Two New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) officers were struck by a speeding car while stopped at a red light on February 25, 2010. The motor vehicle accident occurred around 6 a.m. when a 37 year old male resident of Rye made a left turn on Boston Post Road onto Purdy Avenue. He crossed the […]
Personal Injury Law
Federal Ban on Texting for Commercial Truck Drivers Takes Effect
On Tuesday, January 26, 2010, Ray LaHood, U.S. Transportation Secretary, announced a federal ban on texting for commercial truck drivers while driving. This new law, which took effect immediately, expressly prohibits texting by drivers of commercial vehicles such as large trucks and buses. Report shows that drivers who text are more than 20 times likely […]
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Westchester Medical Center Involving Death Of 6 Year-Old Croton Boy Settles For $2.9 Million
The family of a 6-year boy who was struck in the head by an oxygen tank causing his death at Westchester Medical Center has reached a settlement of $2.9 million in a medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit. The horrifying incident happened when a hospital staffer brought an oxygen canister into the MRI’s magnetic field […]
Westchester NY Bicycle Accident Attorney Report: 11 Year-Old On Bike Injured By DWI Dad In Pelham, NY
On July 17, 2008, a 50-year-old New Rochelle, NY dad, William A. Furelle, drove drunk with his three daughters in the car. While taking the three children ages 5, 9, and 10 to dinner, Furelle injured an 11-year-old bicyclist on Storer Avenue in Pelham. The young child hit the van’s windshield, and he suffered injuries […]
White Plains Trucking Accident Lawyer Report: NY State Trooper Killed In Trucking Accident
A New York trucking accident took the life of 31-year-old Jill E. Mattice, a 6 1/2-year veteran of the Oneonta State Police. Officer Mattice was pronounced dead at the scene after colliding with a tractor-trailer. The truck was driven by 33 year old F.M. Saggese of West Oneonta. The investigation into the crash remains open. […]
Westchester (NY) Construction Accident Attorney Report: 55 Year-Old Worker Dies After Fall From Bridge
A January 29, 2010 construction accident in New York remains under investigation. Robert Fitzgerald, a 55-year-old North Arlington man, fell from the Wittpenn Bridge at around 4:30 am. Fitzgerald who worked for CSX Rail Line is believed to have lost consciousness after the fall as a result of hypothermia. When rescue workers found Fitzgerald’s body, […]
Westchester County DWI Lawyer Report: Yorktown Woman Charged With DWI On Taconic Parkway
Maryam A. Tantawy, a 25 year-old female, was arrested and charged with Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) by State Police on January 29, 2010. She was initially pulled over for failing to signal a lane change at 4:57 a.m. Upon further examination, she was found to have a 1.0 blood alcohol level (the legal limit is […]
Accidents On New York Bridges And Tunnels On The Rise
Reports indicate the number of accidents and injuries taking place on some New York bridges and in tunnels are on the rise. The Bronx-Whitestone, Cross Bay, Marine Parkway and Throgs Neck bridges all saw accident increases as did the Queens Midtown Tunnel. However, the roadway the saw the greatest increase in accidents and injuries is […]
Westchester County (NY) Car Accident Lawyer Report: Bronx Man Receives Two Year Sentence After Injuring Teen
Desmond Shand, a 41-year-old Bronx resident, was sentenced to two years in state prison for a number of misdemeanor and felony convictions, including assault and vehicular assault. Shand pleaded guilty to the full eleven-count indictment against him. In addition to the aforementioned felonies, Shand was charged with leaving the scene, driving while intoxicated, reckless endangerment, […]
New York Injury Lawyer Report: Four NYC Accidents Claim Three Lives, Seriously Injure Two More
Multiple accidents occurred across New York City this past Tuesday that resulted in three fatalities. 46-year-old Rosemary Pratt of Sheapshead Bay, Brooklyn was hit by a forklift on East 14th street in Midwood. She was rushed to a local hospital, but died 30 minutes after arrival. Mary Mason, 59, from Crown Heights Brooklyn, met a […]
New York Personal Injury Lawyer Report: NYC Federal Judge Awards Staten Island Ferry Victim $813, 480.00
At least 4 more New York personal injury claims remain open regarding the catastrophic Staten Island Ferry crash in 2003. In the most recent case involving the crash, plaintiff AnnaMarie Trombetta, a painter, was awarded $813,480 by a Federal Judge in Brooklyn (NYC) Federal Court. After a five-day bench trial, the judge’s ruling surprised City […]
White Plains Accident Lawyer Report: Bronxville Girl May Have Slipped & Fallen On Ice/Slush
According to a Journal News report of January 1, 2010, the cause of death of young Bronxville girl, Mihoko Fukuzawa, is still unknown. However, officials believe that she may have accidentally slipped on a slushy, icy patch of sidewalk and fallen on a rock in front of the Christ Church in Bronxville on Dec. 23, […]
Westchester County (NY) DWI Lawyer Report: 9 Arrested On New Year’s For DWI And Related Offenses In Westchester County
Westchester County police officers charged eight motorists with driving under the influence of alcohol (DWI) on New Years Eve and into the morning hours of the new decade. The crackdown on drunk drivers took place all over Westchester County with 6 of the arrests ocurring at an over-night check point set up where the Bronx […]
