Archive: Personal Injury

For most New York City residents, riding in an elevator is part of daily life. Whether at home in a high-rise apartment building or condominium, getting to work, getting to an upper floor of a store, or visiting a doctor,…

Five pedestrians were injured earlier this month when a sidewalk shed collapsed onto a SoHo street in New York City. Pix11.com reported that the sidewalk shed, also called scaffolding, had been in front of a 12-story commercial office building before…

Construction workers in New York City and across the country face a higher risk of developing a musculoskeletal disorder than all other workers combined. So concludes a recent study by the Center for Construction Research and Training. These work-related musculoskeletal…

New York considers itself to be a sanctuary city. As The New Yorker explains, this means that New York City leaders, from Mayor Bill de Blasio on down, have pledged to protect their undocumented immigrants. Not surprisingly, the Trump administration…

According to a recent article in The New York Times, there are over 500,000 undocumented immigrants living in New York City. If you are one of them and recently have been injured in an accident and/or because a doctor or…

New York’s population is aging and many families will eventually have to confront the decision of selecting the right nursing home for a loved one. New York City has one million residents 65 and older, representing 12 percent of its…

A personal injury is a physical injury inflicted on a person’s body caused by the negligence of a third party that can be an organization, a random citizen, a private business or even the government. Nearly 30 million Americans—or 1…

When you or a loved one has been injured it’s often difficult to figure out what is he next step to take. You may be thinking to yourself ‘can I file a personal injury lawsuit?’. This blog post will cover…

Many people come to our law firm with countless questions regarding what we do and what we can do for them. To make things easier for our clients and potential clients we’ve created this list of the questions we get…

This week we continue our journey through the most dangerous intersections in Brooklyn when it comes to pedestrian injuries and fatalities. Last week we described the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Avenue H where there were 7 collisions in 2014….