Our managing partner, Ben Rubinowitz will be a speaker at the New York State Lawyer Association Seminar “Decisions 2015: Recent Developments in Tort Law
– NYC” that will take place in Manhattan on September 25 and 26. Ben will speak on the 26th. The following topics will be covered:
When the injury or the death of a child may have been caused by abuse or neglect, Child Protective Services (CPS) send investigators to discover and examine the facts that led to the incident so as to establish the truth. Unfortunately investigators sometimes commit legal mistakes that can have dire consequences. In a recent article, Professor Daniel Pollack from the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University, describes what are the most common avoidable legal mistakes CPS investigators make and explains the reasons why they are committed. For example an interviewer may view a child’s anti-social behavior as a sign that the child is not a trust worthy reporter of abuse while this type of behavior is actually a sign of the abuse itself. The complete article can be downloaded here
Between six and ten people were injured in New York after the East River Ferry experienced a hard landing at Pier 11 in Wall Street. The accident happened yesterday a little after 5:30 pm. There were 36 people on board when the accident happened. Most passengers were not injured and refused medical attention. Six passengers who suffered minor injury were treated at the scene of the accident by paramedics and two were sent to the hospital according to NY1.
A female pedestrian suffered severe injury after being struck by a car in New York yesterday afternoon. The woman was standing on a sidewalk at the intersection of East 49th Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan, NYC, when an out of control driver jumped the curb and pinned her against a light pole. According to witnesses the victim’s clothes were completely ripped and she was lying on the street almost naked and severely injured. Moments after the crash, doctors from a nearby emergency clinic ran to the scene of the accident and covered the victim with blankets until EMS arrived and transported her to the hospital. See video on Pix11
A few hours earlier another car jumped the street on East 69th Street and First Ave and crashed into a Starbucks. Thankfully nobody was injured in this accident.
See surveillance video and read more about it on NBC New York
32 year old David Rodriguez died from injuries he sustained in an accident during which he was hit by a NYC MTA Bus as he was riding his bike 9 days ago. Rodriguez was biking east on Van Dike Street in Brooklyn, NYC, when he was struck by a MTA B57 Bus that was heading south on Dwight Street. The accident happened at night after 11:00 pm on July 29th.
Rodriguez was transported to the hospital in critical condition. Last Friday, 9 days later, he died from his injuries.
After the accident, the bus driver stayed at the scene and wasn’t charged.
A worker was seriously injured in a construction accident in New York yesterday afternoon. The worker fell from the second floor of a future 62-story building located at 435 W. 31st St in Hudson Yards on the west side of Manhattan. He was taken to the hospital in serious condition. The builder, Hunter Roberts Construction Group told the New York Daily News that they were cooperating with investigators.
A few hours before the accident happened, The NY Daily News published an article indicating that The Department of Buildings agreed to the construction of 52,618 residential units over the last fiscal year, a massive 156% increase from the previous fiscal year and a 749% increase from the post-recession low of 2010. As construction is booming, construction accidents increase as well (see our previous blog).
A worker was injured in a construction accident Friday in New York City. The accident happened at the Red Hook East Houses on Henry Street in Brooklyn, NYC. The worker was standing on scaffolding on the second floor when an AC Unit fell on him. The cooling unit was being removed from the sixth floor by other workers when it fell. The construction worker was transported to the hospital. He suffered non life threatening trauma and was hospitalized in stable condition. Read more in the NY Daily News
Red Hook East Houses, picture: Google Maps
A 57 year old man was seriously injured in a bicycle accident during which a car hit him and fled. The bicyclist had stopped in the middle of the street and was trying to cross West 145th street near Lenox Avenue when a red sedan struck him and sped away. The impact was so strong that the bicyclist was thrown in the air and landed on the windshield of the car, rolled off the hood and then hit the pavement while the bike was catapulted in the air and hit a minivan. The police are still searching for the reckless driver.
West 145th Street is a very dangerous street where many crashes have occurred in the past. The bicycle accident happened near the intersection of Lenox Ave. According to the NYC.crashmapper heat map, 89 collisions were recorded at this location over a period of 31 months. 10 pedestrians, 2 bicyclists, 10 passengers and 11 motorists suffered personal injuries in theses crashes. Click on map below to see full size
A 54 year old woman died in a bus accident yesterday night. The bus was traveling from New York City to North Carolina when the bus driver, 23 year old Eric Jimmerson from New York, fell asleep near Benson North Carolina on Interstate 95. The bus crossed the median heading towards a car coming in the opposite direction. The driver of the car swerved, trying to avoid the bus and crashed into a tree. He was seriously injured and his wife who was in the passenger seat died in the accident. Their 12 and 13 year old children who were sitting in the back were also injured. The New York bus driver was in critical condition after he was ejected from the bus. He may face charges. Four other passengers on the bus suffered personal injury. Read more here
A man died after he jumped out of a building on fire yesterday in East Harlem, New York. The fire started Sunday morning around 5:50 am at 245 E. 124th St. near Second Ave (see picture). In an attempt to flee the blaze, the 58 year old man who was living on the seventh floor jumped out of his window. He was found outside the building in critical condition and was transported to the hospital where he died from his injuries. Four other people, including a firefighter suffered personal injury and were also transported to the hospital. It took firefighters an hour to stop the fire. Read more in the NY Daily News
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