Multiple fatalities reported after recent bus accident
posted in Bus Accidents on Monday, March 18, 2013. People in New York City usually hop on buses assuming that they will have a peaceful and uneventful ride. However, a bus accident can not only delay an individual’s commute. It can also leave them with serious injuries. A recent bus accident in a nearby state […]
Pedestrians and Ice Slips
There’s no denying that this winter has been tough — it’s tough, not only for drivers, who have to shovel out their cars, scrape ice and drive slowly and carefully over icy streets. There’s also a major impact on urban pedestrians or anyone else who has to travel on foot in the kinds of low […]
Parents seek answers for son’s fatal post-operative reaction
For anyone that has anxiously waited in a hospital while a loved one underwent surgery, a prognosis of complications is usually not a good sign. Indeed, readers may assume that the best news is being told that a surgery went well.
NYC Building Collapses Due to Gas Leak — Who Is Legally Responsible?
In New York City natural gas is customarily delivered by Consolidated Edison, commonly referred to as Con Edison or Con Ed, which is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States. Con Ed provided gas to the apartment building that exploded in East Harlem on March 12th. Natural gas is a highly […]
Water Main Break Shows Public Infrastructure Risks
Water main breaks can cause significant traffic problems – a West Village incident late last month was no exception. New York ABC affiliate WABC reported on a January 28 rupture in lower Manhattan, where a twelve-inch pipe broke in the vicinity of Greenwich and Clarkson Streets. Combined with the major outflow of water from the […]
Patient death may lead to hospital negligence lawsuit
Some believe that all city-run medical facilities provide substandard hospital care. Residents of New York who have benefited from excellent treatment in such facilities realize this isn’t a fact. Mistakes can happen, however. Hospital negligence or judgment errors do occasionally result in patient injury. Anyone who needs a doctor’s care must be tuned in to what’s going on around them, if possible.
Upper East Side – Garbage Piles Up
Many New Yorkers on the Upper East Side of Manhattan have been dealing with a pretty harsh winter, and some serious problems around snow removal, but some of them have also seen another disturbing trend: loose garbage in bags, piled up on sidewalks, around curbs, and overflowing into the edges of busy urban roads. Near […]
Keeping Medical Records Confidential in a NY Personal Injury Case
We are often asked about how to protect confidential medical information when pursuing a personal injury claim in New York. The short answer is … beware. By filing a personal injury lawsuit, you are exposing your entire confidential medical, and possibly psychological, history and records to the defense. In most cases, the court will require […]
