31 August

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Accident & Injury Lawyer in New York Could be Needed for Injuries Caused by Defective Car Seats

If you have an infant or toddler, you rely on car seats to keep your child safe while you are traveling. Unfortunately, not all car seats are solidly constructed, which means your little one could be injured even though properly restrained. At a time like this, an accident & injury lawyer in New York could be very useful in helping you recover damages. Some of the most common defects in car seats include: Faulty buckles or harnesses An inadequate amount of padding to absorb shock Defective bases Improper age or weight rating Faulty instructions on how to install and secure When car seats fail...

20 November

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NYS Accident Lawyers Discuss Injuries from Forklifts

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Frekhtman & Associates, New York Workers Compensation Lawyers represent victims of personal injury, and work accident injuries. Powered industrial trucks, or fork lifts, are necessary in many kinds of work settings. However, they also pose serious risks to workers and sometimes to bystanders such as pedestrians walking past a work site. Two recent examples of forklift fatalities from New York City involved a worker in Queens who passed away after a forklift fell on him in a warehouse, and a Brooklyn grocery worker who was crushed against a wall by a forklift and died from his chest injuries. Their deaths warrant serious...

13 November

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NYC Car Accident Lawyer Points Out the Results of Manhattan Texting-While-Driving Simulation

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in Accident Injuries, Car Accidents, Vehicle Accidents

Manhattan Car Accident Law Firm - Frekhtman & Associates Points out the results of Manhattan Texting while Driving Simulator. Outside Manhattan's Flatiron Building on 23rd and Broadway, people had the chance to hop into a texting-while-driving simulator. The simulator was a machine equipped with a car seat and a steering wheel and a screen in front portraying a virtual road participants were traveling on. Participants were also given a mobile device hooked up to the machine so that they could see what happened when they tried to text and drive at the same time. What participants found was that while texting they really couldn't...

22 July

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How A Trip And Fall Accident Lawyer Could Work For You

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in Accident Injuries, Slip & Fall Accidents

Trip and fall accidents are indeed an unfortunate event. If you endured a serious personal injury due to a trip and fall, you now have the additional stress of accruing medical bills. You may be considering hiring a trip and fall accident lawyer and this may prove to be an excellent decision. Here we explain how it can be detrimental not to hire an attorney to represent you on your behalf. Benefits of a Trip and Fall Attorney Proving a trip and fall can often be difficult and a lawyer can help you by: Collecting evidence of the slip and fall Communicating...

03 July

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Actor Tracy Morgan Injured In NJ Turnpike Accident

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Tracy Morgan, the former "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock" star, was injured in a six-vehicle accident on the New Jersey Turnpike early the morning of Saturday, June 7. Seven people were hospitalized and one died after the accident, according to local authorities. The accident occurred in Robbinsville, in Mercer County. Apparently, Morgan was on a "limo bus" and was returning from a performance in Delaware. The limo bus become was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer and overturned. Several other vehicles, including an SUV and a second tractor-trailer, became involved in the accident as well. A 63-year-old Peekskill, New York, man who apparently was a...

21 August

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Common Bike Crash Scenarios and How Your Injury Lawyers Can Help You Win Your Case

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in Accident Injuries, Personal Injuries

You're going to need a personal injury lawyer if you've had a bike crash on the street by fault of someone else. And if you live in New York, you have one particular state law on your side that's going to help you tremendously if you've suffered an injury. Overall, though, you probably want to know what the most common bike accident scenarios are and what the legal outcomes may be for each one. No matter how you were hit, the law firm of Frekhtman & Associates analyzes all existing laws and situations thoroughly to assure a strong case. Being Hit by...

24 May

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What should you do after a car accident ?

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in Accident Injuries, Accidents, Car Accidents, Vehicle Accidents

More than six million car accidents occur every year in the United States. One in three accidents involves personal injury to the driver and the passengers....

06 August

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F & A retained to represent family of Jhordan Caballero in deadly Brighton Beach fire.

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in Accident Injuries, Burn Injuries

https://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-02-29/news/31111961_1_daily-news-readers-funeral-mass-donations ...

14 March

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Hospital Sends Bronx, NY Man Home with Bullet Lodged In Neck

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in Accident Injuries, Crime and Assault Injuries, Product Liability, Spinal Cord Injury

A shooting victim said that NYC hospital sent him home prematurely with a live bullet still lodged in his neck and instructed him to come back 4 days later to get it removed. Ricardo Acevedo was hit with a bullet while replacing a security camera outside a Bronx convenience store. Investigators believe the shots were fired by a youth aiming for someone else. Although doctors at St. Barnabas Hospital treated the wound he was asked to go to an affiliated clinic on Monday to get the bullet removed. Bullets also injured two teenage girls. Police haven't made any arrests in the case so...

14 March

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Escalator Accident Investigation Continues

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https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/14/escalator-still-closed-investigation-continues-after-lindenhurst-lirr-station-death/ ...