Structural defect accident: 4-year-old severs finger in school
On September 27, a 4-year-old girl in pre-kindergarten at a Staten Island public school lost a part of two fingers when she tried to go to the bathroom. Premises liability is an area of the law focusing on structural defect accidents, slip and fall injury as well as other forms of negligence by a landowner […]
Drunk, off-duty NYPD officer kills pedestrian
Car accidents are an unfortunate part of life in New York City, but that does not mean they are ever easy to handle. They are especially tragic when an innocent victim is cut down by a drunk driver. An off-duty New York City police officer is facing charges, loss of his job and a potential […]
Criminal medical malpractice prosecutions increasing nationwide
It seems as if every state in the U.S., including New York, is experiencing an increase in medical malpractice lawsuits. While cases such as surgical mistakes get a lot of press, other cases are beginning to receive more attention. Claims of medical malpractice based on drug abuse or prescription drug overdoses are receiving increased scrutiny in our courts.
Car accident claims the life of NYPD officer
Here in New York City, we often think of our police force and the admirable efforts they made with our fire department on 9/11 to save people’s lives. Our officers lay their lives on the line every day for our protection, which makes the tragic loss of an officer outside the line of duty bleak. […]
Pedestrian dies after being struck twice by vehicles
Struck by two vehicles within a minute, a 48-year-old Englewood woman died on the roadway last month. She had been crossing the street when a northbound Chevy van hit her and threw her into the path of cars driving south. She was struck again by another car and, tragically, the dual car accident brought an […]
Medical malpractice suit filed against the King of Pop’s doc
Although there are not a lot of publicized medical malpractice cases pending in New York City, it is topic that has taken the spotlight following the death of the “King of Pop,” Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray is facing charges that claim he breached care standards that ultimately caused Jackson’s death. The claim is that he committed medical malpractice by administering anesthetics to the singer in a negligent manner.
One bus accident, 15 homicides, 53 criminal charges in NYC
The grisly crash was like something out of Hollywood’s special effects scene: a speeding, swerving bus tipped over, skidded on its side and smashed into and through a metal pole. The bus had been travelling at such an extreme velocity it was split lengthwise by the metal pole — in a frightening manner that decapitated […]
Car accident kills three, injures one in New York
A collision between two sports utility vehicles in New York turned into a fatal car crash, killing three people and injuring a 9-year-old boy. The car accident happened 90 miles northwest of New York City on a highway in rural upstate New York just after 11 a.m., on a Monday morning. An eastbound Ford Explorer […]
New York medical instructor tells her malpractice story
Medical malpractice is part of the curriculum at the University of Buffalo Medical School in New York. An adjunct research instructor of family medicine knows from personal experience the havoc that medical errors and other forms of medical malpractice in hospitals can create. Citing the fact that 180,000 Medicare patients die each year across the country due to medical error, the teacher asks students to consider the very human side of each tragedy. She should know; her mother was one.
Fatal car crash claims 3 generations of NYC family
A fatal car crash killed three generations of New York City women last month in North Carolina. The 22-year-old daughter, who was driving, perished along with her 46-year-old mother and 71-year-old grandmother. Five other family members in the SUV were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver apparently lost control when the […]