The rising prices of insulin has lead diabetes patients to cut back on insulin or to buy it on the black market putting them at risk of dangerous injury and even death. In 1996, a vial of Humalog insulin cost $21, it now costs close to $400. While the price…
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Death Penalty Sought by Federal Prosecutors in the West Side Highway Bike Path Terror Attack
Last Halloween, a terrorist driving a rental truck plowed into bicyclists and pedestrians on the Greenway bike path along the West Side Highway near Battery Park. In his act of terror, Sayfullo Saipov killed 8 people and injured 13 others after he entered the bike path North of Chambers Street…
5 boy scouts injured injured by drunk driver in Long Island
5 young pedestrians from Long Island, NY, were injured in a car accident involving a drunk driver. On Sunday afternoon, 59 year old, Thomas Murphy was drunk behind the wheel of his Mercedes when he struck a group of 5 boy scouts walking on the shoulder of David Terry Road…
One teenager dead and one young woman in critical condition in Bronx car accident
An 18 year old driver died and his 22 year old female passenger is in critical condition following a terrible crash in the Bronx, NYC. The teenager was driving his car on the Hutchinson Parkway in the Bronx around 2:30 am on Monday. As he was near the New England…
NYC Traffic injuries at their highest and traffic deaths at their lowest in July 2018
16 people died and 5,484 suffered personal injury in auto accidents in New York City during the month of July 2018. While the number of people dying in car accidents has been on a slightly declining trend over the last few years in New York City, the number of people…
5 injured after MTA bus crashes into building in NYC
A MTA bus crashed into a building in Brooklyn, NYC, injuring 6 residents. The accident occurred at the intersection of St Marks and Ralph Avenue in Crown Heights. The driver of the B45 bus was driving East on St Marks Avenue and took a too wide right turn to head…
9 NYC personal injury attorneys named Super Lawyers and 2 named Rising Stars
9 of our Top New York Personal Injury Lawyers have been named Super Lawyers and 2 of them have been named Rising Stars. These lawyers are: Ben Rubinowitz named Super Lawyer every year since 2006 and listed in the top 100 New York Metro Super Lawyers Howard Hershenhorn named Super Lawyer every…
Cross-Examination: Beyond Lead, Lead, Lead
In their latest Trial Advocacy Column in the New York Law Journal, Top New York Personal Injury Attorneys Ben Rubinowitz and Evan Torgan write: To be effective with cross-examination, the trial attorney must know what her objective is and how to get there. All crosses must start at the end—with…
RECORD SETTING SEXUAL ABUSE SETTLEMENT AGAINST THE CATHOLIC CHURCH – LARGEST INDIVIDUAL AWARD ON RECORD –
We are pleased to announce that our partners, NYC Personal Injury Lawyers Ben Rubinowitz and Peter Saghir have obtained a record setting settlement on behalf of four young boys who were sexually abused by a worker at a local catholic church in Brooklyn. The Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens and…
Elderly pedestrian unconscious after being run over by NYPD Tow Truck
A pedestrian was injured after being ran over by a NYPD tow truck last Thursday around noon at the intersection of 42nd Street and 10th Ave. The elderly man was walking with a cane in the middle of the crosswalk on 42nd street when he was run over by a…