British visitor to NYC loses foot in runaway cab accident
On Tuesday, a British woman who was visiting New York City on her “dream vacation” was struck by a cabdriver. She lost her foot as a result of the pedestrian-car accident. The 23-year-old woman and her friend were sitting on the ledge of a fountain in the neighborhood of 50th Street and Sixth Avenue around […]
Pain Awareness Month a good time to discuss workers’ compensation
When New Yorkers think of September, they probably think of cooling temperatures, students returning to school and the end of summer, but September is also Pain Awareness Month. With that in mind, let’s consider a problem that many New Yorkers who were injured on the job have to confront on a daily basis: chronic pain. […]
Special NYPD unit examines car accidents for clues to greater safety citywide
About two dozen New York Police Department officers have been devoted specifically to examining car crashes, it was learned late last month. The move to allocate precious police resources to car accident situations reflects not only a drop in violent crime in New York over the past few years, but also the extensive degree to […]
Car speeding from police in Brooklyn crashes, injures several
Many New Yorkers are hurt every day in car collisions. Many of these motor vehicle accidents are just that — accidents. While a particular driver might be at fault for a collision, in the vast majority of cases, the people at fault are not likely acting with malice — just extreme carelessness. However, when a driver hits […]
Medical malpractice errors one of the top killers in the U.S.
If asked to identify the top causes of death in the U.S., few people would think to include medical negligence. Nevertheless, research shows that incidents of medical malpractice account for tens of thousands of deaths in the U.S. each year. According to a study by the Institute of Medicine, approximately 98,000 people in the U.S. […]
Family wins med mal case against hospital for baby’s untreated jaundice
A mother’s instincts can sometimes be more accurate than a medical provider’s diagnosis. After a New York woman gave birth to her son six years ago, she says that she was was quickly rushed out of the hospital. The woman expressed concern to the medical staff at the hospital about the yellowing of her newborn’s […]
Asphalt plant explosion sends injured worker to hospital
Some jobs in New York are inherently more dangerous than others. While there are certainly workplace injuries that can be suffered from office jobs — mostly repetitive motion injuries that worsen over time — oftentimes, the most serious and dramatic injuries happen at construction or industrial worksites. This appears to be the case in an incident […]
The Scaffold Law in New York
On 8th Ave and 54th St, two men were left hanging 500 feet in the air for an hour and a half. The two men were technicians, working for Tractel Harness, and were cleaning the windows of the Hearst Tower when the scaffold’s center motor stopped working, causing the scaffold to collapse in the middle, rendering it […]
1 killed, 2 injured as car slams into Queens auto-body shop
One person was killed and another two were injured when a car crashed into an auto-body shop in Queens last week. According to police, two vehicles were proceeding down 126th Street when one vehicle “clipped” the other, sending it careening into New Pamir Auto Body Shop. A 33-year-old man who was standing outside the shop was […]
DMV: Only 46 Percent of NYC Residents Pass Driver’s Test
There are many causes for car accidents, of course, ranging from weather conditions to vehicle failure. Bad drivers — for lack of a more technical term — are one of the leading causes of car accidents. Because of that, the latest statistics from the New York Department of Vehicles seem to be cause for concern. In […]