Entries Tagged as 'New York'
Manhattan, NYC dialysis center closed due to unsanitary conditions
September 17th, 2008 · No Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Manhattan · Medical Malpractice · New York
Construction Worker died in Scaffolding Accident : Update by NYC Lawyer
September 14th, 2008 · No Comments
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 & [...]
Tags: Construction Accidents · New York · Wrongful Death
Auto Accident Injury Facts by New York City Accident Lawyer
September 13th, 2008 · No Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Accident Injuries · Accidents · Auto Accidents · Bus Accidents · Car Accidents · New York · Truck Accidents
New York Medical Malpractice Compensation Guide by NY Lawyer
September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Medical Malpractice · New York
Worst Insurance Fraud Companies in USA : Update by New York Lawyer
August 16th, 2008 · No Comments
It is observed that personal injury victims from automobile accidents, slip and fall cases are often contacted by “helpful” investigators who are generally more “concerned” with your compensation amount rather than the injury.
These investigators are often hired by Insurance companies within New York City and they simply pretend to “help” you or “assist you”. However [...]
Tags: Insurance Scam/Fraud · New York
Residents of Queens, New York Apartments return after Fire Clean-Up
July 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Residents of Queens, New York apartments returned back to their apartment buildings which caught fire after a gas explosion last week.
The residents started moving back into 11 of the 37 apartments which were vacated after the fire accident.
More than a dozen people were injured in the gas explosion which took place at 147-25 Sanford Avenue. [...]
Tags: Accident Injuries · Accidents · Burn Injuries · New York · Personal Injury · Queens
Doomed New York Man's last call saved his friends in a Boating Accident
July 29th, 2008 · No Comments
A man in Putnam County, New York did a heroic act by saving his pals by making a 911 call before loosing his life in a capsized boat on the Hudson River.
According to officials the desperate SOS call made by Steven Vasta just before midnight Monday saved four of his friends trapped with him in [...]
New York Construction Worker Seriously Injured In a Fall Accident
July 28th, 2008 · No Comments
A New York construction worker got seriously injured after falling from fourth floor of a building in Queens this morning.
According to officials a 40 year old fell when he was installing guard rails on a residential building. He was not wearing safety harness at that time.
The worker was taken to Elmhurst Hospital by the fire [...]
Tags: Accident Injuries · Accidents · Construction Accidents · New York · Personal Injury · Queens
Car and Motorcycle Crash near Staten Island, New York: 1 Killed and 2 Injured
July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
A car hit two motorcycles near Staten Island, New York on Monday evening killing one biker and injuring two others.
The car, Volkswagen Jetta hit motorcycles sending two people off their motorbike along the pavement for around 20 feet.
The car didn’t stopped there but ran over the second bike, thus crushing the rider underneath to death.
According [...]
Tags: Accident Injuries · Accidents · Auto Accidents · Car Accidents · New York · Personal Injury · Staten Island
Girl critically injured in a Hit-and-Run Car Accident, Brooklyn, New York
July 20th, 2008 · No Comments
A nine-year-old girl was critically injured in a hit-and-run accident at Rockaway Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn. She was hit by a tan Nissan Maxima. The driver of the car reportedly fled from the scene.
She was rushed to Brookdale Hospital, where she is in critical condition.
Police is searching for the driver who fled from the scene [...]
Tags: Accident Injuries · Accidents · Auto Accidents · Brooklyn · Car Accidents · New York
