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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 wrongful death lawsuit after he recently struck and killed a 22-year-old pedestrian on White Plains Road in the Wakefield section of the Bronx. The car accident occurred about 4 a.m. The victim later died at a local hospital. The off-duty officer has been charged with vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide

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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. In a recent car accident, an off duty New York City policeman was tragically killed. The officer was only 25-years-old and had only been on the force for a few years. He was driving on the Southern State Parkway when he was rear ended by another car. The driver of

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Hospital negligence putting Buffalo firefighters at risk

When a New York medical malpractice investigation looks into a claim of hospital negligence, the inquiry focuses on at least two principal areas. First, what actually occurred and how did it happen? Second, what did the hospital do or not do that caused or contributed to the injuries? Considering the second question, were there previous complaints of hospital negligence similar in nature? If so, what were the specifics and what did the hospital do to address the issues?

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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 untimely end to her life. The man driving the van is now in custody; he is a New York City man, age 52. The driver of the second car is yet unknown. The van’s driver had fled the scene and remained unidentified for a month. However, when he discovered that

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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.

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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 some passengers. Earlier this year, the New York City bus accident previously depicted killed 15 persons and injured 23, all of them passengers. The bus driver now faces 15 counts of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide plus 23 counts of assault; his victims face bereavement and trauma. The bus driver

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Hospital Negligence causes man’s death

It is a sad day in New York when a doctor makes a mistake during a common medical procedure. A 74-year-old man incurred serious injury that eventually led to his death, after receiving a thoracentesis. This procedure involves placing a needle through the chest of the patient, in order to collect a fluid sample from the space around the lungs. Regrettably, hospital injuries are a growing cause of concern across the country.

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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 crashed into a westbound GMC Jimmy, killing the 21-year-old male driver of the GMC. Police say a man and a woman in the Ford Explorer were ejected and pronounced dead at the scene. Police say a 9-year-old boy was rescued from the Ford Explorer by a passerby. The boy was

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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.

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