Over the last few years, the number of construction workers dying or suffering severe injuries on the job increased dramatically in New York City. According to the most recent statistics from the New York Committee for Occupational Safety & Health, 25 hard hats lost their life on NYC construction sites in 2015…
A construction worker died in New York on Monday. The accident happened at Hudson Yards, a gigantic construction site in Manhattan. It is not the first time that a construction worker fell to his death on this site. Another deadly fall occurred at Hudson Yards in August 2015. Around 6:40 pm…
Victims of medical malpractice in New York have 15 months to file a lawsuit against a public hospital and 2 and a half years to sue a private hospital or a physician after a medical error occurred. This rule is unfair to the many patients who only discover that they have been the…
3 construction workers were injured after a steel beam fell 12 stories on a Manhattan construction site last week. The 3 workers were working on a high-end condo development at 688 Broadway in Noho (see picture). The condo is also marketed as “1 Great Jones Alley”. The 3 workers were…
Failing to call an expert witness in criminal child maltreatment cases can be legal malpractice that can result in a substantial likelihood of a miscarriage of justice. In a recent article Daniel Pollack, a professor at Yeshiva University’s School of Social Work in New York City analyzes when a claim of ineffective assistance of…
A NYPD officer suffered critical injury after being dragged by a car in New York City. The officer and five of his colleagues were responding to several 911 calls of shots fired in East Flatbush. The shots turned out to be fireworks going off at a private party. Officer Dalsh Veve was…
Two pedestrians suffered personal injury in two separate car accidents Sunday night in New York City. A college student from Columbia University who was crossing Riverside Drive at the intersection of 115th Street in Manhattan was struck by a hit and run driver. The accident occurred around 12:25 am. The student…
The Injury Science Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) kicked off yesterday. Every year this 10 week program sponsored by the National Science Foundation is offering to a group of selected undergraduate students the opportunity to…
Some of the Graco My Ride 65 convertible car seats may be defective and may not restrain a child in a car crash. Improper restraint of a child significantly increases the risk of severe injury or death of a child in a car accident. Improper restraint is one of the most common causes…
Too many children are dying in car accidents in the US because they are not adequately restrained. Improper restraint is the number one cause of children fatalities in car accidents in the US. A recent study published in The Journal of Pediatrics found that if the percentage of children unrestrained or inappropriately…
