New York Personal Injury Attorneys Blog26 year old Jessica Labetti was driving on Four Corner Rd in Long Island New York when she crashed into a stone wall after being distracted by her 88 year old grandmother who suffers from dementia. As Labetti was driving, her grandmother, who was sitting in the back seat suddenly pulled her hair. Labetti jolted, lost control of her vehicle and crashed into a wall. The granddaughter suffered minor injuries. Her grandmother was transported to the hospital in critical condition where she later died. Labetti was driving with a suspended licensed and was charged and arrested by the police. Read more in the NY Daily News
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18 year old driver who struck and killed 4 year old Ariel Russo on the Upper West Side of Manhattan accepted a plea deal for the 2013 fatal crash and several other additional run-ins with police
Franklin Reyes admitted that he struck Ariel Russo, resulting in her death, because he was speeding while trying to avoid being arrested by the police without a license after he was caught making an illegal turn. He will spend up to nine years in jail. 4 year old Ariel Russo was walking to school with her grandmother when Reyes lost control of his car and struck both of them at the corner of Amsterdam Avenue and West 97th street in NYC. Ariel died in the accident and her grandmother, 46 year old Katia Gutierrez was seriously injured. Read more in the NY Daily News
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Two people suffered serious personal injury in a bus accident near the George Washington Bridge in New York City
Two people were badly injured this morning in a bus accident in New York. The bus was about to enter a ramp connecting the Henry Hudson Parkway to the George Washington Bridge when it slid down the embankment north of Fort Washington Park. The two victims who were the only two people in the bus were rescued by the FDNY and taken to the hospital. The police are still investigating the cause of the crash. Read more on the NBC New York website
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Patient Safety Awareness Week: how to improve communication between patients and health care providers to mitigate harm?
Medical errors and adverse events are among the leading causes of death and personal injury in the U.S. According to a recent study in the Journal of Patient Safety the number of premature deaths associated with preventable harm to patients is estimated at more than 400,000 per year. Serious harm seems to be 10- to 20-fold more common than lethal harm.
The patient safety awareness week is an annual campaign led by the National Patient Safety Foundation to create awareness about patient safety among healthcare providers and their patients. The campaign is running this week and the subject is “United in safety” . The emphasis is on better communication between healthcare providers and patients to reduce adverse events or medical errors.
Tomorrow Wednesday March 11th at 8:30 pm ET anyone interested can join a twitter chat on patient and family engagement using #PSAWunited to participate. People interested can also join a free webcast on patient safety on Thursday March 12th.
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New York patient suffers critical personal injury in ambulance accident after the driver allegedly failed to properly strap her to stretcher
Janet Hickey, a resident of City Island in the Bronx, NYC, was recovering from brain surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital and was transferred by ambulance to Phelps Memorial Hospital, for rehabilitation. During the trip between the two facilities, the ambulance that was transporting her crashed into a pole in Westchester County. During the accident, the 60 year old woman suffered serious head and neck injuries that left her brain dead. According to doctors who tried to save her after the accident, the woman wasn’t proprely strapped to her stretcher by the Senior Care Emergency Services ambulance staff. Read more in the New York Daily News
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Increase in manhole explosions due to extreme temperature put New Yorkers at risk of personal injury
The risk of being injured in a manhole explosion will be at its highest this week for New Yorkers as salty melted ice and snow will pour into the city manholes after a sudden increase in temperature. Hundreds of manhole explosions have sent several people to the hospital this winter in New York City. The heavy use of salt in the streets of New York during the wintry weather is to blame for these explosions. The salty melting ice gets through the street cracks and erodes the underground electrical wires and cables causing dangerous manhole explosions that can injure passers by.There were well over a thousand of them so far this winter according to Con Ed. 600 explosions were reported in New York City in the first week of February alone. To prevent these explosions Con Ed started to install manhole covers with grates. These covers don’t prevent fire but at least in case of a fire they allow smoke to escape thus preventing an explosion.
