Two Summons with Notice have been filed in The New York County Supreme Court alleging that GE’s failure to properly design and maintain the Fukushima plant hurt more than 100,000 people. Lead plaintiff Mitsuru Okura demands at least $3 million per plaintiff and the second plaintiffs Sasaki Body Ltd. and…
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Chrysler recalls the 2012-2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango for a defective braking system and the 2014 Fiat 500L for a defective transmission system
A defect in Chrysler’s Ready Alert Braking system is causing a diminished break pedal feel in the 2012-2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango models. The defect didn’t lead to any accidents or injuries as Chrysler pointed out that the brake function was never lost nor was it out of…
How to prevent bicycle accidents on dangerous Jay Street Bike lane in Brooklyn, New York?
The risk of being involved in a bicycle accident on the Jay Street bike lane in Brooklyn is higher than on most bike lanes in New York City. Last year the bike lane was voted scariest bike lane in Brooklyn by the readers of the Brooklyn Paper. Yesterday night Transportation…
8 People suffered Personal Injury in a Car Accident during which a car plowed into a store in the Bronx, NYC
A car crashed into a store in the Bronx injuring 8 people. According to a witness it seems like the driver who was parked in front of the store hit the gas pedal instead of the break. Read more on ABC New York News Photo: Tony Aiello
Last weekend in New York two pedestrian accidents killed one and severely injured another
A pedestrian was killed and another one suffered severe personal injury in two separate car accidents. 64 year old Kumar Ragunath was crossing Northern Blvd at 40th Road on Saturday night when he was struck by a SUV driver as he was crossing out of the crosswalk. The driver didn’t…
After Ariel Russo, a 4 year old girl, was struck causing her death by a reckless SUV driver, a New York Street is renamed after her.
Ariel Russo was killed in a car accident last June as she was walking to school with her grandmother. The two pedestrians were on Amsterdam Ave at 97th street when a 17 year old driver with a learners permit jumped the curb and hit the young girl causing her death.…
Metro North worker struck and killed by a train
Just a few months after a Metro North train accident killed 4 and inured more than 70 people, a Metro North worker who was standing outside of the approved work zone was hit by a train on Monday morning. The worker,a 58 year old man from Yonkers was pronounced dead…
Several people suffered personal injury in a crash between a school bus and a taxi
An accident between a school bus and a taxi severely injured the taxi driver and sent the bus driver and several other kids to the hospital today in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY. The collision was so hard that the bus toppled over onto its side. The bus was transporting nine students…
Product Liability – Failure to Train Patients and Caregivers on new Heart Pump model causes 5 personal injuries and 4 deaths
4 patients died and 5 others suffered significant personal injury after Thoratec, a heart device manufacturer launched an updated version of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), the HeartMate II LVAS, without providing sufficient information and training to patients and caregivers especially those who were originally trained on the older…
A new audit confirms that the FMCSA’s CSA program is not doing enough to reduce truck accidents by keeping bad commercial carriers off the road
To reduce the number of truck accidents on American roads by keeping unsafe trucking companies off the road, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) launched in 2010 a program called CSA which stands for Compliance, Safety, Accountability. The FMCSA has not fully implemented this program yet and was previously…