New York Medical Malpractice Attorney Report: Second Department Reduces Verdict In Birth Injury Case
In Abdelkader v Shahine, a Kings (Brooklyn) County jury found the defendant obstetrician liable for injuries, namely an Erb’s Palsy suffered by the infant-plaintiff, Laila Abdelkader. Erb’s palsy is a paralysis of the arm caused by injury to the the arm’s main nerves at spinal roots C5-C7. The injury allegedly resulted from the medical malpractice […]
New York Personal Injury Attorney Report: Second Department Reduces Verdict In Orthopedic Injury Case
In the orthopedic malpractice case, Matsur v. New York City Transit Company, a New York County jury found the transit authority liable for the plaintiff’s injuries and awarded him $1.2 million for past pain and suffering, $1 million for future pain and suffering and $600,000.00 for loss of services. A light fixture installed by NYC […]
Westchester County (NY) Accident Lawyer Report: Four Injured By Drunken Bronx Motorist
Peter Duah, a 40 year old intoxicated Bronx (NYC) motorist, caused multiple car accidents Monday, December 28, 2009. Duah’s actions resulted in multiple injuries and the death of a 65 year old Yonkers man. Duah now faces felony charges. The first incident occurred in the Bronx at the intersection of Gun Hill and White Plains […]
White Plains Pedestrian Accident Lawyer Report: 71 Year-Old Westchester Man Injured While Crossing Mamaroneck Avenue
A seventy-one (71) year-old male pedestrian, Richard Jenson, was struck by an oncoming vehicle on Mamaroneck Avenue in Mamaroneck, NY on Saturday night, December 26, 2009. The driver of the vehicle, Peter Hand of Portchester, reportedly did not see Jenson until he stepped out into traffic. Jenson hit the vehicle’s windshield and fell to the […]
Westchester County (NY) Car Accident Lawyer Report: Two Injured In Car Crash In Valhalla
Hema Easley of the Journal News reports that two individuals were injured in a car accident in Valhalla (Westchester County) today, December 27, 2009 at approximately 6 pm. The motor vehicle involved reportedly swerved off of the road at the corner of Clovebrook Road and Stevens Avenue in Valhalla and collided with a house situated […]
Westchester (NY) Accident Attorney Report: 2 Pedestrians Injured After Being Struck By Vehicle In Greenburgh
Leslie Korngold of the Journal News reports that 2 pedestrians were struck by a vehicle in front of the Greenburgh Police Department earlier today. The man and woman were crossing Tarrytown Road at approximately 9 am. They were reportedly crossing the street near Hillside Avenue where there is no crosswalk. Immediately after the collision, they […]
Bronx (NYC) Slip & Fall Attorney Report: Drunk Male Awarded $150,000 By Bronx Jury
A 45 year-old male reveler claimed that he slipped and fell on the defendant’s sidewalk that was covered with snow and ice. Plaintiff contended that his fall was caused by snow that had been cleared and piled, which then melted, made its way back onto the sidewalk and re-froze (creating a hazardous condition). Defendant claimed […]
Westchester County (NY) DWI Attorney Report: 6 Arrested For DWI In Westchester County
According to a December 18, 2009 Journal News report written by Terrence Corcoran, six motorists from Westchester County, NY and Connecticut were charged with Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) on Thursday, including a Buchanan man charged with felony DWI due to two prior convictions for the same offense. The arrests were made along the Sprain Brook […]
Westchester NY Pedestrian Accident Attorney Report: Peekskill Pedestrian Struck By Vehicle
According to a Journal News report by Rob Ryser, a 62 year-old pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on Wheeler Avenue in Peekskill, NY early yesterday morning. The cause of the Westchester County motor vehicle accident is currently unknown. The pedestrian accident reportedly occurred at approximately 7 am at the intersection of Route 9 and […]
White Plains Personal Injury Attorney Report: Two Victims In Schuler Car Accident File Suit In Westchester County, NY
As reported by Aman Ali of the Journal News on December 9, 2009, family members of Michael and Guy Bastardi, have commenced a civil lawsuit stemming from the horrific Westchester County car accident on the Taconic that killed eight in the eary afternoon of July 26, 2009. A report of the Westchester County Medical Examiner […]
White Plains Car Accident Attorney Report: Crash On I-95 In Mamaroneck Results In Loss Of Man’s Leg
A motorist trying to avoid an accident on I-95 in Mamaroneck, NY lost control of her vehicle and collided with a man changing his tire on the shoulder. Tragically, the impact of the crash severed the man’s lower left leg. He was transported to Westchester Medical Center by emergency personnel. The accident reportedly occurred south […]
New York Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer Report: Illegal Immigrant Awarded $135,000 After Car Accident In Dutchess County, NY
An illegal immigrant was recently awarded $135,000 by a Dutchess County, NY jury in a motor vehicle accident case. The plaintiff claimed he was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by the defendant. He allegedly sustained serious neck injuries including post-traumatic cervical myelo-radiculopathy, herniated nucleus pulposi from C3/4 to C5/6, and nerve root compression, […]