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11 year old pedestrian critically injured by reckless driver

A young pedestrian was critically injured in a truck accident in New York City last Thursday around 1:00 pm. The 11 year old girl was in a crosswalk and had the right of way when she was run over by a box truck . The driver, 51 year old Douglas Watson of…

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Can a foster child sue a biological parent for sexual abuse?

Parental immunity is a doctrine that prevents a minor from suing his or her parents for personal injury. This old doctrine has been completely abrogated by many states or very limited in others. In a recent article  Daniel Pollack, a professor at the School of Social Work, Yeshiva University, in New York City…

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Bicyclist seriously injured in New York truck accident

 A bicyclist was hit by a box truck in New York yesterday morning. The 31 year old woman was riding her bike on East 9th Street around 7:20 am. As she was crossing First Ave she was hit by a box truck. The box truck was making a left turn from…

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25 Trial issues that keep you up in the middle of the night: 2017 edition

After last year’s success, Co-Chairs NYC Personal Injury Lawyers Ben B. Rubinowitz and Jeff S. Korek as well as Hon. Douglas E. McKeon are back with “25 Trial Issues that keep you up in the middle of the night”. This year’s seminar is an informal panel discussion where audience participation is…

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Hit and run drunk truck driver killed one person and injured two others in NYC accident

1 person died and two people were injured in a truck accident in New York early Monday morning.  Around 2:20 am, 23 year old Sandhu Simranjeet Singh from Durham, NC was driving a tractor-trailer, heading west on the Cross Bronx Expressway. As he was near the George Washington Bridge he lost…

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Woman critically injured in New York pedestrian accident

A pedestrian was hit by a SUV last night on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The accident occurred around 9:10 p.m.  A 37 year old woman was crossing the intersection of E. 86th Street and York Ave. According to the police, she was 10 feet away from the crosswalk when…

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Protecting Your Clients From Their Own Social Media

In their latest Trial Advocacy column in the New York Law Journal, Personal Injury Attorneys Ben Rubinowitz of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf, and Evan Torgan of Torgan & Cooper write about the dangers of Social Media, how attorneys are obliged to protect their clients, and that all attorneys…

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Patient Identification Error, a Prevalent type Medical Malpractice

Patient identification error may be medical malpractice that can result in serious injury and sometimes death of a patient. This type of medical error can happen at any step of a medical process from lab testing to medication administration and even billing. A special report published by the ECRI Institute reviewed 160…

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One dead and 4 others injured in fire linked to hoverboard explosion

A 3 year old girl died from her injury after a hoverboard explosion caused a major fire in her apartment in Harrisburg, PA, last Friday night. The hoverboard battery was charging at the time of the explosion.  The girl fell from the second story of her home as she was…

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Hit and Run NYC driver leaves critically injured brother behind

A man who crashed his car in NYC disappeared from the accident scene leaving behind his brother who was critically injured. 21 year old Aidan Cammacho was speeding on Atlantic Ave in Queens, NYC, this morning around 4:15 am  when he lost control of his vehicle. His brother, Angel Camacho from Pennsylvania…

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