Lawsuits

If you fall due to snow or ice, you may be able to bring a successful lawsuit to recover money damages. The important factors to consider are

1. Where did you fall? Certain areas are actionable under the law while other areas are more difficult or even impossible. For example, someone who fell on a sidewalk in front of a commercial premises on a Wed when it last snowed on a Sun may have a strong case because the landlord/ management should have cleaned the snow or ice in the 2-3 day time window. However, someone who fell on [...]

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Recently, on December 17, 2009, the Court of Appeals of the State of New York decided a case called Runner v. New York Stock Exchange, 2009 WL 4840213, NY Slip Op 09310 (2009). It clarified the state of the law with respect to construction accident or Labor Law cases where an object falls and comes into contact with a worker. These are commonly referred to as “falling object” cases.  The Court held that there is no strict requirement that the worker and the falling object make contact.  The proper question to ask is not whether the object hit the worker [...]

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Frekhtman & Associates, a New York based construction accident law firm has recently settled a case involving a Brooklyn laborer who fell from a ladder while stripping a circular staircase inside a large multi-apartment dwelling. The plaintiff was working on the ladder when another worker moved a piece of sheetrock which cause other piles of sheetrock to fall over onto their side. The last such piece fell and struck the ladder causing it to topple over. The plaintiff sustained a serious injury including a fracture of his ankle which required open reduction internal fixation. Defendant moved for summary judgment [...]

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In January 2010, the attorneys at Frekhtman & Associates with the help of their trial counsel settled the case of a client who was injured at a large supermarket/ wholesale club in Brooklyn, New York. The incident happened at Costco. A large escalator like conveyer belt took customers from the first floor to the second floor inside this warehouse. When a child fell between two carts, the client turned his shopping cart sideways to prevent it from hitting the child. Store employees watched the incident but failed to press the red stop button on the side of the escalator [...]

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Frekhtman & Associates, a New York personal injury law firm obtained a jury verdict of $2,800,000.00 for a construction worker who was injured when a temporary light fixture fell from the ceiling and struck him on the head.  The plaintiff was laying tiles onto the wall inside a New York City Transit Authority station near Yankee Stadium at 161st Street in the Bronx, New York. At trial, the plaintiff presented evidence of his injury including a subdural hematoma, PET-SCAN evidence of a mild traumatic brain injury (MBTI), and herniated discs in his neck.  Despite video surveillance by the defendant of [...]

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An elderly man in his mid 80’s tripped and fell over a box left under a pool table at a senior citizen care center. He sustained a fracture of his hip requiring surgery.  He retained Frekhtman & Associates to represent him for this serious personal injury case. The firm filed a lawsuit, conducted discovery, and prepared the matter for trial. Defendants denied liability arguing that the plaintiff leaned forward too far while playing pool, which caused him to fall on his side. Recently, on the eve of trial, the matter was amicably settled for $425,000.  The lawsuit was brought in [...]

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Personal injury compensation is paid out as a monetary award of damages which is meant to compensate the victim for the injury and losses which they have sustained due to injuries. The personal injury compensation that can be won for a claimant falls into two major categories:

Injury Compensation – It encompasses general damages and is given to remunerate the injury victim for the pain, suffering, loss of work and inconvenience caused by the injury itself.  An example of this injury compensation would be a compensation amount given to the victim of a car accident because he/she had suffered spinal cord [...]

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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

The attorney for the family who has filed the case against Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn said that the victim died from blood clots. These clots were developed due to inactivity after waiting for more than 24 hours in the psychiatric ward of Kings County Hospital.

The surveillance video clearly showed Esmeen Green fell from her seat after waiting for more than 24 hours in the psychiatric ward. She was shaking on the floor, and was left unattended for more than 1 hour. Several hospital workers passed by, simply ignoring her.

The lawyer has reported that blood clots were formed in her legs [...]

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The residents of Hunts Point in South Bronx have filed lawsuit against the city for smells from a waste treatment plant which has plagued their community.

The community had previously filed complaints and held protests about the sickening smell from local waste treatment plants.

The noxious smells come from the waste water treatment plant in Hunts Point and New York Organic Fertilizer Company. The fertilizer company converts the sewage and human waste into fertilizer pellets.

The local activist organization Mothers on the Move have filed a nuisance lawsuit against the fertilizer company and the city.

The Natural Resource Defense council has taken on the [...]

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