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This past week, I had the opportunity to settle a case on behalf of one of our clients. The client was a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle in Brooklyn, while crossing the street. Our client suffered a broken arm which required surgery and plates and...
Because of their affordability, size and excellent gas mileage, the popularity of motorcycles is on the rise in New York City. However, the trend does bring concerns. Beginner motorcyclists are much more likely to crash than experienced riders. Also, many NYC...
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) sparked a national discussion after recommending that states lower their legal blood-alcohol content (BAC) limit for motorists. In New York, the limit is 0.08 percent; if the NTSB successfully lobbies lawmakers that...
It was a particularly devastating weekend for pedestrians in the Bronx and Brooklyn - even by NYC standards. The string of accidents caused five hospitalizations and two wrongful deaths. Most of the victims were children.On Friday in the Bronx, two boys were...
I read in the law journal today about a premises liability case that was recently dismissed. The plaintiff was a woman who tripped over a wheelchair as she was getting up from a slot machine at a casino. The wheelchair was pulled off to the side, with the wheels...
There is an artist in Denmark, Nicolai Howlat, who has recently published a series of works called "Car Crash Studies." Mr. Howalt went to a police station and photographed cars damaged and destroyed in auto accidents. The result is a series of pictures...
Extensive damage to the hood and windshield of a car tells a great deal about how an 82-year-old Bronx man died last evening. It's clear from accident photos that Manuel Verdesoto, 82, was hit by a car moving at a high rate of speed while he crossed White Plains Road...
A fatal truck-pedestrian accident in Brooklyn is the third such incident in the past month or so according to Streetsblog and it's the sixth death involving a tractor trailer and a pedestrian since last summer.One recent pedestrian accident occurred at the...
From 2008 to 2011, researchers examined the cases of 1,400 pedestrians and cyclists who ended up as patients at Bellevue Hospital Center after an accident. The study made some unexpected findings, including:Most pedestrian accident victims are hit while they're...
Last week was particularly dangerous for child pedestrians and cyclists in New York City. Three separate collisions sent children to hospital emergency rooms.A Brooklyn pedestrian accident occurred on Thursday at Bath Avenue and 24th Street. A 12-year-old boy was hit...
Auto Accidents involvng teens texting while driving have killed more than 3,000 teens compared with 2,700 who die as a result of alcohol. These shocking statistics involving distracted driving are based on a study recently released by Cohen Children's Medical...
A 25 year old man died in an elevator accident recently. He died when trying to get out of a stuck elevator at Brooklyn's Navy Yard. The man got stuck when the power went out and his elevator was between floors. He tried to climb out, but fell 5 stories down the...
Recently, we obtained a settlement of over $100,000 for person who was injured in a rear end collision auto accident. As his car was being struck, our client put out his arm to brace his pregnant wife, who was sitting next to him. The force of the impact...
Ever wonder what the numbers on the side of your car's tires mean. Here is some interesting information. There is a number imprinted after the initials DOT (US Dept of Transportation) the last four digits of the number tell you when the tire was...
A New York City Transit Authority worker recently lost his life at the 46th Street station in Astoria. The 58-year-old victim from Hollis, Queens, had been working on the subway for eight years. The circumstances surrounding the subway accident raise a lot of...
