In 2001, Pam Tusiani died as a result of Medical Malpractice in New York after she fatally reacted to Parnate, an antidepressant she had been prescribed by a treatment center that was providing medical care without a license. The young woman was suffering from borderline personality disorder, a disease often misdiagnosed. Using…
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A pedestrian suffered personal injury after being struck by a van in the Flatiron district in Manhattan
A woman in her 50s was seriously injured after being struck by a van this morning. The accident happened at the intersection of 21st St. and fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The pedestrian was crossing the street when she was hit by a white van making a left turn. The driver of the…
A 27-year-old bicyclist died in a hit-and-run accident on City Island
A 27 year old woman was killed in a bicycle accident on the City Island bridge in the Bronx, NYC. The police are looking for the driver of a 2015 White Hyundai who struck 27 year old Gabriella Aguilar and sped away, leaving her to die on the road. See video below…
Two people died this weekend in two separate New York motorcycle accidents
A 29 year old man and a 27 year old woman died in two separate motorcycle crashes early Saturday night in New York City. The first motorcycle accident occurred in Brooklyn around 1:15 AM. The driver of the motorcycle tried to pass a van by squeezing between the parked cars…
A 62 year old man was seriously injured after being attacked by two pit bulls in the Bronx, NYC
Francesco Bove suffered critical personal injury after being attacked by two dogs last Friday in New York City. Bove was walking on Belmont Ave and 67th street in the Bronx when he walked by two pit bulls. The victim who also owned a pitbull thought that the two dogs wanted…
Trial Advocacy: Attacking the Electronic Medical Record
In their Trial Advocacy column in the New York Law Journal, New York Personal Injury Attorneys Ben Rubinowitz and Evan Torgan write Today that a careful look at electronic medical records often reveals inaccuracies that not only adversely affect patient care, but also serves to undermine the integrity of the…
A 30 year old construction worker died after falling from scaffolding in Manhattan, the second hard hat killed this week on a New York City Construction Site
Another construction worker died in New York yesterday. 30 year old Juan Cerezo was doing facade work on a scaffold on the 14th floor when he fell and landed on the sidewalk shed. The fatal accident happened on the Upper East Side of Manhattan at 363 East 76th Street around 4:00 pm…
The American Journal of Industrial Medicine published a special issue dedicated to the prevention of construction accidents
Among all industry sectors in the U.S., construction has the highest number of fatal injuries with more than 800 construction workers dying every year. A lot of research has been done and written on construction safety and health but the challenge is to ensure that promising research findings become safer practices…
Drivers who injure or kill pedestrians who had the right of way in New York City will not be strictly liable for seriously injuring or killing pedestrians in a crosswalk anymore
Vision Zero’s “Right of Way” law makes it a misdemeanor for drivers who killed or injured a pedestrian because they failed to yield. However after 6 bus drivers were arrested last year, TWU, the bus drivers’ union started a heavy campaign to protect bus drivers from the law. Yesterday a federal…
OSHA fines New York high end furniture store Idea Nuova for $84,000 for unsafe work conditions at its Fifth Ave showroom
Death or personal injuries such as burns, smoke inhalation and wounds from falling merchandise are among the risks faced every day by New York High end store Idea Nuova’s employees. According to OSHA, the aisles are clogged with merchandise and, at the time of the inspection, an emergency exit was blocked by…