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NYC Construction Site Accident Lawyer Points Out Dangers of High-Pressure Work Environments
When companies feel pressured to meet certain goals, such as an important deadline or a specific level of earnings, they can wind up compromising worker safety. The Harvard Business Review recently reported a study evaluating companies that feel pressured to meet analysts’ earnings predictions. When companies just meet the predicted level of earnings or barely exceed it, they have a higher rate of worker injuries and illnesses. This also holds true when comparisons are made across companies; companies that fall short of predicted earnings or more easily surpass them experience lower rates of worker injuries and illnesses than companies who have just barely met their earnings goal. How can a high-pressure environment hurt construction workers? When companies rush to complete a job or meet a specific goal by a deadline, construction workers often get exposed to preventable dangers. Lack of safety equipment. Workers may be asked to get started on
TBI Lawyers Discuss Common Head Injuries Suffered in Serious Falls & Auto Accidents
Whether you suffered a powerful blow to your head during a serious workplace fall, an auto accident — or while enjoying your favorite sport — always seek out medical help right away explains New York City TBI lawyer at the F&A injury law firm. Far too often, people assume they’re just a bit shaken up and then suffer major complications because they soon returned to work, stayed too long an accident scene or moved on to another activity. Always remember that a person can suffer a blunt force head injury one minute, continue talking as though nothing bad has happened for a while – and then endure a traumatic brain injury (“TBI” or even a fatal brain hemorrhage. Be Ready to Have an Emergency Room Evaluate Your Serious Head Injury If you’ve just fallen off a construction site scaffold and hit your head, never just assume you’re doing fine. Always
NFL Concussion Lawyers Discuss the Settlement’s August 2017 Deadline
On February 8, 2017, the enrollment period began for former National Football League (NFL) players seeking compensation under the league’s concussion settlement. During the first three days, more than 3,000 retired players signed up to seek payouts using a sliding scale that considers variables like age and years played. Judge Speaks Publicly Federal District Court Judge Anita Brody spoke at Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center, encouraging NFL retirees to sign up before the August 7th deadline. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the unusually public presentation by a federal judge is motivated by a desire to successfully get the message out to former players about both the opportunity and the deadline. Judge Brody approved the settlement in 2015, thereby resolving thousands of lawsuits brought by players and families. Many of the suits accused the NFL of failing to disclose what it knew about the adverse effects of repeated concussions. Maximum Payout of
Tractor Trailer Accident Attorney Discusses Fatal Hit-and-run Near George Washington Bridge
Relative to most passenger vehicles, semi tractor-trailers are huge says New York City tractor trailer accident attorney Arkady Frekhtman of the F&A injury law firm. Big rigs with loaded trailers can weigh as much as 80,000 pounds. So-called turnpike doubles with two 48-ft trailers are particularly imposing, especially when truckers operate them in adverse weather like fog, snow or freezing rain. When impaired drivers operate commercial trucks weighing 20-25 times more than other vehicles, they often become serious or even lethal weapons. Fatality at George Washington Bridge A recent hit-and-run accident involving an 18-wheeler left a passenger vehicle damaged to the point that the rear of the vehicle was barely recognizable. Although the investigation is still in its early stages, police say alcohol may have been a factor in a semi tractor-trailer crash that occurred near the George Washington Bridge on Monday, March 27. Parts of the bridge had to
Beware of New York Playground Amputation Injuries and Other Risks Warns NYC Playground Accident Lawyer
Few product recalls strike fear into parents’ hearts more than the one issued this past year concerning the defective playground slides that caused two children to suffer amputated fingers explains NYC playground accident lawyer Arkady Frekhtman of the F&A injury law firm. The Pennsylvania-based company Playworld Systems had to recall approximately 1,300 of their stainless-steel slides after at least 13 of them broke. This company had already seen this type of structural problem develop at least one other time in the past. Since most children spend extra time playing during the summer months, it’s critical for all parents, daycare centers, city recreation departments and schools to make sure they’ve properly obeyed this crucial recall. The specific problem involves a weld made between the slide bedway and sidewall that can separate upon cracking. If a child’s fingers get caught in that space, they can get amputated. Playworld is offering to replace all
Bike Crash Lawyers Discuss $4.8M Settlement Paid To Cyclist Injured on City Sidewalk
In 2014, Clifford Brown launched 28-feet in a bike crash in San Diego that left him with several missing teeth, torn ligaments, and brain damage according to Arkady Frekhtman, one of the bike crash lawyers at the F&A injury law firm. He blamed the crash on a poorly kept section of sidewalk in a San Diego neighborhood. A tree had uprooted part of the sidewalk creating a “launch pad” that lead to the serious injuries Brown sustained. According to an article by the San Diego Union-Tribune in March of 2017, the settlement was “the result of flawed city policies that don’t prioritize promptly fixing dangerously damaged sidewalks.” The repair delayed nearly a half a year. According to the story, “the problem wasn’t quickly fixed despite an inspector deeming it ‘a serious condition which needs immediate repair.’” The $4.8M settlement was in part due to Brown’s severe injuries, including a month