Kingfisher, an Indian carrier owned by United Breweries has filed a $ 236 million lawsuit against U.S.-based International Aero Engines, which is part owned by United Technologies Corp’s Pratt & Whitney unit. Kingfisher alleged that the IAE V-2500 A5 engines supplied to Kingfisher were “inherently defective, both in design and…
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Product Liability: flawed inspections of factories abroad challenge product safety and worker protection
To assure the safety and the quality of their products manufactured abroad, Western companies are relying on factory inspections conducted by external monitoring companies. Audits not only monitor timing and quality of the production before it is shipped abroad but also make sure that working hours, compensation, management practices and…
New York Premises Liability: Woman hit by a car after after club security staff create panic among patrons
A woman was struck and killed by a hit and run driver in the Bronx, New York, yesterday night after a a club bouncer asked everybody to exit the club because someone had a gun. Over a hundred patrons started to run out of the club and poured across the…
Truck Accident: Why do Cargo Tank Trucks Rollover and How Can Rollovers be Prevented?
Driving too fast and weather conditions are the main causes of cargo tank truck rollovers but other factors such as vehicle design, load effect or liquid slosh and surge, highway factors and driver factors can also be at the origin of a rollover. This very instructive video from the Federal…
New York Accident Prevention: Pedestrian island and other safety measures to be installed at deadly intersection of Ocean Parkway and the Prospect Expressway with Church Avenue in Brooklyn
After a woman was struck by a truck causing her death at the Ocean Parkway Intersection in Brooklyn last June (see our previous blog), the New York Sate Department of Transportation finally approved a $200,000 crosswalk makeover that had been delayed since 2012. A pedestrian island and other enhancements that…
New York Bus Accident: another person struck by the back of an MTA Bus in Brooklyn in less than a week
An elderly woman was struck and killed by a bus yesterday in Brooklyn, New York. This is the second MTA Bus accident that happened in Brooklyn in less than a week. On August 25th we reported in a previous blog that a young bicyclist was severely injured after being struck…
Medical Malpractice: Hi-tech equipment may lead to over diagnosis and over treatment of thyroid cancer
Thyroid cancer may be over diagnosed and over treated and many patients may have been exposed to unnecessary treatment and dangerous procedures according to a new study lead by Juan Pablo Brito, M.B.B.S. an endocrine fellow and health care delivery scholar at Mayo Clinic, Minnesota and published in BMJ. New…
Injury Science for undergraduates?
Every summer the the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia offers summer research internships for undergraduate students. In a recent article, Carol Murray, the training coordinator for the CIPR discusses the benefits of providing training to the next generation of injury scientists and…
Summation, More Than a Final Argument
In their Trial Advocacy column, New York Personal Injury Attorney Ben Rubinowitz of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf and Evan Torgan of Torgan & Cooper write: Summation marks the attorney’s final interaction with the jury before the verdict is returned. However, it is one of the…
New York Construction Accident: Brooklyn man seriously injured after falling in a trench
A 33 year old man was seriously injured after he fell in a 8 by 10 foot trench and was trapped by debris at a construction site behind a family house in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn New York. See more in the Daily News