Category Archives: General Personal Injury
Demolish With Care
In March of this year, a construction worker died and two others were injured in a building collapse in downtown New York City. The building, a century-old, two-storey warehouse in a West Harlem neighborhood in Manhattan, was being demolished as part of a planned expansion project for Columbia University. Obviously, although the building was… Read More »
Deaths, Injuries Result from Construction Accident while “Jumping the Crane”
No, it’s not the latest extreme sport, although it does have a high element of danger and requires plenty of safety gear and equipment. “Jumping the crane” refers to adding sections to a crane to make it taller. If not done correctly, a section of the crane can come loose and fall from a… Read More »
Spate of Bus Crashes Around the Globe Kill Many and Injure Many More
Gospic, Croatia, June 23 – Perhaps the bus driver fell asleep in the early morning hours last Sunday, as eyewitnesses noticed the bus “swaying” moments before it crashed through metal barriers dividing the highway and overturned in the opposite lane. The bus was carrying a group of Czech tourists, of whom at least eight… Read More »
Tractor-Trailer, Minivan, Both Damage Guardrail in New York Thruway Accident
On June 25th, a tractor-trailer and a minivan both struck the center guardrail on the New York Thruway near the town of Marcy between Utica and Rome in upstate New York, backing up traffic. While it appears the vehicles were not heavily damaged, the story continues to develop, and the most recent reports indicate… Read More »
NTSB Cites Speeding, Driver Fatigue in Fatal New York City Bus Crash
More than a year has passed since a New York City bus crash killed 15 people and injured 17 others last March, but the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has completed its investigation and finally released its report on the incident. According to the NTSB, speeding up to 78 miles per hour and driver… Read More »
Construction Worker Killed in Trench Wall Collapse
A construction worker at a Staten Island construction site in New York City died in June when the wall of a trench collapsed, causing severe head trauma and burying the worker under the collapsed wall. The Department of Buildings has issued a stop-work order for the site, and the contractor is expected to be… Read More »
Even the Most Simple-Looking Laws can be Complex
Sidewalks are notorious places for a New York slip and fall or trip and fall injury. They may be cracked, broken, uneven, icy or slippery from rainfall or from being hosed off. Who is responsible for maintaining sidewalks in good repair – the City or the property owner? More importantly, who is liable when… Read More »
Like the Floor, Hospital’s Defense of Slip and Fall Claim Was All Wet
This March, the Supreme Court in New York County denied the defendant’s motion for summary judgment to dismiss the case of Koutsos v. New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Campus, an action to recover damages for personal injury caused in a slip and fall accident that occurred during a snowstorm in March of 2007. The… Read More »
Not All Regulations Are Created Equal
New York Labor Law section 241(6) requires employers to provide reasonable and adequate protection and safety to construction workers. In order to state a claim that this section was violated, an injured worker must identify a particular Industrial Code regulation that was violated by the defendant. As a recent case in the Supreme Court,… Read More »
How Do You Plead?
Just because you were injured by the negligence of another, that does not guarantee you can receive compensation for your injuries. As the plaintiff in a personal injury lawsuit, you bear the burden of proving every element of the case by a preponderance of the evidence to the jury’s satisfaction. The defendants, meanwhile, are… Read More »
