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 & Restoration Inc., told city officials probing the death that there was a rigging foreman present at the Morningside Heights site, a safety measure required by law, the Department of Investigation said.

The construction site was being supervised by a bogus foreman, Jinal Patel (aged 23) [...]

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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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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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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 arrival.

Till now it is not known how the victim got stuck in the conveyor belt.

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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 still demanding justice.

She wants the officer responsible for killing her son, to be jailed. She says she is unable to understand why they justify these so-called police officers even when they take their own law into their own hands. They usually don’t call for back-up [...]

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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 they lived, causing the man to die instantly. The boy had cardiac arrest and was rushed to Presbyterian Hospital, where he died within an hour.

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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 County Hospital. Also a criminal charge is made by their lawyer.

Surveillance video showed the 49-year-old women shaking on the floor while workers walked pass by.

Trecia Harrison the Green’s Daughter wants that the persons responsible should be behind bars, and also pay for it [...]

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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 24 hours when she fell from her chair at 5:32am on June 19.

She was dead by 6:35, when someone from the medical staff, was flagged down by a person in the waiting room. The staffer finally approached and nudged Green with [...]

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