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New York Personal Injury and Wrongful Death: 5077 people suffered personal injury and 12 died after being involved in a traffic accident during the month of July in New York City

1697 motorists, 2055 passengers, 470 cyclists and 855 pedestrians suffered personal injury while 10 motorists and 12 pedestrians died in traffic accidents in New York City during the month of July according to the most recent data from the NYPD. The number of accidents amounted to a total of 17,548…

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New York Accident Prevention: Pedestrian island and other safety measures to be installed at deadly intersection of Ocean Parkway and the Prospect Expressway with Church Avenue in Brooklyn

After a woman was struck by a truck causing her death at the Ocean Parkway Intersection in Brooklyn last June (see our previous blog), the New York Sate Department of Transportation finally approved a $200,000 crosswalk makeover that had been delayed since 2012. A pedestrian island and other enhancements that…

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Medical Malpractice: Hi-tech equipment may lead to over diagnosis and over treatment of thyroid cancer

Thyroid cancer may be over diagnosed and over treated and many patients may have been exposed to unnecessary treatment and dangerous procedures according to a new study lead by Juan Pablo Brito, M.B.B.S. an endocrine fellow and health care delivery scholar at Mayo Clinic, Minnesota and published in BMJ. New…

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Injury Science for undergraduates?

Every summer the the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia offers summer research internships for undergraduate students. In a recent article, Carol Murray, the training coordinator for the CIPR discusses the benefits of providing training to the next generation of injury scientists and…

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Summation, More Than a Final Argument

In their Trial Advocacy column, New York Personal Injury Attorney Ben Rubinowitz of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf and Evan Torgan of Torgan & Cooper write: Summation marks the attorney’s final interaction with the jury before the verdict is returned. However, it is one of the…

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New York Truck Accident: violent collision between a truck and a car injures 4 people in Brooklyn

4 people suffered injury including one in serious condition after a truck hit a car driving in the same direction on Bushwick Ave in Brooklyn, New York. The shock was so violent that it propelled the car across the sidewalk into a light pole. The truck crashed into 3 cars…

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New York Bus Accident: young bicyclist severely injured after being struck by a MTA bus in Brooklyn

An 11 year old bicyclist was struck and dragged under the rear of MTA bus yesterday in Cypress Hills in Brooklyn, New York. The boy was taken to Brookdale Hospital with traumatic injuries to his rib cage and lower body and was later transferred to New York – Presbyterian Columbia…

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New York Car Accident: speed and teen driving killed one and injured two last Saturday around 3:00 am in Queens

A 19 year old driver whose driving license was suspended crashed his car into an elevated subway pillar on Rockaway Freeway killing the 15 year old passenger and severely injuring the other teen passenger. The driver who sustained only minor injuries was driving over the speed limit according to the…

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Medical Malpractice: Failure to diagnose Marfan Syndrom can lead to death

Failure to diagnose Marfan Syndrom (MFS) may be medical malpractice that can have severe medical consequences and sometimes lead to death. It can also destroy the lifestyle of individuals and their familes. In a recent article, Sandra G. Boodman, from the Washington Post, writes about Kevin Songer, a 54 year…

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