Paraplegia is defined as the paralysis of the lower half of the body. Paraplegia injury can result from a spinal cord injury or an accident.

The following are some of the possible causes of paraplegia. You should consult your doctor in order to diagnose the symptoms of your paraplegia injury. Some of the possible causes of paraplegia are as given below:

Trauma Fall from a height due to Scaffolding Accidents or any other Vertebral fracture crushing spinal cord Vertebral dislocation causing spinal cord compression Vertebral disc prolapse Tumour growth impinging on spinal cord Prostate tumour Tumour growth within spinal cord Glioma Tumour growth in vertebra Bony metastases Primary bone malignancy within vertebra Multiple myeloma Pathological [...]

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If you have suffered personal injuries in an accident, medical malpractice or due to negligence of some New York state authority, then you can file a personal injury lawsuit or injury claim against the negligent authority or individual.

There are different types of personal injury claims for different types of accidents and injuries. You can file a personal injury lawsuit if you have receive injuries due to negligence of some individual or authority.

Some of the personal injury claims and lawsuits are as given below:-

Accident related personal injuries in New York

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A Manhattan dialysis center was closed down after one patient contracted hepatitis C due to unsanitary conditions. The State Health Department inspectors found several samples of blood on chairs and machines.

In the past five years, more than 600 patients were treated at the center, and they have been urged to undergo hepatitis and H.I.V tests.

The State Health inspectors inspected the clinic, the Life Care Dialysis Center, located at 221 West 61st Street, and found that most of the employees failed to wash their hands properly. Further, disinfect equipments were not properly maintained and gloves were not changed while handling [...]

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A 38 year old man, Miguel Rodriguez died in a scaffolding accident at Morningside Heights construction site on Thursday.

The victim fell five stories to his death when his scaffolding collapsed. He was wearing a safety harness, but it was not tethered to the building.

Malik Hussain, 26, who is the owner of Classic Painting & Restoration Inc., told city officials probing the death that there was a rigging foreman present at the Morningside Heights site, a safety measure required by law, the Department of Investigation said.

The construction site was being supervised by a bogus foreman, Jinal Patel (aged 23) [...]

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Several important facts related to Auto Accident injury victims were published in a report by the Journal Archives of Surgery on March 17th. More than 63% of accident victims confirmed that they experience substantial pain even after a year of receiving injuries in an auto accident. This report was published after perceiving physical health status of 3,000 patients (aged 18-84). These patients had suffered serious injuries in various accidents like slip and fall injury cases and various other auto accidents involving car accidents, bus accidents, and motorcycle accidents.

Most of the patients receive injuries in abdomen [...]

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Medical Malpractice cases often result from complications arising from a surgery or operations. Your medical malpractice injury can also occur due to wrong prescription offered by your New York medical authority or an individual practitioner.

Most of the medical professionals have insured themselves against such lawsuits. Therefore clients have to face the aggressive defense lawyers who will try their best to devoid you of your medical malpractice claim.

It is observed that several doctors supply forms which their patients must sign. These forms are used by medical practitioners to safeguard themselves and to limit a patient’s right to sue.

Medical authorities including [...]

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