The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released the preliminary data from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) for 2014. There where 4,659 fatal work injuries in 2014. This is the highest number of fatalities since 2011. This high number of deaths on work sites is mostly explained by…
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Two workers injured in a New York construction accident
Two construction workers were injured after they fell from a building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan yesterday afternoon. The construction workers where working on the $50 million renovation of the World Diamond Tower building on Fifth Avenue and W. 47th St. They fell from the second floor mezzanine inside…
Why personal injury prevention for children and teenagers can’t be a “one-size-fits-all?
The way pediatricians are working on preventing personal injury for children and teenagers is evolving. There was a time when doctors would be taught to provide the same advice for any family for each type of injury. For example in the field of teen driver crash injury prevention, each teen…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…