Personal Injury

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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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 murders in the workplace increased significantly.

Around 5,488 people lost their lives due to injuries which they received while on their job in 2007.

Some of the most dangerous jobs in America are as given below:-

a) Fishing – Fishing is [...]

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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. Mr. Edgar Zaldumbide and his two year old daughter Melissa received serious burn injuries in this fire accident.

Several of the vacated residents still feel unsafe to go back in the apartments. However building manager told that rooms have been repaired and they comply [...]

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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 officials and was unconscious with multiple injuries.

A stop-work order was issued by the Department of Buildings for safety violations including lack of a safety harness.

News Update by : New York Construction Accident Lawyer

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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 to Nick Prada, who was the eyewitness of car-motorcycle accident said that it sounded like an explosion, and then both car and bike engulfed into fire ball within few seconds.

The car finally stopped by a chain-link fence and [...]

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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 cards to the authorities. She received

She made a fortune of $1.68 millions in adoption subsidies, which was forfeited by her in a plea deal.

Leekin, moved to Florida after adopting children from New York during 1988 – 1996.

The children were kept in inhumane conditions – [...]

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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 who didn’t allow him to go to the park.

The boy was rebuked for making prank calls to the 911. It is reported that he then found a lighter and set fire to the curtains of his apartment.

The boy [...]

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The Brooklyn Pastor’s Grandson died after receiving serious injuries during a car accident.

The hospital authorities in Pennsylvania told that D.J. Wright, 14, died from his serious injuries. He was the grandson of Brooklyn Pastor Timothy Wright.

State Police of Pennsylvania told that their car was struck by a driver who was going the wrong way. Among those killed in the crash includes Mr.Wright’s wife, co-pastor Betty and their grandson. The driver of the other car, 44-year-old John Pick also died in this car accident.

Timothy Wright, 61, [...]

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Police is searching for suspects in the firing incident which left one person killed and four other injured – two critically at a barbecue in Brooklyn, New York. There were more than 100 people present inside a party tent in the yard at the time when shooting incident happened.

Investigators reported that some unidentified individual started shooting at 969 Gates Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant around 1 a.m on Sunday. Among those killed has been identified at Zeanie White, 21, who was declared dead at Kings County Hospital, New York. An unidentified man and a 19-year-old woman were taken to local hospitals where their condition [...]

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