Wrongful Death

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 & [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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A man died on Thursday at Rockefeller Center,New York City in an incident involving a conveyor belt. According to Fire officials the man’s head stuck in the belt on the 33rd floor of 30 Rockefeller Center. The victim got a cardiac arrest after the incident and was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on [...]

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A Manhattan jury decided on Thursday not to accuse a city police officer involved in fatal shooting after a traffic dispute last year. It all started when Officer Sean Sawyer got involved in an argument with Jayson Tirado, in East Harlem in October. The argument finally ended with Jayson Tirado being shot to death. Tirado’s mother Irene is [...]

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A father and son died in two-alarm fire in Hamilton Heights on Tuesday night. The fire started on the fifth floor of the building around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, at 611 West 148th Street. This building has six floors. According to officers a 45 year old man and his son jumped from the fifth floor of building where [...]

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Ref to previous : http://www.866attylaw.com/blog/brooklyn-hospital-patient-left-to-die/ The family of the woman who died on the Brooklyn hospital while waiting to be seen in the hospital’s psychiatric ward last month and was caught on surveillance tape, have planned to sue the facility. Esmin Green’s daughter and sister will ask for $25 million as damages caused by the Kings [...]

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A video from a surveillance camera at a Brooklyn, NY, hospital showed a woman dying on the floor. The deceased fell from her chair, and writhed on the floor. She was left to die as workers failed to help for more than an hour. Esmin Green, 49, was waiting in the emergency room for more than [...]

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