A 63 woman died in a car accident in New York City. Patricia Lancaster, a Brooklyn real estate agent was driving home from work. As she was crossing East 56th Street and Avenue J, a speeding 19 year-old driver drove through the red light and t-boned her car. The woman…
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One teen dead and two injured in NYC car accident related to speed
A 19 year old driver died and two teen passengers were injured in a car accident in New York City. The accident occurred Tuesday afternoon around 4:30 pm. 19 year old Claudio Poggy was speeding in a Mercedes. Two of his friends aged 16 and 19 year-old were on board.…
Dealing with eSport Injuries
Just like in any other sports, college eSport athletes suffer from specific injuries, the most common being eye fatigue, neck and back pain, wrist pain and hand pain. Esport, or professional video gaming, is rapidly expanding all over the world. In the US more than 50 universities have their own…
A detailed review of the most dangerous construction accidents in New York City in 2017 (with pictures)
The DOB recently released the presentations made at last year’s Build Safe/Live Safe Conference. Among them, “Construction Safety, Year in Review, Recent and Upcoming Changes” by Timothy Hogan and Patrick Wehle reviews and documents with pictures every fatal and near miss construction accident that occurred in New York City in…
Preventing Construction Accidents in New York
New York Construction Safety Week will take place from May 6 to 10 2019. During this yearly awareness campaign staff members from the New York City Department of Buildings visit construction sites and promote safety. The week ends with the Build Safe, Live Safe Conference. The subject of the multilingual…
2 of our Personal Injury Lawyers name Rising Stars, 9 named Super Lawyers including 1 in the top 10 and 3 in the top 100 New York Metro Super Lawyers
Our New York Personal Injury Law Firm is proud to announce that 9 of our attorneys have been named 2019 Super Lawyers and 2 of them 2019 Rising Stars. Additionally, our managing partner Ben Rubinowitz, made the Top 10 New York Metro Super Lawyers list and 3 partners were listed…
Pedestrian killed in dangerous corridor where community board was opposing street redesign
A pedestrian was killed by a hit and run driver in New York on Friday. 26 year old Erica Imbasciani was fatally pinned against a parked car by a speeding hit and run driver on 141st Street and Amsterdam on Friday night. The driver was caught by the police and…
750 NYC school zones will be equipped with speed cameras soon
Speed cameras have proven to significantly reduce car accidents related to speed in NYC school zones. Sine the first cameras were installed in 2013, statistics show that speeding went down by 63% in the 160 zones where the cameras have been installed. Four million speeding tickets have been issued over…
New York Medical Malpractice Attorney Ben Rubinowitz to lecture at the American Urologic Association’s Annual Meeting 2019
Our managing partner, NYC Medical Malpractice Lawyer Ben Rubinowitz is honored to be invited to the American Urologic Association’s Annual Meeting 2019 held in Chicago, May 3-6 2019. There he will have the opportunity to speak with Practicing Physicians and Hospital Department Chairs about Medical Malpractice in general and about…
One injured in New York Crane Accident
A 63 year old man injured his foot in a crane accident in New York. The accident occurred around 10:20 pm on Monday night near Penn Station on 34th Street in Midtown Manhattan. As it was lifting material, the arm of the machine collapsed. The truck mounted crane belonging to the…