A 22 year cyclist who was hit by a car in Brooklyn, NYC during the week-end died on Tuesday according to the NY Daily News. Kenichi Nakgawa was riding his bike South on Brooklyn Ave on Saturday around 5:25 pm when the 66-year old driver of a Toyota Sienna struck him.…
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NYC Construction worker critically injured after falling in shaft
A hard hat suffered life-threatening personal injury after falling in a shaft at a NYC construction site. The worker whose identity wasn’t released was working at a site located at 19 Richardson Street in Brooklyn. He fell head first into a concrete wall and as a result suffered major head…
Construction Fatalities and Injuries In New York City during the first trimester of 2019
According to statistics from the NYC Department of Buildings there were no fatalities at New York City construction sites during the first trimester of 2019 compared to 2 during the last trimester of 2018 and 4 during the same period a year ago. A total of 137 construction workers were…
NYC Personal Injury Attorney Ben Rubinowitz appointed NITA Board Chair
Our Managing partner, New York Personal Injury Lawyer Ben Rubinowitz is the New National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA)] Board Chair. He succeeds L. Joseph Loveland and will hold this position for two years. He was introduced as the new Board Chair at the NITA Board’s annual meeting on April…
Unattended stove and no fire detector caused the death of a family of six in New York fire accident
4 children and two adults died in a fire accident in New York early wednesday. The fire broke out a little after 1:30 am in the apartment where 45 year old Andrea Pollidore was living with her stepson 32 year old Matt Abdularauph and her 4 young children, 3 year…
Misdiagnoses and test results mismanagement at the top of patient safety concerns in 2019
As medicine evolves so do the risks for medical malpractice. Here are the top main risks according to the 2019 Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns recently published by the ECRI Institute: Improper use of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) can be medical malpractice that can cause severe harm and sometimes…
Pedestrian hit by bicyclist nearly two weeks ago dies from her injuries
Donna Sturm, a pedestrian who suffered traumatic brain injury after being struck by a bicyclist in midtown Manhattan almost two weeks ago died from her injuries over the week-end. Donna was left in a coma since the accident that occurred on April 24 around 1:00 pm. The 67 year old…
Man killed in NYC Truck Accident
A pedestrian was fatally struck by a USPS truck in New York City. The accident occurred on Friday around 5:00 pm in Brooklyn. 52 year old Charles McClean was crossing MacDougal Street at Howard Avenue in Bedforsd-Suyvesant when a USPS truck stopped in the crosswalk. As the pedestrian walked in…
3-year-old on scooter killed by candy van in Brooklyn
A toddler was fatally struck by a van in New York City. The pedestrian accident occured yesterday around 12:45 pm in Bath Beach, Brooklyn, NYC. The van which was delivering candies and had Kittles and Starbust logos on it, was making a turn from Bay 25th street onto Benson Avenue…
Construction Safety Week in New York City, May 6-10: No building is Worth a Life
As part of its yearly Safety Week Campaign, the New York City Department of Buildings will deploy 90 safety inspectors throughout the city to inspect construction sites and educate construction workers about safety. This year the inspectors will emphasize the new Local Law 196 compliance and distribute written material in…