce traffic injuries and fatalities in New York, jaywalking tickets have been increasing significantly. By the end of last year, according to NYPD statistics, jaywalking summonses had nearly quadrupled the average for the previous six year.  In a long article,…

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Failure to diagnose herpes simplex in the eye area can be medical malpractice resulting in serious personal injury

Failure to diagnose or delay to treat herpes simplex in the eye area can result in serious personal injury such as episcleritis, keratopathy, iritis, blepharitis, conjunctivitis, uveitis, keratitis, retinitis, optic neuritis, glaucoma, proptosis, cicatricial lid retractions, and extraocular muscle palsies. In “case of the month: a lesion near the eye”, the…

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A bicyclist died and another one suffered serious personal injury after a boat trailer that was not properly secured slipped off of a truck in Staten Island, NYC

A 21 year old woman died and  her 22 year old friend was  seriously injured in a bicycle accident in New York City.  The two women were riding their bicycles on Hylan Blvd. in Great Kills yesterday afternoon around 4:30 pm when they were struck by a boat trailer that had…

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A pedestrian suffered personal injury after being struck by a van in the Flatiron district in Manhattan

A woman in her 50s was seriously injured after being struck by a van this morning.  The accident happened at the intersection of 21st St. and fifth Avenue in Manhattan.  The pedestrian was crossing the street when she was hit by a white van making a left turn. The driver of the…

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A 62 year old man was seriously injured after being attacked by two pit bulls in the Bronx, NYC

Francesco Bove  suffered critical personal injury after being attacked by two dogs last Friday in New York City. Bove was walking on Belmont Ave and 67th street in the Bronx when  he walked by two pit bulls.  The victim who also owned a pitbull thought that the two dogs wanted…

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A 30 year old construction worker died after falling from scaffolding in Manhattan, the second hard hat killed this week on a New York City Construction Site

Another construction worker died in New York yesterday. 30 year old Juan Cerezo was doing facade work on a scaffold on the 14th floor when he fell and landed on the sidewalk shed. The fatal accident happened on the Upper East Side of Manhattan at 363 East 76th Street around 4:00 pm…

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The American Journal of Industrial Medicine published a special issue dedicated to the prevention of construction accidents

Among all industry sectors in the U.S.,  construction has the highest number of fatal injuries with  more than 800 construction workers dying every year.  A  lot of  research has been done and written on construction safety and health but the challenge is to ensure that  promising research findings become safer practices…

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Drivers who injure or kill pedestrians who had the right of way in New York City will not be strictly liable for seriously injuring or killing pedestrians in a crosswalk anymore

Vision Zero’s “Right of Way” law makes it a misdemeanor for drivers who killed or injured a pedestrian because they failed to yield. However after 6 bus drivers were arrested last year, TWU, the bus drivers’ union started a heavy campaign to protect bus drivers from the law. Yesterday a federal…

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OSHA fines New York high end furniture store Idea Nuova for $84,000 for unsafe work conditions at its Fifth Ave showroom

Death or personal injuries such as burns, smoke inhalation and wounds from falling merchandise are among the risks faced every day by New York High end store Idea Nuova’s employees. According to OSHA, the aisles are clogged with merchandise and, at the time of the inspection, an emergency exit was blocked by…

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