A man scavenging for construction material in a half demolished building was seriously injured after he fell through the floor. The accident occurred at a dilapidated Brooklyn building located at the intersection of Rutland Road and Brooklyn Ave in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. The floor gave way under the weight of…
A man and a woman walking on Howard Street in New York City suffered critical injury after being hit on their heads by a falling piece of fire escape on Friday afternoon. The man, identified as 58 year old Richard Marchhart from Long Island, succumbed to his injuries a day…
Lead based paint exposure can cause serious personal injury, especially to young children. Lead poisoning builds in the body over months, sometimes over years. A small quantity of lead such as paint on the wall or dust is enough to create severe mental and physical impairments in children and a…
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) not only failed to do critical lead safety inspections but also falsified paperwork to pretend inspections were done and buildings were meeting requirements according to a report released by the Department of Investigation (DOI). By mid 2016, Shola Olatoye, the NYCHA chairwoman appointed by…
Our partner, NYC Personal Injury Attorney Howard Hershenhorn assisted by Christopher Donadio is representing Kyle Green in a lawsuit against rapper Travis Scott and the New York concert venue Terminal 5. 23-year-old Kyle Green was left paralyzed after he fell from a balcony during Travis Scott’s concert on April 30 at…
A woman fell 6 feet after the sidewalk of an inadequately maintained building collapsed under her. 47 year old Mariana Fuentes is a flower vendor in Washington Heights. Last Saturday around 7:40 am she parked her cart next to a building located on West 158th Street near Broadway. Suddenly the…
A young man broke both his legs after he fell through a skylight at a rooftop party in Brooklyn, NYC. The man was hanging out with friends on the rooftop when he stood on a skylight. The skylight made of glass broke under the weight of the 25-year-old man. He fell…
Too many kids are still fatally drowning in swimming pools and spas every year in the U.S.. According to a new report from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, drowning continues to be the number one cause of death among children between 1 and 4 years old and the second leading cause of death among…
42 people were injured at a Snoop Dog and Wiz Khalifa concert last Fridat night in Camden NJ. The two artists were performing at the BB&T Pavillon when a railing collapsed causing dozens of fans to fall several feet below onto the concrete (see video at the bottom). One person was…
A greedy Harlem landlord put a family at risk of serious injury or death while starting to demolish a building while they were still living there. Ephraim Vashovsky tried to evict all tenants to pull the building out of rent stabilization. He almost succeeded but a large family of undocumented Mexicans who had…