A 57 year old woman was driving on Bell Boulevard near Estates lane in Bayside when she accidentaly hit a 69 year old woman who was trying to cross the street. The accident happened around around 5:30 pm. The victim was rushed to the hospital but she couldn’t be saved…
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Construction worker dies after falling in an elevator shaft in Manhattan
A construction accident 0n the Upper West Side led to the death of a 61 year old worker. The man was working on the renovation of a landmark townhouse on 70th street near Columbus Avenue when he fell down the shaft of the elevator from the second floor to the…
One man died and seven people suffered personal injury in a five alarm fire in Brooklyn, NYC
A man who couldn’t reach the fire escape died after he jumped from a fourth floor window and seven other people were injured, including one critically after a fire broke out at the Flatbush Hardware store in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The man who died is Bassam Awad. He lived on…
A pedestrian plunged to his death in Brooklyn, NYC, after he walked on a cellar door that collapsed under him
In New York, poorly maintained cellar doors leading to death or injury can result in premises liability against the owner of a building. It’s the nightmare of every New Yorker. Yesterday a man in his 30’ies fell 12 feet and died after walking on a metal cellar door on Bedford…
The National Transportation Safety Board just released the Most Wanted List that represents the agency’s advocacy priorities to reduce personal injuries and deaths related to transportation accidents
Transportation accidents are killing and injuring thousands of people every year. Many of these accidents are preventable. To support and increased awareness of the most critical changes needed to reduce these accidents the NTSB is releasing every year its most wanted list. This year, distracted driving caused by portable electronic…
Honda just got fined a record amount of $70 million for not reporting 1729 death and injury claims as well as warranty claims but the fine seems modest compared to the $1.5 billion operating profit the car company recorded between July and September
Death, injury and warranty claims can serve as an early warning of defects or other problems in a car and manufacturers are required by law to submit this information to the government. For the last 11 years, Honda consistently under reported these claims and was fined $70 million for not…
30 year old mechanic crushed to death in elevator accident in Manhattan, NYC
A man working in an elevator shaft was crushed to death by an empty elevator that moved down 3 floors at 75th West End Ave on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, NYC. A resident of the building complained that “elevators have been a mess in the building for years”.…
New ruling opens door to medical malpractice against cruise lines
In 2011, the family of 82 year old Pasqualre Vaglio from New York sued a cruise line for medical malpractice after the medical staff on board failed to diagnose a brain injury that would lead to the death of the man a few days later. Medical malpractice lawsuits against cruises…
A hit and run driver who fatally struck a 44 year old female pedestrian in Harlem on December 31st just surrendered at the DA’s office
28 year old Prezidor Porbeni surrendered and admitted that he fled the police after he fatally hit a woman with his SUV in Harlem, NYC, on New Year’s eve. The victim, 44 year old photographer Guler Ugur-Yaacobi (see picture), was hit by the SUV near the intersection of W.113th St…
Unattended cooking caused the New Year’s Eve fire that killed 3 members of a Haitian-American family in Queens, NY
Home cooking is the number one cause of fire accidents and fire injuries in New York. 33 % of these fires are caused by unattended cooking. The most recent one happened in Queens, NYC, last week when a family left a traditional Haitian holiday soup unattended on the stove. The…