Two houses caught on fire and 3 people were injured after a propane tank exploded in East Meadow, Long Island, NY. A fire started in a house located on 7th Street. The flames reached two propane tanks that were located on the side of the house and caused a massive…
A school bus caught on fire after a violent collision with a car in Airmont, Rockland county. No information was released in regards to potential injuries and if the bus was carrying children or not at the time of the accident. The crash occurred last Thursday on Saddle River Road…
21 people were injured in a massive NYC apartment fire last week. The fire started around 1:00 pm last Tuesday in an apartment on the 6th floor of a large building located on 34th Avenue near 89th Street in Jackson Heights, Queens. While escaping, the resident of the apartment left…
A gas explosion injured 10 people including several children in the Bronx, NYC. The explosion blasted a three story multi-family residence located at 1520 Paulding Avenue in Morris Park, yesterday afternoon around 3:30 pm. A gas leak on the building’s second floor seemed to have been at the origin of…
There is always an uptick in fire accident injuries in New York during the coldest days of the year. Last night a fire that erupted in an apartment building under renovation located at 283 Monroe in Bed-Stuy and spread to adjacent buildings is the last of multiple fire accidents that…
This week, in an unusual decision, New York State Supreme Court Justice Alexander Tisch upheld a jury verdict for $60 million. Our partners New York personal injury attorneys Ben Rubinowitz and Richard Steigman tried the case before Justice Tisch last July. See Prior Blog. This is one of the largest…
An overloaded power strip might have been the cause of a gigantic fire in a New York City residential building that caused 4 people to be critically injured. The fire occurred early last Friday around 12:15 am in a residential building located on 35th Ave near Rowan Street in Flushing,…
22 people were injured in a fire that erupted in a high-rise in Manhattan. The fire started around 2 AM on Tuesday on the 24th floor of a 41 story building located on E. 72nd St. CLOSING THE DOOR COULD HAVE PREVENTED MANY INJURIES According to the FDNY the fire…
18 year old Claudette Joseph and another female student suffered severe burn injuries in a botched chemistry experiment that occurred in October 2018 at the Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies High School for Violin and Dance located in the Bronx, NYC. Our partner Jeffrey Bloom is representing Claudette and recently…
Our New York personal injury attorneys, Ben Rubinowitz and Richard Steigman obtained a record setting $59 million verdict for a former High School student who suffered catastrophic burns during a botched chemistry demonstration. Alonzo Yanes was awarded $29,585,000 for past pain and suffering and $29,585,000 for future pain and suffering…