This year in New York eight children died after being struck by a car or another vehicle including three last week. The advocacy group “Right of Way” bicycled all over town on Sunday to stencil body outlines at the eight sites where these young children have been killed. Read more…
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New York Car Accident: toddler died after being hit by drunk driver in Queens
2 year old Jahir Figueroa was hit bit a car as he was crossing the road with his mom. The car driver who drove the child and his mother to a hospital – was drunk at the time of the accident and has been charged with vehicular manslaughter. The toddler…
New York Car Accident Prevention: Bloomberg and Department of Transporattion Commissioner Sadik-Khan anounce Citywide Expansion of Neighborhood Slow Zones to Combat Speeding on Residential Streets and Further Improve Record Traffic Safety
In New York City 81 people died in traffic accidents related to speed last year. Even though this number is one of the lowest ever recorded, speeding remains the greatest contributing factor in traffic fatalities in the city. In a continuous effort to make the city safer and reduce traffic…
New York Traffic Accidents: NYPD opposes a bill requiring the department of information technology and telecommunications to create and maintain an interactive website detailing traffic crash data
A New York City public map of crash locations and traffic fatalities that would be updated monthly is a brilliant idea but the NYPD is reluctant to share this data with the public. At a City Council transportation committee hearing on Thursday, the NYPD testified in opposition to a bill…
New York Car Accident: Pedestrian struck and killed by drunk off-duty NYPD cop in Staten Island
A pedestrian died after he was hit by a car driven by a drunk off duty cop last Friday early in the morning on Richmond Terrace near Simonson Ave. in Mariners Harbor in Staten Island, New York. William Hemphill, 51, a union operating engineer was crossing the road to go…
New York Car Accident: 3 year old died after being struck by an SUV
A 3 year old girl who broke free from her grandmother while crossing the street was struck by a car and died on her way to the hospital. The accident happened as they were crossing Main Street at Cherry Ave in Flushing, Queens, New York. It is very difficult for…
Teen Car Accident Prevention: “It Takes Two: Shared Expectations for Teens and Parents for Driving” is the theme of the National Teen Driver Safety Week (NTDSW) that will take place from October 20 to October 26, 2013
Car accidents are the leading cause of teens death. Every year more than 5000 of them die on the road. The risk of being involved in a deadly accident is four times higher for a teen than for an adult. To create awareness on the risks of teen driving, the…
Product Liability – Defective Car: Doors in some Mazda6 sedans could open while the cars are in motion
Mazda just recalled 161,400 defective cars in the US because loose screws can cause the side doors to come open while the car is being driven. All Mazda6 produced during 2009 to 2013 at a plant in Flat Rock Michigan are affected. Mazda will apply a thread-locking adhesive to the…
10 Lawyers from New York Personal Injury Law Firm Gair Gair Conason Steigman Mackauf Bloom&Rubinowitz Named 2013 New York Super Lawyers
10 Lawyers from Gair Gair Conason Steigman Mackauf Bloom&Rubinowitz were recently selected by their peers as New York Super Lawyers for 2013. Our primary practice area is personal injury. We handle all types of personal injury cases including medical malpractice, car accident, product liability, construction accident and wrongful death cases.…
Deadly Week-End on New York Roads
This weekend in New York, two motorcyclists, one teen driver and one pedestrian died in traffic accidents. In Queens two people died in a motorcycle accident on Saturday. The two motorcyclists were knocked off the bike they were riding after they clipped a SUV and crashed into the back of…