The potentially defective cars are recalled mostly because they may have ignition defects that lead to inadvertent key rotation. The models recalled are models of the Cadillac CTS and SRX, and the Chevrolet Malibu, Monte Carlo and Impala, as well as the Oldsmobile Intrigue and Alero, and Pontiac Grand Am…
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Train Accident Prevention: Rail Safety Authority to receive $185 million to hire Additional 45 Rail Inspectors
Following the New York Metro North Train accident that killed four and injured more than 70 people, U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Richard Blumenthal announced yesterday that the recently filed Appropriation bill includes $ 185 million for the Federal Railroad Administration to hire additional inspectors, inspect far more track, and…
New York Subway Accident: 73 out of 92 lawsuits related to people hit by trains were resolved in favor of the MTA
The MTA is rarely interested in settling man-under cases before trial and if it loses it will keep fighting through appeals. Out of the 92 lawsuits filed in the last five years, the MTA won 73 of them. For nine cases the payments were on average $40,000. Only five big…
Metro-North chief engineer admits negligence in a train accident that injured 76 people and caused $18.5 million in damage last May in Fairfield Conn.
The train accident in which Two Metro North commuter trains serving New York City collided last May could have been avoided. Robert Puciloski, the Metro-North chief engineer admitted that poor track inspection and poor maintenance led to the accident. He was testifying yesterday before the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)…
Claims related to medical malpractice in outpatient primary care settings are more likely to be settled or result in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff compared with those from other practice settings according to study
A recent study looked at the medical malpractice claims of the 2 largest insurance companies in Massachusetts during five years. The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine and led by Doctor Gordon Schiff (Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care) looks at patterns of primary…
New York Nursing home negligence: elderly man beaten to death by fellow resident
A 70 year old man died after being assaulted by another resident at Ocean Promenade Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Rockaway, Queens, New York last night. The attacker used the leg rest of a wheel chair to beat the victim to death according to the police.A dispute over the curtain…
Medical Malpractice: To keep its Cath Lab running, a Negligent Hospital paid a high price for an unqualified surgeon who butchered multiple patients and killed one while performing unnecessary stent procedures
Medical Malpractice related to Cath Lab procedures are on the rise as overuse of Cardiac Stents lead to an increase of deaths linked to this type of procedure. In a recent article on Bloomberg, Sydney P. Freedberg, describes the shocking extreme the administrators at Satilla Regional Medical Center in Waycross,…
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…
As a new study confirms that Silica is a human carcinogen, OSHA continues to work on new rules to protect workers from occupational exposure to crystalline silica
Exposure to silica significantly increases the risk of developing lung cancer according to a new study published in The American Journal of Epidemiology. The study measured cumulative silica exposure in a group of more than 30,000 workers over a 44-year period and demonstrated that silica is a human carcinogen. The…
New York Wrongful Death: Brooklyn Grand Jury found that the City’s Administration of Child Services could have prevented 19 deaths between 2005 and 2010
At least 19 children under the watch of the ACS died because the agency ignored recommendations to improve its practices according to a report from an investigative grand jury impaneled in Brooklyn after 4-year-old Marchella Brett-Pierce’s 18-pound body was found beaten, drugged and starved to death by her mother in…