Our partner Howard Hershenhorn represents the family of a man killed by falling debris from a historic Brooklyn church in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday alleging that church officials failed to maintain and repair a building they knew had become increasingly dangerous. Howard was quoted in The Wall Street Journal…
In this video segment, our partner, Construction Accident Attorney Anthony Gair gives an overview of New York Labor Law section 240. The complete course is available for CLE credit at Lawline.com. It was given in December,2012.
In their most recent column, New York Personal Injury Attorney Ben Rubinowitz, a partner at Gair Gair Conason Steigman Mackauf Bloom and Rubinowitz, and his colleague Evan Torgan, of Torgan Cooper and Aaron, write about the use of video taped depositions at trial. Their most recent article, published Today in…
The Affordable Care Act is at the origin of a fast growing trend of Primary Care Doctors who are reorganizing themselves into “patients-centered medical home”. These reorganized practices effectively improve patients care and lower medical costs according to a recent article in ConsumerReports. Below is a table that shows what…
Gross Medical Malpractice related to blood transfusion seems to occur again at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. According to the New York Post, the hospital blood lab was shut down yesterday after a 40 year old man died following a botched transfusion in which he was given blood…
A study from Bronx Children’s Hospital at Montefiore looked at height/weight status of kids at age five and interviewed their mothers about mental health and their children’s eating habits including mealtime practices and feeding styles. The findings show that mothers with low education, no jobs and showing depressive symptoms let…
Prostate cancer is is the second most common cancer among men. Delay to treat or failure to diagnose prostate cancer may have fatal consequences but so far it has been difficult for doctors to diagnose how aggressive prostate cancer is. Additionally the role played by the nerves around the tumor…
3 people were severely injured and a total of 12 were hospitalized including 4 firefighters after what appeared to be a gas explosion occurred in a beauty parlor at the first floor of a five story building and caused the ceiling to collapse.The building has several violations and further investigation…
85% of car accidents worldwide happen in developing countries and 25,000 of the deaths involve tourists. The Center for Disease Control is asking Americans who are vacationing abroad to exercise extra precautions if they decide to drive a car during their stay. Very often roads in low incomes countries are…
In order to prevent construction accidents, New york City has a very strict strict Administrative Building Code but according to a new lawsuit, the Building Department violated the code when it gave the green light to developer Bruce Ratner to build the first phase of the $4.9 billion 15-building residential…