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New York Personal Injury Attorneys Blog
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Injuries and deaths related to storm drains
When people died in flooding that occurs after heavy rain there is usually not a lot of information about the cause of the death except for “the person drowned”. However a recent investigation by ProPublica highlights the danger of the actual drainage system in the US. Giant storm drains with…
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Analysis of medical malpractice claims finds that poorly executed care transitions increase risks of patients being injured and create a financial burden to healthcare providers
In a recent study analyzing 5,270 medical malpractice claims related to medical events occurring between 2017 and 2019, Coverys, a company providing Medical malpractice Insurance, found that 210 of them were medical malpractice related to negligent care transition that led to an alleged medical error. While medical malpractice related to…
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Medical Malpractice: Lessons from a Plaintiff’s Lawyer
This past Saturday our managing partner Ben Rubinowitz lectured to urologists at the Societies for Pediatric Urology SPU2021 Pediatric Urology Fall Congress held in Miami, Florida. Ben presented a dynamic talk as to the pitfalls of inadequate care and the resultant harm that comes to patients when doctors fail to…
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Construction Safety during the Covid19 Pandemic
In New York and in the US, construction companies, like any employers, are responsible for the safety of their employees while they are at work. If a construction worker is injured or killed on the job, the employer might be liable. Therefore during the pandemic they had to make sure…
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Assistant principal at Queens Technical High School in Long Island City arrested for arranging Grindr meeting with 14 year old boy
A New York City assistant principal planned a sexual encounter with a 14 year old boy on Grindr and instead found himself facing an adult who filmed the encounter and uploaded it on Youtube. Earlier this year, 40 year old Claudio Garcia who works at Queens Technical High School in…
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6 people injured in massive fire sparked by an explosion in Brooklyn, NYC
6 people were injured in NYC and 54 of them lost their home after an explosion sparked a major fire just after midnight on Wednesday. The explosion originated in the basement of a 3-story brick rowhouse located on Vermont Street near Jamaica Ave in Cypress Hill. According to CBS, tenants…
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17 year old boy dies in car accident in Manhattan
A 17 year old behind the wheel of a 2018 Honda Civic crashed his car and died during what might have been a drag race according to the Police. Last night around 9:25 pm, Antonio Fonseca was driving at high speed on the Henry Hudson Parkway in the Harlem area. …
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Cycling in New York City surges and so do injuries and deaths
Vision Zero recently released a cycling trend in New York City. However the presentation is a little bit disappointing as it doesn’t contain any bicycle accidents statistics or safety analysis that compare the surge in the number of bicycle rides in the city with the number of bicycle accident injuries…
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Multiple people died or suffered serious injuries in car crashes in Long Island during the Thanksgiving Holidays
Sadly Thanksgiving Holidays are not only associated with good family time but also with a rise in car accident fatalities and injuries. National statistics show that car crashes increase by 17% during the day and the night before Thanksgiving as families travel across the United States to get together. Consumption…