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New York Car Crash Accidents – A Statistical Review

The ever-growing Big Apple The largest city in the United States – New York also known as the Big Apple – is also the world’s arts and finance capital (because of NYC’s recent poor management though – London is a close second in being a financial haven for many conglomerates and trading activities). The city includes the five boroughs that are major area of the city: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. The city’s population has exceeded little over 8.5 million already and is just about to touch the 2020 population projection. Many pedestrians and bicyclists have suffered injuries or lost their lives to

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Bone Fractures can be Distressful and Agonizing

Bones offer protection, mobility, and flexibility An adult body consists of 206 bones. Bones are strong organs that form part of the entire skeletal system. They support and protect other organs inside the human body besides helping in mobility. There are five different kinds of bones in the human body. They are: Long bones Short bones Irregular bones Sesamoid bones Flat bones Bones take their own time to heal and require rest and immobilization for complete binding and healing. A slip & fall accident can dislocate a shoulder bone. An auto accident can injure and fracture the hip bone. Depending on the nature of the

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Medical Malpractice Claim for Spinal Cord Injuries in Surgery

Spinal cord injuries often happen due to a fall, accident, or due to medical negligence. Whatever the reason, spinal cord injury has the potential to leave victims in a miserable condition that forces them to bear medical expenses for the rest of their life. Based on this, it is very important for neurosurgeons to be highly cautious while performing the surgery and also provide best post-operative care to avoid spinal cord injuries.

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Failure to diagnose breast cancer can lead to worsened condition

When New York residents go to their doctors with concerns about the possibility of having breast cancer, being told that there is a clean bill of health is a relief. There are, however, times when the doctor makes a mistake and there is a failure to diagnose the disease. With cancer so prominent a problem, significant attention is dedicated to its treatment and trying to find a cure. Given the risks inherent with the disease, a failure to diagnose and delayed treatment might place the patient in a worsened condition.

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Courts rule on uninsured physicians

New York patients may want to pay heed to a New Jersey Supreme Court case involving a physician who had no medical malpractice insurance. On Sept. 29, a 5-2 split decision decreed that practitioners lacking malpractice insurance to any degree are not to be disciplined by the courts, but by the state’s medical board instead. However, if the medical facility employing the insured physician failed to conduct an appropriate amount of due diligence before making the hire, it may be held liable.

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Plastic surgery procedure gone wrong leads to homicide

New York Police Department officials think that a physician of questionable caliber fled to England after the death of a patient on May 30. A 34-year-old BET employee from Maryland traveled to Queens for silicone injections to her backside, but a homicide occurred as the cause of death was systemic silicone emboli because of the butt injections.

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Train Accidents and Personal Injury Lawsuits

According to FRA (Federal Railroad Administration) data, a person or a vehicle is hit by a train every three hours. February 2015 witnessed a Metro-North train collide with an SUV near Valhalla, New York. The accident killed six and injured many. The Metro-North services witnessed six deaths and more than 120 injuries in railroad accidents in 2013-2014. MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority) has reported 248 deaths between 2011 and 2014 on the city subway lines. More than 50 Collision with Individual (CWI) deaths were reported last year in the metro subway. Around 6 million ride on the subways in NYC daily. Train Accidents are Monstrous Train

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