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• Slip and Fall Accidents / Premise Liability
• Car Accidents
• Construction and Work Accidents
• School Accidents and Children's Injuries
• Railroad Accidents and FELA
• Sexual Assaults
• Motorcycle Accidents
• Drunk Driving Accidents
• Concert and Club Accidents

Long Island and New York City Personal Injury Lawyer--In the News

Slip and Fall Accidents / Premise Liability

• New York City Ad Exec Killed in Elevator Accident
  Dec 16, 2011

  Suzanne Hart, a 41-year-old executive at Young and Rubicam, was stepping into the elevator at her Midtown office building Wednesday morning, when it suddenly lurched up with its doors still opened. It dragged Hart until she was pinned between the elevator and the wall, between the first and second floors, according to police, and instantly killed her.

  At the time, there were two passengers in the elevator, who could only watch on in horror. They were trapped in the elevator for an hour before being taken out. Neither was physically hurt but both were taken to the hospital and treated psychological trauma.

  Ms. Hart was declared dead at the scene, and workers spent hours before they were able to remove her body nearly nine hours later.

  Investigators are looking into what caused the accident. The elevator, one of 13 at 285 Madison, had electrical maintenance performed on it only hours before the tragedy.

  Records from the city’s Department of Buildings show there were 14 open violations involving the building’s elevators, two of them dating to last year. But a spokesman for the agency said none of those violations were for hazardous conditions.

  “This particular elevator was last inspected in June 2011, and no safety issues were found at that time, and no conditions were found that would be related to this accident,” the spokesman, Tony Sclafani, said.

  The elevator had been taken out of service in 2003 after Department of Buildings inspectors found a “hazardous safety violation,” a city-government source said. But that unspecified problem was corrected long ago, said the source.

   

• Long Island Lawyer--Another Stadium Accident
  Jul 14, 2011

  Last week, a 39-year man died at a Texas Rangers' baseball game. The man was reaching for a ball that was thrown into the stands, when he leaned over the railing, and susbequently fell to his death.
  
  The incident has prompted Major League Baseball teams around the country to revaluate safety standards within ther respective stadiums. Such standards are influenced by the local laws that each of the stadiums fall under.
  
  The Commissioner of Major League Baseball, Bud Selig, has come out and said that teams would review their stadiums in search of areas where safety can be improved.
  
  

• Airborne Inflatables at Oceanside Soccer Festival Leave 13 Injured
  Jun 06, 2011

  A soccer festival in Oceanside became a scary scene for kids when three bouncy rides that were brought in as entertainment became airborne at the same time. Police say a total of 13 people were rushed to area hospitals after the bouncy rides whipped around with people inside. Only one person suffered serious injuries. Cathleen Hughes, an Oceanside resident, remains in critical but stable condition after suffering injuries to her head and spine.

  Witnesses say when the bouncy rides took flight, several men rushed to the scene to help bring them down, including one person who grabbed a knife and slashed one of the rides to empty it of air.
  
  
  
  Read How Safe Are Those Party Inflatables? for tips on how to keep your family safe on bouncy rides.

• Bronx Man Falls Though Grate
  Jan 13, 2011

  Eric Pagan, age 20, of the Bronx was hired to clear snow outside a city Department of Sanitation garage in Inwood. Eight men including Pagan were hired for the job.  Eric was clearing snow in from of the garage on W. 216th Street. He stepped on a ventilation grate and fell down the shaft. The accident happened at around 4:30pm January 12. He hit his head on the way down, but thankfully he was wearing a hard hat. He was quickly pulled up by response teams and taken to Harlem Hospital. He is currently in stable condition. Peter Lopez, who was also hired to clear snow, was standing right next to Pagan when he fell. He said it could have happened to anyone, the gate was in a bad condition.

• New York Trip and Fall Lawyers
  Dec 17, 2010

  Trooper M.J. Curly from Gaston County, North Carolina, was injured after he fell down a flight of stairs. He was attending a law enforcement social function in New York City. He is currently in Elmhust Hospital and is unconscious and on life support. He is the father of two.

• New Jersey Transit Accident After Jets Game
  Nov 22, 2010

  After the Jets games, a few people were injured riding an escalator. They were riding a 25-foot escalator at New Jersey Transit’s Secaucus Junction Train Station when it suddenly came to a stop. A man and a woman were taken to Jersey City Medical Center with head injuries. Other injuries included two men with knee injuries and another woman hurt her ribs. A spokesperson for New Jersey Transit said that the injuries sustained are not life-threatening. After the incident all 31 escalators at the station were turned off. They were all inspected and found to be working properly. The one escalator that caused the incident remains off and under investigation.

• Mastic Long Island Personal Injury Lawyer
  Aug 23, 2010

  A 48 year old Mastic Long Island Man was airlifted to Stonybrook Hospital after he was injured in a fire Saturday August 21. Suffolk County Police and Mastic Firefighters responded to the house fire. Neighbors helped in the effort to rescue Christopher Murphy from the house. He is listed in stable condition. His wife Janet Murphy and son Sean Murphy were seen for smoke inhalation. Arson Squad Detectives determined that the fire was caused by the failure of a box fan in the room.

• Three Year Old and Nanny Die in Lawrence
  Jun 24, 2010

  Loewna Canales-Mejia, age thirty-two was the caretaker of three year old toddler, Naama Markovits when a horrible accident occurred. Police that investigated the scene believe that the Nanny slipped into the deep end of the pool, which led to her dropping the child. An older child told a nearby worker who tried to bring the women and toddler back to life before paramedics could arrive. The toddler was pronounced death at the scene and the Nanny died hours after arriving at the hospital.

• Ronkonkoma Women Dies in a Factory
  Jun 03, 2010

  Yolanda Gonzalez, a Ronkonkoma woman dies at L & S Packing in East Farmingdale. She was labeling canned tomatoes when nearby pallets loaded with bottles of vodka sauce fell on her. Several coworkers tried to help her. The accident occurred on Tuesday June 1, 2010 at 6:30 PM. Ms. Gonzalez, age 39, was pronounced dead at the scene.
  

• Accident on Set in New York City
  May 28, 2010

  The shooting of the movie "The Smurfs" has been taking place in New York City. On Thursday May 20, production was stopped due to an accident on set. The accident occurred at around 6:30 AM. They were working in the famous toy store FAO Schwarz during the night shooting a scene. A man working on set fell from a 30 foot set lift. Paramedics were called to the accident and the man was taken to Bellevue Hospital Center. The man is now in stable condition. 

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