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How to Protect Your Legal Rights After a Bike Accident in Queens: A Step-by-Step Guide
What to Do After a Bike Accident: A Step-by-Step Guide to Protecting Your Legal Rights Every day, Queen’s bicyclists face major safety challenges posed by all the speeding cars, trucks, and motorcycles. The distracted drivers of these vehicles also tend to ignore traffic signals, bike lane restrictions, and the need to yield to others. During one recent year, nineteen (19) bicyclists and fifteen (15) moped or e-bike riders lost their lives while pedaling down New York City streets. Statistics also revealed that 1,200 bicycles, e-bike, and e-scooter riders suffered serious injuries. Unfortunately, over 990 of those 1,200 injured were bicyclists. Now that more hit-and-run drivers are escaping arrest, there’s an even greater need for the passage of new bike safety measures. Contact our team at (212) 222-1111 for your free case evaluation. What follows is a broad overview of the specific needs of NYC bicyclists, how they should immediately respond
New York Bus Accident Liability: Who Can You Sue?
Traveling by bus in New York City can help minimize problems with traffic, parking, and long-distance walks. Yet bus travel can still present special challenges, especially when buses run behind schedule or when poorly trained drivers are behind the wheel. Once buses collide with pedestrians, motorcyclists, bicyclists, and other vehicles, catastrophic results can unfold. After reviewing the results of several recent bus accidents, this article looks at such topics as who can be sued in these cases, why proving negligence is essential, and the types of injuries often suffered. Advice is also provided for how you should respond immediately after being hurt in a bus accident collision. Contact our team at (212) 222-1111 for your free case evaluation. New York City bus accidents keep happening far too often January 2023. A six-year-old boy was run over by a school bus in Brooklyn Park. At least one report stated that the
Scaffolding Accidents: Who Is Responsible and What Can You Do?
Compensation for Victims of Trip and Fall Accidents at Brooklyn Construction Sites While most slips, trips, and falls on construction sites involve workers falling from scaffolding or other high places, other deadly “falls” may simply involve tools and equipment falling and seriously hurting or even killing someone. At present, Brooklyn construction workers keep suffering too many of these types of fall injury accidents. Construction site supervisors must make sure that all OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) standards are upheld daily, along with all state and local guidelines. Proper PPE (personal protective equipment) must be mandatory, and every worker should be required to wear appropriate boots and clothing for each individual assignment. Here’s a brief overview of several recent fall accidents and the types of injuries our clients often sustain due to construction site slips, trips, and falls. Other topics addressed include OSHA fall guidelines and the role that negligence
What is the liability for trench collapse accidents at construction sites and who can be held responsible?
The year 2022 proved unusually catastrophic for trench workers on American construction sites. By late November, thirty-five deaths had already occurred. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) immediately shared this data with the public. That figure was twice as high as the previous year’s total of seventeen (17) trench-related fatalities. Contact our team at (212) 222-1111 for your free case evaluation. One industry publication has stated that 2022 may turn out to be the deadliest trench collapse year during the last decade. When construction site employees are seriously injured or lose their lives doing this type of work, our Queens trench accident law firm fights hard to win the maximum compensation available for the injured survivors. [table-of-content] Recent New York trench accidents still weigh heavily on all construction workers Like those occurring elsewhere in America, New York’s worst trench accidents often tend to occur in clusters. Back in
Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injuries Often Need Treatment for Sleep Disorders
Although serious head injuries occur in many ways, our firm often meets clients who have just survived a pedestrian accident, a major workplace fall, or a motor vehicle collision. Once we accept new cases, we fight hard to win each lawsuit so clients can afford all the medical care they require to heal, adjust and move forward with their lives. Experts suggest that somewhere between thirty percent (30%) to eighty-four percent (84%) of head injury patients develop sleep disorders after their accidents. Others place that figure just below fifty percent (50%). Unfortunately, many doctors forget to inform patients that they should carefully monitor their sleeping patterns. Once these new challenges are reported to doctors, prescribed care can help to correct them. The following material discusses common sleep difficulties, the subtle symptoms they can produce, and ways you may need to protect yourself as you seek treatment. [table-of-content] Four of the
EP 09 S 08: Can You Guess the TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) Jury Verdict or Settlement ?
A deep dive into recent NY verdicts & settlements for Traumatic Brain Injury lawsuits in premises liability, car accidents, construction accidents, and medical malpractice. We also discuss mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) and post concussive syndrome verdicts. Pick Your Favorite Channel: Apple Podcast | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS [table-of-content] Full Transcript Welcome to Trial Stories, an informative discussion of civil justice with a focus on the human story. I’m your host, Arkady Frekhtman, a New York City trial lawyer passionate about helping serious injury victims and their families. Hi everybody. This is Arkady Frekhtman and welcome. Our channel Today, we’re going to talk about traumatic brain injuries, and we’re going to look at verdicts. We did a similar video about spinal fusions in New York, and today we’re gonna look at recent New York verdicts and settlements for traumatic brain injury. All types of brain