A nurse was charged with endangering a patient suffering from dementia after she was caught splashing water and hitting a nursing home resident during a bed bath. Mina Maxine Gayle-Campbell, a certified nurse aid at the Shore View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Brooklyn, NYC was caught on camera last April…
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3 people died and 8 others suffered personal injury in a car accident on the Taconic State Parkway in Yortown Heigthts, NY
3 people from New York City were killed in a car accident Saturday afternoon on the Taconic State Parkway near Yorktown, NY. 8 others were injured including one who is still in critical condition. According to the police investigators, 33 year old Nerim Sinanovic from the Bronx, NYC, was driving north…
New York Personal Injury Lawyer Ben Rubinowitz to lecture at NYSTLA Decisions 2015: Recent Developments in Tort Law – NYC
Our managing partner, Ben Rubinowitz will be a speaker at the New York State Lawyer Association Seminar “Decisions 2015: Recent Developments in Tort Law – NYC” that will take place in Manhattan on September 25 and 26. Ben will speak on the 26th. The following topics will be covered: Damages Discovery…
Avoidable legal mistakes Child Protective Services investigators make when they look into the case of a child who died or suffered injury related to abuse or neglect
When the injury or the death of a child may have been caused by abuse or neglect, Child Protective Services (CPS) send investigators to discover and examine the facts that led to the incident so as to establish the truth. Unfortunately investigators sometimes commit legal mistakes that can have dire consequences.…
Several People suffered personal injury after the East River Ferry made a hard landing in lower Manhattan
Between six and ten people were injured in New York after the East River Ferry experienced a hard landing at Pier 11 in Wall Street. The accident happened yesterday a little after 5:30 pm. There were 36 people on board when the accident happened. Most passengers were not injured and refused medical…
A truck driver died after crashing into parked cars in Queens, NYC
A 64 year old man died in a truck accident in New York City yesterday morning. The man apparently suffered a heart attack and lost control of the truck he was driving. The accident happened early Monday morning around 6:30 am. Frederick Harris of Westminster was driving north on Francis…
A pedestrian was seriously injured after a car jumped the curb and pinned her against a pole in midtown Manhattan
A female pedestrian suffered severe injury after being struck by a car in New York yesterday afternoon. The woman was standing on a sidewalk at the intersection of East 49th Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan, NYC, when an out of control driver jumped the curb and pinned her against a…
A New York bicyclist who was hit by a MTA Bus 9 days ago dies from his injuries
32 year old David Rodriguez died from injuries he sustained in an accident during which he was hit by a NYC MTA Bus as he was riding his bike 9 days ago. Rodriguez was biking east on Van Dike Street in Brooklyn, NYC, when he was struck by a MTA B57 Bus…
After seven people died and 79 others contracted Legionnaires’ disease in the Bronx, the city of New York is finally taking action announcing, new legislation to identify the cooling towers spreading the diesease
86 cases of Legionnaire’s disease have been confirmed in the South Bronx during the last three weeks. This is the largest and deadliest outbreak of Legionnaires’disease in New York City. The disease which is a severe form of pneumonia is spread through a bacteria that grows in the water. This…
Two New York construction managers have been indicted on charges of criminally negligent homicide, manslaughter and reckless endangerment after a construction worker was crushed to death by a collapsing wall on their construction site
Last April, 22 year old Carlos Moncayo died in a construction accident in New York because two construction managers put profit over safety. According to the NY Daily News, on April 6th, Christian Ofusu, an independent engineer assigned to oversee the work on a Ninth Ave site in the Meatpacking…