New York Personal Injury Attorneys BlogIn New York too many pedestrians suffer personal injury or die in car accidents. These videos from Brooklyn cinematographer Anna Zivarts demonstrate how dangerous it can be for pedestrians to cross the street. Turning cars have the light before and during the pedestrian walk signal. Most drivers fail to yield priority to pedestrians even though the light is green for pedestrians.
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Train Accident Prevention: Rail Safety Authority to receive $185 million to hire Additional 45 Rail Inspectors
Following the New York Metro North Train accident that killed four and injured more than 70 people, U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Richard Blumenthal announced yesterday that the recently filed Appropriation bill includes $ 185 million for the Federal Railroad Administration to hire additional inspectors, inspect far more track, and begin sending safety “strike teams” to railroads around the nation in order to conduct additional safety audits.
The agency is underfunded and unable to fully evaluate existing and future rail-safety programs across the nation’s freight and passenger railroads.
Read the press release
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Medical Malpractice Prevention: The Joint Commmission publishes New and Revised Requirements for Diagnostic Imaging Services
Diagnostic Imaging is a medical area that has been developing extremely fast and with it the number of radiological medical procedures has increased tremendously. However high level of radiation exposure from medical imaging may have possible harmful effect on patients.
To prevent medical malpractice, the Joint Commission just approved new and revised requirements for accredited hospitals, critical access hospitals, and ambulatory care organizations that provide diagnostic imaging services, including those ambulatory organizations that have achieved Advanced Diagnostic Imaging certification. These requirement address:
– Documenting CT radiation doses in patient’s clinical record – Meeting the needs of the pediatric population and considering patient size – Managing safety risks in MRI environment – Imaging equipment maintenance and oversight – Minimum competency for radiology technologists, including registration and certification
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The FDA recommends discontinuing prescribing and dispensing Acetaminophen Prescription Combination Drug Products that contain more than 325 mg per tablet because they pose a high risk of Personal Injury
Severe personal injury and even death may result from taking too much acetaminophen. Inadvertent acetaminophen overdose may severely damage the liver and can lead to liver failure, liver transplant and death.
Acetaminophen is used over the counter as a pain and fever medication and is often an ingredient in cold and cough medicine. It is also combined with ingredients to treat pain such as opioids and prescribed by doctors. Many consumers are not aware that their medicine contains acetaminophen, making it easy to accidentally take too much. Prescription narcotics which contain acetaminophen include Tylenol with Codeine, Percocet, and Vicodin. Depending on the milligrams of the narcotic the particular drug may contain as much as 650 Mg. of acetaminophen. Patients should read the label as well as the package insert given with the prescription. Further alcohol should not be used as it is well known that in combination with acetaminophen liver toxicity may result.
To prevent these types of adverse results and to reduce the number of acetaminophen induced liver injuries, the FDA recommends that doctors not prescribe any medication that contains more than 325 mg per dose. The FDA also recommends that pharmacists call doctors and discuss options with them if they receive a prescription for a combination product with more than 325 mg of acetaminophen per dosage unit.
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Car Wash worker killed at work in Brokklyn, NY
A Brooklyn worker died in a car wash accident on Sunday. The accident investigators are still looking for the causes of the accident. A SUV had just come out of the automated rails and the worker was taking car of the detailing when suddenly the car and another vehicle crashed in the street, ejecting the worker and killing him.
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Personal Injury Risks for Long-Duration and Exploration Space Flight
Little is known so far about the risk of personal injury for astronauts who are participating in long-duration and exploration space flight.
The Institute of Medicine recently released the Review of NASA’s Evidence Reports on Human Health Risks: 2013 Letter Report , which is the first in a serie of five reports that reviews more than 30 evidence reports that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has compiled on human health risks for long-duration and exploration space flights.
The 2013 Letter Report builds on the work of the 2008 letter report and examines three NASA evidence reports: Risk of Injury from Dynamic Loads; Risk of Spaceflight-induced Intracranial Hypertension/Vision Alterations; and Risk of Clinically Relevant Unpredicted Effects of Medication.
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Product Liability: after one child died and another one suffered serious personal injury, Ikea recalls Children’s Wall-Mounted lamp due to strangulation hazard
A 16 month-old child wrongfully died and a 15 month-old child was severely injured after they became entangled in a very popular Ikea’s children’s wall-mounted lamp.
There were 2.9 million lamps sold in the US, 1.1 million in Canada and 23 million worldwide.
Consumers should stop using the defective lamp and contact Ikea at 888 966 4532 for a free repair kit. The repair kit has self-adhesive fasteners for attaching the lamp’s cord to the wall as well as safety instructions.
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Product Liability: New Safety Standard for Infant Bedside Sleepers will prevent Wrongful Death and Personal Injury
To prevent wrongful death and personal injury caused by defective or unsafe bedside sleepers a new federal mandatory standard to improve the safety of bedside sleepers was just approved by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
A bedside sleeper is a bassinet that is attached to an adult bed for parents to easily access their infant from their bed. It is intended for babies up to approximately 5 months.
Among the changes, the new standard includes modifications to the existing standard to address fabric-sided enclosed opening entrapment hazards. Between 2007 and 2009, the CPSC received 4 reports of infant wrongful deaths associated with fabric-sided openings on the products.
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New York Car Accident: out of 21 tragic accidents only 1 driver was charged
After 9 year old Cooper Stock was fatally struck by a cab driver in New York City on Friday Night, many in New York are wondering if cab drivers can kill with impunity as in most accidents the police are allegedly not thoroughly investigating criminal wrongdoing at the scene. According to an article in the New York Post, only one cab driver was criminally charged out of 21 accidents that seriously injured or killed pedestrians or bicyclists.
Read more in New York Post.
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New York Car Accident: 4 people suffered personal injury after SUV crashes into Popeye restaurant in Brooklyn
4 people were injured in a car accident that happened Sunday night at a Popeye restaurant in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York. The 62 year old driver of the SUV lost control of his car which crashed into the front window of the restaurant. The driver and the passenger as well as two customers were injured. One person was in critical condition, two suffered serious personal injury and one suffered minor injury. The front wall of the restaurant was completely destroyed.
