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Anti-seizure drug Onfi (clobazam) can cause rare skin reaction than can lead to serious personal injury or death

Serious skin reactions medically known as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), can occur at any time during Onfi treatment warns the Food and Drug Administration. According to the FDA, 6 cases have been identified in the US and 14 out of the US. Out of the 6…

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New York Metro North train was speeding at 82 MPH instead of 30 MPH seconds before the accident

Our partner, New York Personal Injury Attorney Chris Sallay, was on ABC news yesterday to comment on the deadly train accident that happened Sunday morning in New York. According to the most recent information the train was traveling at 82 miles per hour as it approached a sharp curb where…

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4 people died and 63 suffered personal injury in a train accident that happened this morning in New York

A New York Metro-North train derailed this morning. 4 people died in the accident and 63 suffered personal injury including 11 critical injuries and 6 serious injuries. The derailment happened in the Bronx where the Hudson and Harlem rivers meet. It is a dangerous area as the rails make a…

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Two people suffered severe personal injury after the explosion of an air compressor caused a building to collapse in the Bronx New York

A father and his son were seriously injured after an auto body shop completely collapsed in the Bronx.The explosion of an air compressor inside the body shop was mentioned by the FDNY as the probable cause of the collapse. Read more in the New York Daily News  

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Thanksgiving Propane Fire Turkey Fryers are dangerous cooking appliances that can lead to serious burns and other personal injury as well as destruction of proprety

Severe burns and other personal injuries as well as destruction of property may result from improper use of gas-fueled turkey fryers that cook the bird in hot oil. These cooking appliances are very popular for Thanksgiving but they are not safe! The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) discourages their use.…

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Product Liability: Some Body Building, Weight Loss and Sexual Enhancement dietary supplements can cause serious personal injury and death

Because Dietary supplements are available in health stores without prescriptions most consumers believe they are safe. But Some Body Building, Weight Loss and Sexual Enhancement dietary supplements contains hidden ingredients that can cause serious personal injury and sometimes lead to death. Last week after 56 six cases of liver injuries…

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Product Liability: by using the “responsible corporate officer” doctrine, the Consumer Product Safety Commission breaks new legal ground in Buckyballs recall

Cases of serious personal injury such as small holes in the stomach and colon, colon blockage, blood poisoning and death have been reported in recent years to the CPSC after children swallowed two or more tiny magnetic stacking balls that attracted one another internally. High-powered magnetic stacking balls such as…

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NYC department of health launches campaign to prevent unintentional Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Carbon monoxide exposure can lead to serious personal injury and sometimes to death. In New York, 7 people died from carbon monoxide poisoning between 2005 and 2007. 370 people visited the emergency room and 50 people were seriously injured and hospitalized for the same reason during the same period. In…

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Best Law Firms” Rankings by U.S. News and Best Lawyers® Lists Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz

Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz, a leading New York Personal Injury law firm, is proud to announce that it has been listed in six practice areas in the just released ranking of law firms by U.S. News Media Group, the publishers of U.S. News & World Report, and…

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New York Personal Injury Attorneys Jeffrey Bloom and Jeffrey Lichtman are the new leaders of LawPAC, NYSTLA’s political action committee

Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf is proud to announce that our partner Jeffrey Bloom together with Jeffrey Lichtman from Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman have been elected Co-Chairs of LawPAC, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association’s Political action committee. Both Mr. Lichtman and Mr. Bloom have…

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