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• Drunk Driving Accident Victims
• Construction/Labor Law
• FELA/Railroad
• Car Accidents
• Premises Liability

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Drunk Driving Accident Victims

• Queens Man Killed By Hit and Run Drunk Driver
  Feb 13, 2010

  A Queens delivery man for a chinese restaurant was killed in a hit and run accident February 12 2010. After the man was dragged the police was caught up with the driver who was charged with drunk driving and leaving the scene of the accident. It was later learned that the man had been previously charged with DWI. The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital where he died of his injuries.  - 1 - 10

• Long Island Fatal DWI Crash Centereach Teen Charged
  Feb 03, 2010

  A Centereach Long Island teenager was charged with DWI after she lost control of her vehicle and slammed into a tree. Two men from Hauppauge were killed in the accident. Two other men inside car he car were taken to Southside Hospital with internal injuries. The driver was arraigned and charged with Driving While Intoxicated. 
  
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• Long Island Driver Arrested- Drunk Driving-Leandra's Law
  Dec 31, 2009

  It appears that a 50 year old Riverhead Long Island man has been arrested and charged with breaking Leandra's Law. The arrest took place in the Throgs Neck section of The Bronx when the man was driving with his 3 year old daughter in the backseat. The police say the man was seen driving at high speeds which resulted in the pull over. Under the Cild Protection Act otherwise known as Leandra's Law, it is a felony for anyone to drive while intoxicated or under the influence of drugs with children 15 years or younger in the car. Previous to Leandra's Law it was a misdemeanor to drive while intoxicated and then it could be reduced to a traffic violation. - 3 - 10

• East Meadow Accident Lawyer- Charges Added to Driver Who Killed Two
  Dec 11, 2009

  James Farr, 33, was arrested during the early morning hours on Aug. 23 following a crash that claimed the lives of Thomas Occhiogrosso, 27, of Riverhead, who was crossing Hempstead Turnpike near Conti Square Boulevard with his brother, 28-year-old Joseph Occhiogrosso of East Meadow, when they were both hit by the BMW driven by Farr.Investigators said Farr had a blood alcohol content of .21 percent, more than twice the legal limit .
  On Monday, Farr was indicted on two additional charges of second-degree manslaughter and two counts of criminally negligent homicide. Farr's attorney is claiming that since Hempstead Turnpike is one of the most dangerous roads on Long Island that the accident was unavoidable. He also claims that the victims were intoxicated. A funeral was held for both brothers in Westbury .The brothers had grown up in East Meadow and still took care of their mother who lives there.

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Construction/Labor Law

• Brentwood Long Island Construction Worker Injured in Cesspool Accident
  Dec 09, 2009

  A worker building a cesspool in an East Hills, Long Island home was resued after being trapped for five hours in a thirty five foot hole. Mario Flores of Brentwood was listed in stable condition at Nassau County Medical Center in East Meadow.Although the accident occured on Long Island, Con Edison of New York City sent over special trucks to try and vacum the dirt from the cesspool which had covered Mr. Flores up to his chest. Although the dirt kept falling back into the hole rescue workers finally built a wooden box out of 2 by 4s and plywood. Neither the employer or the owner of the could be reached for any comments. If you have been involved in a construction accident on Long Island or in New York City visit here. - 5 - 10

FELA/Railroad

• New York Train Injury Lawyer-Judge Whacks Transit
  Jan 20, 2010

  Supreme Court Justice Robert Miller has hit the New York City Transit Authority with a $15,000.00 penalty. It has taken three years for the Authority to turn over data related to an accident that took the life of Ronald Wilson from Brooklyn. Judge Miller stated that "If the actions were not willful,they were inept and evinced a total disregard for the NYCTA's discovery obligations under the CPLR". The closes the Authority came to responding to the outstanding discovery was to turn over a one page non-responsive document. The Judge awarded the plaintiff's attorney $14,500.00 in fees for all the time they had to put in to get the documents and $500.00 for costs. It started in October of 2006 when the plaintiff's attorney requested all forensic documents and in April of 2008 the Court ordered the Authority to turn over the documents within forty five days which they failed to do. Finally the Court said it had enough and penalized the Authority with the $15,000.00 award. If you have been involved in train accident contact us immediately. - 6 - 10

Car Accidents

• Bethpage Man Killed in Car Accident
  Mar 05, 2010

  On Thursday evening, March 4, 2010, a Bethpage man was killed in a car accident. Richard Horan was driving on Silber Avenue heading south, when he went into cardiac arrest. He immediately lost control of his car. His car finally stopped when it crashed into the bleachers on the athletic field of Bethpage High School. Richard was taken to Plainview Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Fortunately no one else was injured.

  
  If you have been involved in a car accident, contact the firm of Goldstein & Bashner. - 7 - 10

• Long Island Car Accidents and Texting
  Jan 09, 2010

  According to the Frederal Department of Highway Transportation nearly 100 teenagers from New York City and Long Island have died from texting. According to Senator Charles Schumer half of those teenagers are from Long Island. The ban which became law in New York on November 1st 2009 should be extended nationwide so says Schumer. The announcement by Schumer came during the Distracted Drivers Summit in Washington D.C.. The summit was organized by the Department of Transportation which is looking for different ways to combat a nationwide growing problem. - 8 - 10

• Bay Shore Accident Lawyer- Long Island Victim Served In the Army
  Dec 17, 2009

  Gregory Prince a Bayshore Long Island resident  was killed in a hit and run accident on Saturday morning while walking to a convenience store. The victim was taken to Southside Hospital where he died on Sunday from the injuries he sustained. Investigators have determined that an SUV may have struck the victim. The family of Mr. Prince is distraught as the driver of the vehicle did not have the decency to stop after the accident. Mr. Price served in the United States Army and also the Salvation Army and was loved by his entire family. - 9 - 10

• Long Island Estate is Sued by Accident Victim's Estate
  Dec 11, 2009

  Two victims of the wrong-way crash that killed eight people on a New York highway have filed a lawsuit against the estate   of    Diane Schuler. The estate of Guy and Michael Bastardi have filed suit against the estate of the Long Island mother who was blamed for the July 26th crash. The collision with the Bastardis' SUV killed Schuler, her 2-year-old daughter, three young nieces, the Bastardis and their friend Daniel Longo, 74. Schuler's 5-year-old son, Bryan, survived. The lawsuit was filed in White plains and claims that the victims suffered tremendous pain and suffering before they died. Although Diane Schuler's husband has refused to act as administrator of her estate the Public Administrator will step in and and will be the named defendant. The defendants clearly want to question the Diane Schulers husband and ask him what he knew about his wife's drinking and specifically what she may have consumed (either alcohol or drugs) prior to the accident.

   

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