Our partner Jeffrey Bloom will be speaking about Medical Malpractice at the “Bridging the Gap” Seminar organized by the New York State Bar Association on February 20. This two-day program dedicated to young attorneys who just finished law school will help them “bridge the gap” between law school and the…
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Injuries and deaths related to collisions with trains, how to prevent them?
Did you know that 95% of fatal train accidents were caused by vehicles at train crossings and pedestrians on tracks? Every 3 hours in the US someone is hit by a train. Most of these accidents are preventable. According to preliminary Federal Rail Road Administration Statistics, 262 people died and…
Will the New NYC reckless driving initiative help reduce car accidents fatalities and injuries?
Two years ago one of our clients, actress Ruthie Ann Miles and her five year old daughter were struck by a reckless driver as they were crossing the street in the crosswalk with the light in their favor. The daughter was killed and the actress who was pregnant at the…
Following the death of a security guard at the construction site of the Central Park Tower, the general contractors sues the NYC DOB and the Office of Administration Trials and Hearings
Two years ago, Harry Ramnauh was crushed to death by a glass panel at a Manhattan construction site. He was a security guard at the construction site of the $3 billion Luxury Central Park Tower which when completed will be the tallest residential building in the world. Reaching 112 floors…
NYC Pedestrian killed by car backing out of a driveway
A pedestrian died after being rolled over by a car backing out of a driveway in NYC. The accident occurred at 30-23 69th Street in Jackson Heights, Queens around 6:15 pm on February 2nd. The driver of a Honda backed out of his driveway, struck a 57 year old man…
Cyclist killed by reckless truck driver in Brooklyn
A cyclist was killed in a truck accident in NYC last week. 41 year old Pedro Lopez is the first cyclist to die in a traffic accident in New York City in 2020. He was killed by a reckless truck driver who was making an illegal U-turn at high speed…
Deadly Car crashes in Long Island and Westchester caused by reckless drivers
Reckless driving caused two people to die in separate car accidents in the New York area at the end of last week. In the first accident, 39 year old Lisettte Quintanilla was driving home with her 8-year-old son when they were rear ended by a speeding drunk driver identified as…
New York has a facade problem
Two people were recently killed by falling debris in New York. In January a woman was killed in Queens after a piece of plywood detached from a building (see previous blog). A month before another woman was killed in Midtown after debris from a building under construction fell on her…
Serious Medical Malpractice suspected at SUNY Downstate Health Science University in Brooklyn, NY
Two top level transplant surgeons are alleging that they have been fired by SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn after they raised the alarm on gross medical malpractice occurring in the cardiothoracic surgery and cardiothoracic intensive care units. Dr Gruesser, a top transplant surgeon who operated on Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford…
2 construction workers die after trench collapses in Long Island, NY
2 construction workers died after a trench collapsed in Long Island, NY. The two men were installing a septic tank for a private home located on Wolver Hollow Road in Brookville. They were 30 feet down at the bottom of the excavated area when one of the walls collapsed. Dirt…