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Psych Center Supervisor Is Charged in Wrongful Death of Patient

Staten Island Advance / Landov A supervisor at a state-run psychiatric center has been indicted for the criminally negligent homicide of an autistic 27-year-old patient. The supervisor, Erik Stanley, said he used appropriate procedures in attempting to subdue Jawara Henry, 27, who died Dec. 4 at a Staten Island psychiatric…

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Man dies in New York construction accident

New York State police confirmed that a 46-year-old Vermont construction worker died of injuries caused sustained in a heavy machinery construction accident. Michael Loyer of South Burlington was working for Trenchless Technologies of New England at a railroad site in Port Kent, New York. The accident occurred while he was…

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New York Personal Injury Case Settled For $5,000,000.00

Partners Ben Rubinowitz, Chris Sallay and Anthony Gair working together settled this personal injury case at mediation with the case on the Trial Calendar for $5,000,000.00. The plaintiff, 47 at the time of the accident, had climbed a fire escape to the third floor of a building when the landing…

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$3,375,000 Settlement in New York Medical Malpractice Case For Wrongful Death

Our Partner, Jeffrey Bloom, recently settled a medical malpractice case in New York Supreme Court, Nassau County for $3,375,000 for the wrongful death of a 46 year old husband and father of two young children in which the patient died on the operating table during the performance of back surgery.…

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Construction Worker’s Motion for Summary Judgment on 240(1) Claim Denied-Question of Fact on Sole Proximate Cause

In THOME v. BENCHMARK MAIN TRANSIT ASSOCIATES, LLC, 4th Dept. July 8, 2011, 2011 N.Y. Slip 5884, The Court denied the plaintiff construction worker’s motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff was standing on a scissor lift and, when he repositioned the scissor lift to perform his work, one of its wheels…

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Use Of The Principles Of Safety Design Engineering In a New York Personal Injury Case Based On Negligent Product Design

By; Anthony Gair, In personal injury cases predicated upon the negligent design of a product,(product liability cases), such as almost any type of machine which is to be used by people of varying training and skill it is imperative for the plaintiff’s attorney to understand the basics of machine design.…

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Defendants’ Verdict Against Construction Worker Reversed Summary Judgment Granted For Plaintiff on Section 240(1) Cause Of Action

In Losito v Manlyn Dev. Group, Inc., 2011 NY Slip Op 05463, Second Department, June 21, 2011, the plaintiff was required to jump through some hoops but finally prevailed on his cause of action claiming a violation of Section 240(1) of The New York Labor Law. On January 16, 2009…

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