We are pleased to announce that our partners, NYC Personal Injury Lawyers Ben Rubinowitz and Peter Saghir have obtained a record setting settlement on behalf of four young boys who were sexually abused by a worker at a local catholic church in Brooklyn. The Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens and…
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2 pedestrians died in two separate accidents in New York City
A pedestrian died in a car accident in the Bronx, NYC, after being struck by a drunk driver. The accident occurred Friday morning around 9:30 am. 33 year old Shakira Price, a teacher at Schuylerville Preparatory High School in the Bronx was drunk behind the wheel when she first crashed…
Construction worker dies in Brooklyn wall collapse
A construction worker from New York died after a wall collapsed at a Brooklyn construction site last Wednesday. 47 year old Luis Almonte of Innwood was part of a crew of 6 construction workers who were digging into the ground with an excavator at a one-story building located on 39th street.…
Elderly pedestrian unconscious after being run over by NYPD Tow Truck
A pedestrian was injured after being ran over by a NYPD tow truck last Thursday around noon at the intersection of 42nd Street and 10th Ave. The elderly man was walking with a cane in the middle of the crosswalk on 42nd street when he was run over by a…
NYC construction accidents, injuries and fatalities continue to rise sharply
The number of construction accident fatalities in New York City recorded by the DOB doubled during the first seven months of 2018 compared to the same period of 2017. The DOB data does not include fatalities from transit and roadway projects, as well as health emergencies, that are not in DOB’s jurisdiction and…
Preventing Overuse Injuries in School Sports
Overuse Injuries often occur when young athletes are pushed by their parents, their teachers or their coach to be highly specialized in one sport at an early age. As kids get back to school, many of them will be lead to focus on one specific chosen sport only. Supported by…
NYC Hospital employee caught selling patients’s private information
Approximately 100 patients from Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn had their private information stolen by an unscrupulous employee. 52 year old Orlando Jemmott, a long time hospital employee working in the emergency room is accused of selling the health data of 98 employees to an alleged buyer from Pennsylvania named…
New york Personal Injury Lawyer Ben Rubinowitz to lecture at Meadowlands Seminar 2018 on Case Framing
Our managing partner Ben Rubinowitz will be speaking at the Meadowlands Seminar 2018 on November 14th 2018. Organized by the New Jersey Association for Justice, the seminar will focus on Case Framing. In the first part of the program, Mark Mandell from Mandell Shwartz & Boisclair in Providence, RI will…
New York Personal Injury Attorney Ben B. Rubinowitz makes The National Law Journal’s Elite Trial Lawyers Top 50 Verdicts List 2018
Congratulations to our managing partner, Ben Rubinowitz for being recognized for obtaining one of the top 50 verdicts in the Country by The National Law Journal’s Elite Trial Lawyers for the period January 2017 through April 2018. The Verdict was also one of the top 5 in New York. Ben obtained a…
Preventing Construction Accidents with better training material
Many construction accidents are preventable. As part of their training, construction workers often receive various written material such as safety and health handouts or training brochures. However for the people in charge of training these employees it maybe difficult to choose which material is best and will get the point…