Taxicabs truly help Brooklyn function. Without them, we would have streets overpopulated with personal vehicles (as if New York traffic wasn’t bad enough) and an overcrowded subway system. Unfortunately, taxi drivers have been known to drive carelessly-sometimes at...
Brooklyn Municipal Liability Lawyer
Brooklyn Municipal Liability Lawyer
Year: 2013
NYU Student Falls Ten Stories, Rescued after Two Days
As a New York University alumnus, I truly appreciate the opportunity and education the school provides. Growing as a student and person right in the heart of the greatest city in the world has helped to prepare me for my career as a Brooklyn personal injury attorney....
Study: Latinos Account for Most Fatal Falls at NY Job Sites
A study that is scheduled to be released tomorrow reports a very disturbing trend: Although only 41 percent of New York City construction workers identify as Latino and/or immigrant, Latinos and immigrants are the victims of 74 percent of fatal falls on construction...
Questions remain after fatal fall from New York City balcony
Inspectors from the New York Department of Buildings are warning tenants to stay off of their balconies at the Manhattan apartment building where a 35-year-old woman fell to her death earlier this month. The woman, an advertising executive, was leaning on the railing...
Pit Bull that attacked New Jersey Kids had a History
Many parents may have become worried about their children after two 12-year-olds were attacked by a pit bull outside of their elementary school last month. As many people have heard, the two boys were just outside of Lincoln Elementary School in Lyndhurst, New Jersey,...
Feds Shut Down Another New York City-to-Boston Bus Company
Many New Yorkers have heard that federal regulators shut down a discount bus line that offered service from Chinatown in Manhattan to Boston last week. The Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shuttered the company, Lucky Star,...
New York Researchers Say 43 percent of Teens Text While Driving
Several months ago in this Brooklyn Personal Injury Law Blog, we discussed how common texting while driving has become despite being illegal in both New York and New Jersey. Texting while driving bans have been somewhat difficult to enforce, and many drivers continue...
Where Can Immigrant Workers Turn After a Workplace Injury?
Employers here in New York state are obligated by law to offer their workers a safe working environment. When employers fail to meet certain legal standards and injuries take place, it is important for workers to be able to obtain compensation for medical expenses and...
Fatal Car Crashes Are Back Up: Why?
More than 36,000 people died in car crashes on America’s roads last year. Yes, it was the first time in seven years that the number went up. But that is still an unconscionable number of deaths in vehicle accidents. In New York City and across the country, the...
Statistics Show Accident Dangers to New York City Pedestrians, Bicyclists
Pedestrian accidents are and bicycle accidents are a major problem in New York City. Preliminary statistics show that last year 155 pedestrians and cyclists were killed in traffic accidents and more than 15,000 sustained injuries. Many of these injuries and deaths...