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To prevent medical malpractice and address the risk of spreading CRE infections in hospitals, ECRI institute recommends culturing duodenoscopes
After two patients died and many other suffered personal injury from a recent “superbug”outbreak involving duodenoscopes, the safety of these medical devices (see previous blog) and the method used by hospitals to reprocess them are being questioned. In a recent Hazard Report, the ECRI Institute is recommending culturing Duodenoscopes as a key step to reducing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). The Institute believes that duodenoscope procedures are vital when treating and diagnosing conditions of the gall bladder and pancreas with Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures and the risk of infection can be mitigated if hospitals upgrade their reprocessing methods by also scope culturing.The Institute recommemds that hospitals not only check with the duodenoscope manufacturer as to whether they are using the appropriate reprocessing method but also add a baseline culture of all duodenoscpoes. Read the complete ECRI High Priority Hazard Report
Picture Duodenoscopy image of two pigment stones extracted from common bile duct courtesy of Wikipedia
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Mother and 2 children injured after being viciously attacked by stray Rottweiler in Queens, NYC
A New York mother and her two children suffered serious personal injury after being bitten by a dog Saturday morning. The mother was taking a stroll with her two kids on the Rockaway Boardwalk in Queens when a stray Rottweiler attacked them and viciously bit them. Neighbors and the police rushed to the scene of the attack, alerted by the scream of the 31 year old mom. When the police arrived she was lying face down on the ground in the snow with a Rottweiler on her back. The two children, 4 and 10 years old, were nearby, bloody and terrorized, helplessly looking at the scene. According to neighbors, the police had no other choice but to shoot and kill the dog. Police said that the mother suffered deep wounds on her face and hands and the children suffered bites on their hands and arms. They were all transported to the hospital.
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Several people suffered personal injury in a multicar accident in Brooklyn, New York
Several people were taken to the hospital after being badly injured in a car pile-up. The accident happened Sunday around 5:00 am in the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens section of Brooklyn, NYC. According to witnesses, a car tried to pass another car by using the left lane to allegedly beat a red light when the driver lost control of his vehicle and hit another car triggering a chain reaction between five vehicles. Some of the vehicles occupants who were injured were stuck in the crashed cars and had to wait for the NYC Fire Department to cut through the cars to extricate them and transport them to hospitals.
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Our managing partner, Ben Rubinowitz, will be speaking at the New York City Bar Program “Anatomy of a Trial: Tips & Strategies to Win Your Case”
New York Personal Injury Lawyer Ben Rubinowitz will be a speaking on “Openings and Closings: Advocacy and Argument” at the New York City Bar program “Anatomy of a Trial: Tips & Strategies to Win Your Case”. This seminar will take place Monday, April 27th 2015 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the New York City Bar, 42 West 44th Street, New York, NY.
Hon. Sarah Netburn , United States Magistrate Judge United States District Court, SDNY and Philip R. Schatz from Wrobel Schatz & Fox LLP will co chair the seminar. The other faculty members are Sheila S. Boston, Kaye Scholer LLP, Rosemary M. Nidiry, Assistant United States Attorney, Complex Frauds Unit, SDNY, David E. Patton, Executive Director, Federal Defenders of New York, Southern & Eastern Districts Hon. Herbert J. Stern, Stern & Kilcullen LLC, Former Assistant District Attorney, New York County and Richard A. Williamson, Flemming Zulack Williamson Zauderer LLP.
As Judge Herbert Stern notes in his classic Trying Cases to Win, most of us stumble out of schools of law and into courts of law, with little knowledge of how actually to try a case. And few tasks are as intimidating as presenting a case to a jury. But trial practice can be learned and mastered. In this program, leading trial advocates and experienced judges will teach the basics of a federal trial, from voir dire to verdict, and share their “how-to” tips and tricks for victory in the courtroom.
