Entries Tagged as 'Personal Injury'
New York State (NYS) Workers Compensation Lawsuits-Claim Guide by Injury Lawyer
October 21st, 2008 · No Comments
As per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 4 million workers were injured on the job during 2005 and 5,700 workers lost their lives from work related injuries. New York State’s no-fault worker’s compensation program is meant to provide financial protection to workers hurt on the job and to provide them [...]
Tags: Accident Injuries · Construction Accidents · Personal Injury
Types of Personal Injury Compensation/Claims: Update by New York State (NYS) Injury Attorney
October 14th, 2008 · No Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Lawsuits · Personal Injury
Causes of Paraplegia : Update by New York Injury Law Firm
September 25th, 2008 · No Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Medical Malpractice · Personal Injury
Filing a Personal Injury Claim or Lawsuit in NYC (New York)
September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
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. Some of the [...]
Tags: Lawsuits · Personal Injury
Most Dangerous Jobs in America : Update by New York Injury Attorney
August 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Fishing, logging and flying were considered as some of the most dangerous jobs in America in 2007. These jobs witnessed death rate which was highest as compared to others, according to the report published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
However workplace fatalities dropped in the United States during 2007, but the number of [...]
Tags: Accident Injuries · Accidents · Construction Accidents · Personal Injury · Wrongful Death
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
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
Queens Woman sentenced to 11 Years In New York Adoption Scam
July 15th, 2008 · No Comments
A 63 year old Woman named Judith Leekin, has been sentenced to 11 Years in adoption scam. The woman is a former resident of Queens and has been convicted for adopting and abusing 11 disabled children.
She has admitted to using forge names to adopt the children, and used to send phony report [...]
Tags: Legal News · New York · Personal Injury · Queens
Brooklyn Fire - 5 year-old boy seriously injured.
July 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment
A five-year-old boy received serious injuries after a fire engulfed his Brooklyn apartment on Knickerbocker Avenue. The fire broke out at around 3p.m, July 07.
Fire officials are investigating the cause of this fire, but it is reported that the boy named Jay Morales, had threatened to set the apartment on fire to kill his grandmother [...]
Tags: Brooklyn · Burn Injuries · Personal Injury
