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…
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Lead paint scandal: Mayor de Blasio and NYSCHA deliberately put young children at risk of poisoning
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…
New York Personal Injury Lawyer Howard Hershenhorn sues Travis Scott on behalf of a fan left paralyzed after he fell from a balcony during concert
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…
Woman injured in New York sidewalk collapse
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…
Young man seriously injured after falling through a skylight
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…
Michael Phelps join the CPSC in its campaign to prevent drowning in pools
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 suffer personal injury at Snoop Dog Concert
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…
New York Landlord charged after putting family at risk of dangerous injury
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…
Toddler suffers serious injury after falling from a window in New York City
A few days after a NYC toddler died by falling from a window, another one injured himself badly in a similar manner. The 5 year old boy fell from the 5th floor of a 6-story building and miraculously survived. The New York Daily News reported that something may have broken the…
A window guard that wasn’t properly installed caused the death of a toddler
A 3-year old boy died after he fell from a window in a public housing development in Harlem, New York City. Latyre Sene fell from the 13th floor of a building located in the Harlem River II Houses on Frederick Douglass Blvd. near W. 151st St (picture). The window guard was found next…