A woman in her 20s was hospitalized in critical condition after she was hit by a van last night around 3:00 am. According to the New York Daily News, the woman was running across 10th Street under a pouring rain when a van driving northbound on Hudson St. hit her.…
New York Personal Injury Attorneys Blog
The NYPD started Today the “Operation Safe Cycle”, a two week bicycle safety enforcement initiative to reduce bike accidents in New York
The number of bicycle accidents in New York always reaches a peak during the summer months as more people use a bike during the warm season. Last year during the month of August one person died and 533 people suffered personal injury in 655 bicycle accidents in New York City.…
The New York Health Department just launched a new marketing campaign highlighting the Cancer-Prevention Benefits of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine
Human papillomavirus is the most common sexually transmitted infection. It is a dangerous infection because it can lead to cancer many years later. The best way to prevent developing HPV-associated cancer is to get vaccinated during preteen and early teen years. Boys and girls should get vaccinated before they start…
OSHA issues new communication tower directive to respond to an increase of worker injury and death during the construction, maintenance and repair of communication towers
Nine workers died so far in 2014 while working on the construction or the maintenance and repair of communication towers. Last year there were 13 fatalities, double the two previous years together according to OSHA’s most recent statistics. In order to better protect tower climbers, OSHA recently updated its Communication…
After more than 40 employees suffered from head, face and groin injuries, OSHA investigated and fined Brooklyn’s Brookdale Hospital $78K for failing to protect the staff from violent patients and failing equipment
In 2012 there were more than 100 open lawsuits against the hospital including a dozen alleging patients died due to medical malpractice or negligence. The hospital has financial problems and struggles to stay open. The latest report from the federal Labor Department indicates that some employees have been the victims…
To prevent death and personal injury related to subway accidents the MTA is testing several “track intrusion” detection systems
Last year in New York 151 people were struck by subway trains and 53 of them died. There are many reasons why people are being injured or killed by a train: they fall on the tracks after feeling ill, they are pushed by someone else, they loose something on the…
Surveillance video shows car crashing into a Queens beauty salon at high speed
A car driver miraculously suffered only minor injuries after he crashed his car into a Queens beauty salon last week on Thursday night. According to the NY Daily News the car driver was about to leave the gas station across the street when he mixed up the gas pedal with…
A woman died and two firefighters suffered injury in a fire in Queens, NYC
A 40 year old woman died from third degree burns and cardiac arrest after a fire ravaged her apartment on the sixth floor of a Jackson Heights building in Queens, NYC early Saturday. Two firefighters were also injured and hospitalized but their lives are not in danger. The investigation is…
4 people suffered personal injury after a driver ran a red light and crashed into another car in Queens, NYC
A car accident near the Long Island Expressway in Maspeth, Queens, NYC, left 4 men injured on Sunday morning. Three men in their 20ies were riding in a Nissan Sedan when the driver ran a red light and crashed into a Mercedes Benz. The driver of the Mercedes Benz was…
Young boy dies after falling from a window in the Bronx, NYC
A two year old boy died after he fell out of a window early Sunday morning on Gerard Ave in the Bronx, New York. The window guards were installed as required by New York Law but the 2 year old boy may have climbed over them. The toddler woke up…