A famous Broadway actor died this week-end after falling from the fire escape of an apartment in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, NYC. Kyle Jean-Baptiste was the youngest and the first African-American actor to play the role of Jean Valjean in the Broadway Musical “Les Miserables”. According to the New York Times,…
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Despite an increase in crashes, traffic related deaths and personal injuries are on a declining trend in New York City
There were 19,061 motor vehicle accidents in New York City in July 2015 compared to 19,428 the previous month. During the same month in 2014 and 2013 there were respectively 17,361 and 17,548 crashes. For the last 3 months the number of accidents was unusually high and stayed above 19,000. So…
A worker died in an elevator accident at a New York construction site
A construction worker died after he fell down an elevator shaft in New York. The accident happened yesterday at the beginning of the afternoon at the construction site of a future hotel located at 577 9th Avenue near 41st Street in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. According to DNA Info the construction worker…
A 65 year old Chinese food delivery man suffered serious personal injury after a truck struck him as he was riding his bike in Brooklyn, New York City
A bicyclist was critically injured after being hit by a truck in Brooklyn, NYC yesterday. The accident happened at the intersection of Bath Ave and Bay 25th Street. The bicyclist who was delivering food for China Garden located half block away was trying to cross Bath Ave when he was…
A 90 year old woman died after being struck by a FedEx van while crossing a New York City street in the crosswalk
An elderly pedestrian succumbed to her wounds two days after she was hit by a FedEx van. Lubov Brodskaya was crossing Ave J near E 12th Street in Midwood, Brooklyn, NYC around 1;30 pm on Wednesday when the accident happened. The van which was turning right onto Ave J hit the woman…
A Resort World Casino New York City bus crashed into a building in Queens, injuring several passengers
Nearly a dozen people were injured in a bus accident in New York City yesterday afternoon. The bus was traveling on the north bond bus lane of Woodhaven Boulevard when a SUV traveling in the same direction cut in front of it to make a right turn. The bus driver tried to…
In less than 24 hours, fire accidents all over New York City have left two people dead and more than twenty others injured including a toddler who was left in critical condition
22 people including 10 firefighters suffered personal injury in a two-alarm fire that ravaged the 16th and 17th floors of a high rise building on 3333 Broadway in Manhattan. The fire started around 10:00 am in the morning and firefighters battled the blaze for two hours until it was controlled (read…
Personal Injuries related to traffic accidents in New York City slightly decreased during the second trimester of 2015 compared to the same period of 2014 and 2013 but deaths are on the rise
Motor vehicle accidents continue to rise in New York City. A comparison of data on a trimester basis shows that the number of vehicle accidents during the second trimester of 2015 was the highest of any trimester over the last 3 years. However, even though the total number of vehicle accidents…
New York Personal Injury Lawyer Ben Rubinowitz to speak at the 2015 SATLA Real World Annual CLE Seminar – Trial Techniques, Approaches and Jury Persuasion
Our managing partner Ben Rubinowitz will be speaking at the San Antonio Trial Lawyer Association “Real World Annual CLE Seminar – Trial Techinques, Approaches and Jury Persuasion” on Friday September 11th at the Wyndham Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio. Ben’s successes as a trial lawyer and expertise in his field have…
9 attorneys from our New York Personal Injury Law Firm were included in the The Best Lawyers in America© 2016
Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf is proud to announce that 10 of their New York Personal Injury Lawyers were listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2016. Marijo Adimey, Jeffrey B. Bloom, Seymour Boyers, Anthony H. Gair, Howard S. Hershenhorn, Stephen H. Mackauf, Ben B. Rubinowitz, Christopher Sallay and Richard M. Steigman were selected…