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Municipal Liability

NYC Commits to Subway Accessibility Upgrades by 2055

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 07 Jul2022

Last month New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced an agreement to improve accessibility in 95% of subway stations in New York City that currently lack elevators or ramps. According to a press release by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the agreement is part of a class-action settlement between the MTA and accessibility advocates. While it is […]

Posted in: Municipal Liability, Personal Injury Law, Public Transportation Accidents, Slip And Falls

Suit Against School for Failure to Provide Adequate Supervision Survives

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 19 Jun2022

In Amandola v Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Ctr., 2015 NY Slip Op 06099 [130 AD3d 761], the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department denied a defendant’s motion for summary judgment to dismiss a cause of action for failure to provide adequate supervision in its school. A plaintiff brings suit against his school for failure to […]

Posted in: Municipal Liability, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury Law

Investigation Finds Rampant NYC School Bus Moving Violations

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 19 Oct2021

A recent investigation by the New York Daily News found that as nearly two-thirds of New York City school buses “have been issued at least one speeding or red light camera ticket since 2014.” Of the city’s 10,497 registered school buses, 6,895 (or 65%) have received tickets. Of those 6,895 buses that received tickets for speeding or […]

Posted in: Bodily Injury, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Municipal Liability, Personal Injury Law, Traffic Accidents

Women Are Afraid of Walking in Cities Because of Sexual Assault, Study Shows

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 07 Jul2021

A new study examining the gendered nature of urban design, published by Leading Cities, found that the risk of sexual assault disproportionately prevents women from walking around their cities. According to the study, 30% of women respondents said they either “always” or “very frequently” avoid walking around their cities because of fear, instead choosing other  modes of transportation. […]

Posted in: Bodily Injury, Miscellaneous, Municipal Liability, Personal Injury Law

New York Safe Streets Activists Propose New Road Safety Legislation

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 27 Apr2021

Earlier this month a group of safe-streets lobbying groups in New York released the Crash Victims Rights and Safety Act, a collection of eight pieces of legislation “that will better support victims of traffic violence and make streets safer across New York State at a moment when traffic fatalities and speeding are both on the rise,” according […]

Posted in: Bodily Injury, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Municipal Liability, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury Law, Public Transportation Accidents, Traffic Accidents, Wrongful Death

Car Crash Claims Against New York City Increase in 2020

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 26 Apr2021

The New York City Comptroller’s office recently released a report showing that between July 1, 2019 until June 30, 2020, New York City paid $142.4 million to settle “1,390 claims filed by people injured by the on-the-job driving practices of city employees.” StreetsBlog NYC reported earlier this month that this figure reflects a 3% increase in car crash claims since the […]

Posted in: Bodily Injury, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Municipal Liability, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury Law, Traffic Accidents

Study: Falls Are Most Common Cause of Death for Construction Workers

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 14 Jun2019

A new study released by the American Journal of Industrial Medicine showed that falls remain the second leading cause of death for workers across the country. The study showed that falls represented 14 percent of all workplace fatalities in the United States during an 11-year period between 2003 and 2014. Workers with the highest rates of fatal falls were […]

Posted in: Construction Accidents, Municipal Liability, Personal Injury Law

New York Workplace Deaths Increased 55 Percent in 2017

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 21 Mar2019

Workplace fatalities in New York rose 55 percent during 2017, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. With 87 deaths during the year, the number of workplace fatalities has not been this high since 2008. The high number of deaths is especially surprising because the number of construction fatalities, the industry with the highest number of deaths […]

Posted in: Construction Accidents, Municipal Liability, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury Law

New York Lawmakers to Revisit Scaffold Law

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 04 Feb2019

New York lawmakers are revisiting the state’s century-old scaffolding law that requires construction companies to cover the full cost of all workplace injuries. According to The New York Daily News, the recent conversation about reforming New York’s construction safety laws comes at the behest of the Trump administration and the construction industry, which are looking for ways […]

Posted in: Construction Accidents, Municipal Liability, Personal Injury Law, Public Transportation Accidents

Widow of Glenn Frey, Former Eagles Bandmember, Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 02 Apr2018

Cindy Frey, the widow of late Eagle’s co-founder Glenn Frey, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Mt. Sinai hospital and physician Steven Itzkowitz. The lawsuit alleges the hospital and doctor were negligent in failing to properly diagnose and treat the health conditions that led to his untimely death in January 2016. Frey died at the age of 67 from complications […]

Posted in: Failure to Diagnose, Medical Errors, Medical Malpractice, Municipal Liability, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury Law, Wrongful Death

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