Reports Suggest Strong Building Forecasts for 2016
Around the country, there have been some favorable forecasts for the construction industry. According to ENR online, there is currently a strong demand for construction throughout the U.S. But there are also some significant construction booms going on in local economies. A July report from the Wall Street Journal shows an increased demand for construction […]
Hospital operator pays out millions for malpractice
NYC Health + Hospitals, a public benefit corporation that operates several clinics and public hospitals in New York City, paid out $124 million to plaintiffs in medical malpractice complaints in 2015. The total amount that it paid was a drop from the $133 million that it paid to injured patients in 2014. However, medical malpractice claims against the organization rose from 536 to 552 in 2015.
New York Personal Injury Law Firm Takes a Look at Construction Deaths
In fiscal year 2015, 10 workers died while doing their jobs on construction sites in New York City. This almost doubled the annual average number of fatalities over each of the prior four years. There was also a 53 percent increase in the number of construction workers injured on New York City jobsites over the […]
New York Workers’ Compensation Law Firm Discusses Trench Collapse
Recently, a 40-year-old construction worker was at a worksite in Queens, New York. He was overseeing the construction of a building foundation and the process of laying rebar. Unfortunately, a wall of dirt fell onto the man, burying him to above his head. He had to be pulled out of the collapsed trench by firefighters […]
Workers Rally for Safer NY Job Sites
We often talk about the work of federal and state regulators, safety advocacy groups and others standing in the gap to provide safety for front-line workers in the construction industry, but in some cases, the workers themselves also seek improvements within the industry. A report in ENRNew York shows thousands of workers rallying on the […]
Personal Injury Protection Insurance Coverage
In the United States, a large percentage of civil litigation is comprised of personal injury lawsuits. According to the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, in 2005, 60 percent of the 26,928 real property, contract and tort trials were related to some form of personal injury. Additionally, it was reported that over personal […]
Can a Sexual Assault Victim File a Civil Lawsuit?
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), 346,830 sexual assaults or rapes of persons 12 years or older were reported in 2012. And according to a new survey by the Association of American Universities (AAU), 23%, or 1 in 4, of female college students said that they are sexually assaulted […]
The Effect of “No Fault” Laws on Your Personal Injury Case
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), there were 32,675 people killed in motor vehicle crashes on US roadways in 2014. Injuries were suffered by an additional 2.3 million people the same year. According to annual national road crash statistics, there are more than 37,000 motor accident deaths in the country and an […]
Claims for a Health and Safety Breach
Every day, there are 6,300 deaths caused by occupational accidents or work-related diseases, which is over 2.3 million deaths per year. There are 317 million annual accidents that occur on the job; a large portion of these lead to extended absences from work. This daily adversity has a vast human cost and it is said […]
Workers Compensation Claim for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, about 260,000 carpal tunnel release surgeries are conducted every year. In all cases of carpal tunnel syndrome, close to 47% are caused by work-related activities, and permanent injury to the affected hand may occur in approximately 1% of people with carpal tunnel syndrome. When compared to all […]
