New York Personal Injury Attorneys BlogA 4 year old boy was rushed to the hospital after he was severely burned by hot water spilling out of a Hot Dog stand near his home in the Bronx, NYC.
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The National Safety Council estimates that 400 people will die and 42,300 will suffer personal injury in a car accident during Labor Day week-end
Based on previous statistics of car crashes, The National Safety Council (NSC) estimates that car accidents will kill 400 people and injure 42,300 this Labor Day week-end in the US. Here are a few safety tips to make your ride safer this week-end:
- Buckle up. The NSC estimates that out of the 400 fatalities estimated for this long week-end, 144 could be avoided by buckling up
- Do not use your cell phone while driving
- Set up your GPS, radio or any info in-vehicle infotainment systems before you start driving your car
- Give yourself plenty of time to arrive at your destination so you don’t get frustrated while you are driving
- If you are planning to drink make sure there is a non drinking designated driver or simply avoid taking your car and plan for a taxi
- Be cautious and drive defensively especially if the weather is bad.
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New York Personal Injury Attorney Ben Rubinowitz to lecture on Trial Practice at the NYSTLA program “Decisions 2014: Recent Developments in Tort Law
Our managing partner Ben Rubinowitz will be lecturing on Trial Advocacy at the NYC flagship program of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association “Decisions 2014: Recent Developments in Tort Law” on September 13th 2014 at the Hotel Pennsylvania, 401 7th Ave, NY,NY.
Ben will speak about recent developments in the law and provide concrete examples of methods that can be used to deal with these new issues.
Decisions 2014 is a must for personal injury lawyers practicing in New York. The program will cover the following topics: Damages, Discovery, Ethic and professionalism, Evidence, Insurance, Jurisdiction, Labor Law, Legislation, Mass Torts, Medical Malpractice, Medicare & ERISA, Motor Vehicle Liability & Developments in No-fault, Municipal Liability, Pleading & Filing, Premises Liability, Product Liability, Trial Practice, Workers’ Compensation.
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To prevent senior pedestrian accidents in Brooklyn, Borough President Adam proposes to move school crossing guards from their normal posts to intersection near nursing home and senior center while kids are in class
To protect Brooklyn senior pedestrians from being struck by cars, Borough President Adams is proposing to turn Brooklyn school crossing guards into full time employees so they can help not only children but also seniors when crossing the street.
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Speed suspected to to be at the origin of a car accident on a Long Island Highway during which 5 members of a family died
A woman driving back from a family gathering with her 3 children and her mother lost control of her car killing herself and all the other car passengers on the Southern State Parkway toward Brooklyn Saturday night around 11:00 pm. The car veered off the road, hit a tree and burst into flames killing all occupants of the vehicle. The police are investigating the cause of the accident.
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5 people injured including a newborn baby and a pedestrian in an accident during which a drunk driver crashed into another car in Harlem, NYC
Daniel Rodriguez was drunk when he crashed his van into another car occupied by a 9 day old baby girl, her dad and a friend. The impact was so strong that the car jumped the curb injuring a pedestrian. After the crash the car started to smoke. A 60 year old man who witnessed the accident was able to run to the car, remove the baby from her seat and take her to safety. The driver of the van, the pedestrian and the passengers of the car including the newborn suffered personal injury and were taken to the hospital to be treated. The accident happened Friday night at 7:30 pm at the corner of 145th Street and Powell Blvd in Harlem, New York.Read more in the New York Daily News.
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Speeding motorcyclist dies after crashing into a car on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx, NYC
A 24 year old biker was killed in a motorcycle accident in New York City. According to witnesses the man was driving his bike at a reckless speed when he hit the back of a van on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx. The motorcyclist suffered severe personal injury and was pronounced dead upon his arrival to the hospital. The occupants of the van, a couple and a seven year old child, only suffered minor injuries.
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How can hospital and health care providers mitigate the increased risk of medical malpractice related to tubing misconnections during the transition to new ISO connecting standards?
Tubing misconnection error is medical malpractice mostly caused by nursing or hospital negligence that can result in severe personal injury or death of the patient. Misconnections errors have a high risk to happen not only because most patients checking into a hospital are likely to receive at least an IV but also because tubes with different functions can too easily be connected together. Gardiner Harris from the New York Times raised the alarm on this problem in 2010 in the article “U.S. Inaction Lets Look-Alike Tubes Kill Patients”.
To address this issue and prevent these types of medical errors, tubing connector standards have recently been developed through a collaboration of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), clinicians, manufacturers and regulators, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
New connectors are going to start to reach the market during the fourth quarter of 2014 and the transition phase is expected to continue through 2015.
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StarNetworks USA recalls its Magnicubes products because they can cause serious personal injury or death if they are ingested by children or teenagers
As part of a settlement of an administrative case based on product defect filed by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in December 2012, the company Star Networks USA announced a voluntary recall of all Magnicubes Spheres sets and Magnicube Cubes sets. These sets contains high power rare earth magnets that create a substantial injury hazard. The CPSC received numerous reports describing teenagers or children who died or suffered serious personal injury requiring surgery after ingesting the small magnets.
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Home Health Aid caught by nanny cam abusing 78 year old paralyzed man in Queens, NY
A Home Health Aid from Personal Touch Home Care agency was caught on camera abusing a paralyzed senior. The video shows 38 year old Ihor Krutowskyi grabbing the 78 old stroke victim by the nose, violently shaking his head yanking his arm and smacking his hand. The home aid knew about the camera. Before abusing the elderly man, the aid unplugged a cable that was linking the camera to the TV system thinking he had deactivated the device. He only managed to unplug the sound while the camera continued to record the violent abuse. Read more in the New York Daily News
