You spend your morning scanning the news. Maybe you read the newspaper. Maybe you watch the morning news. Maybe you listen to the news in your car on the way to work. Or, if you are like many of us, you read your news online. No matter which way you get your news content, this section provides relevant information about current events that are happening relating to accident cases, wrongful death cases and medical malpractice cases in New York and throughout the country.
Many times you will see studies reported here that are currently trending in the news. On occasion I will add commentary to my news report to highlight a particular point and show what happens here in New York.
You will always find a link to the original news story contained within my news report. I find it critically important to allow you, the reader, the ability to determine for yourself the source of the story.
As always, if you have legal questions about your possible case that arose here in New York, I encourage you to pick up the phone and call me. This is what I do every single day. You can reach me at 516-487-8207 or by e-mail at [email protected]. I welcome your call.
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Injured FDNY Firefighter Loses Disability Petition Years after Brutal Bar FightThe New York State Court of Appeals last month rejected a firefighter's appeal to receive extra disability benefits eight years after a New Years bar brawl left
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Construction Worker Killed by Falling Rock Beneath Grand Central Station, NYCA terrible accident claimed the life of a construction worker last week on Friday, November 19. 26-year-old Michael O'Brien was working in an LIRR tunnel 120
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Kosher Chicken Liver is Salmonella CulpritAt least the third recall due to salmonella within the past month has been called after 56 people were reported sick in New York City. At least twelve of the
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New York City's "Cavalier" Attitude Loses CaseA New York appellate court has ruled that New York City's "cavalier" attitude toward revealing internal information has cost its defense the verdict in a person
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Staten Island-Psychiatric Supervisor Charged with Fatal Excessive ForceThe Staten Island District Attorney last week charged a supervisor at a local state-run psychiatric facility of criminally negligent homicide and endangering
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Queens Accident Takes 10-Year Old Girl's LifeA tragic accident in Astoria, Queens, earlier this month took the life of a 10-year-old Australian girl, Sabrina Mangos, and injured eight others.
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Two Injured in Basketball Roof Collapse in Old BrookvilleThe roof of an underground basketball and racquetball court collapsed just before noon this Wednesday, injuring two construction workers
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Witnesses to Drug Overdoses in New York are Now Immune from Law if they Call 911A new law has been signed in Albany to provide immunity for those, who call the authorities in the event of an overdose. This is meant to address the fear that
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Construction Accident Kills Man in Upstate New YorkA terrible accident at a construction site took the life of a Vermont worker last week in upstate New York. Michael B. Loyer, 46, of South Burlington, VT, was
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Boy's Dirt-Bike Head Trauma Now "Stable"An 8-year-old boy's mother reports that his condition has been revised from serious to stable after a dirt-bike accident on Long Island sent him to the hospital