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Trench Collapse Accidents Can Cause Many Serious And Fatal Injuries
Workers who dig in trenches are uniquely vulnerable to the safety standards adopted by their employers. Unfortunately, given the serious dangers involved with this work, poorly trained and newer employees are often ordered to dig trenches that should be assigned to more experienced workers. Every year, roughly two dozen workers lose their lives due to collapsing trenches. Before addressing this topic further, it’s important to distinguish between excavations and trenches. Stated simply, excavations tend to only involve ground “cavities” or openings made by workers while trenches involve digging deep holes in the ground that can be up to 15 feet wide. Great care must be taken while a trench is being dug since a single cubic yard of soil can weigh as much as a car. As one government publication notes, special safety precautions must be taken before workers can work in any trench so that it won’t become an
EP 07 S 06: Burn Injury Attorneys Discuss Fire in Bronx Apartment Building
At least 17 people, including eight children, are dead after a five-alarm fire in a residential high-rise building in the Bronx on Sunday, Was It Preventable? Investment Portfolio v. People’s Lives Pick Your Favorite Channel: Apple Podcast | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Full Transcript Good morning, everyone. This is Arkady Frekhtman, a New York personal injury trial attorney coming to you on Monday, January 10th. And recently this past weekend in New York City, we had a tragedy, a fire in the Bronx claimed 19 lives, including nine children with 60 people injured. And as an attorney, sometimes I’m always curious, well, what caused the fire? Even though obviously the first question is what are we going to do for the survivors? How are we going to make them safe? They started temporary housing, I think across the street at a public school and they’re starting
EP 06 S 06: Truck Accident Lawyer reacts to Aguilera-Mederos 110 Years
110 years for the truck driver? What do you think? Pick Your Favorite Channel: Apple Podcast | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Full Transcript Hi everyone. This is attorney Arkady Frekhtman and today I’m reacting to the Aguilera-Mederos sentencing of 110 years. Is that really proper? A lot of people, over four and a half million people, have signed a petition for clemency saying that it’s improper to sentence this truck driver to 110 years in prison. Other people, the people on both sides of the issue, some people say that he should be punished because he was going super fast, he never slowed down. He had runaway ramps, which are like these ramps going up in Colorado, in the hill country, where he could have just steered the vehicle to the right, gone up the ramp, and avoided any kind of crash. But this is a
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Can Provoke Traumatic Brain Injuries
Every year, too many New Yorkers discover that carbon monoxide poisoning can cause traumatic brain injuries, a pattern our NYC traumatic brain injury attorneys see across cases that have nothing to do with a car crash or a fall. Unfortunately, this type of damage usually occurs before people realize the dangerous level of their exposure. Once a carbon monoxide alarm goes off at work or at home, you must immediately seek out fresh air, while also helping everyone else escape. About 450 Americans die of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning each year, and another 50,000 visit emergency rooms seeking treatment due to their exposure. What follows is a closer look at many of the risky causes of CO poisoning and traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), common symptoms and potential long-term harm, treatment options, and other key facts. What exactly is carbon monoxide? This is a type of gas produced during the burning
EP 05 S 06: Slip & Fall Premises Liability – Do You Have A Case Series
Today we’re talking about slips, trips, and falls specifically due to weather. So do you have a case? Pick Your Favorite Channel: Apple Podcast | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Full Transcript Hi everyone. This is attorney Arkadi Frekhtman from New York City. And today we’re talking about slips, trips, and falls specifically due to weather. The weather has gotten colder. It’s 40 degrees in New York now, and a lot of people may be falling in the coming weeks due to rain, snow, ice, and other weather conditions. So which weather condition is a plaintiff allowed to sue and recover money for? And which weather conditions are just not legally actionable, where you cannot get anything? Well, I think an important distinction really depends on where the incident happens and how it happens. So for example, if someone falls due to ice, if the ice shouldn’t
How To React In Case Of Electric Skateboard Or Electric Scooter Accident In NYC
During recent years, nearly everyone in New York City has seen someone race by while riding an e-scooter or an electric skateboard. While these devices may look like they are fun to ride, too many people are being seriously injured or killed due to their careless usage. As the accidents referenced below indicate, new legislation is needed to help better regulate these odd forms of transportation that are making our streets far too dangerous. Unfortunately, balance is not an easy skill to teach to some people. This is especially true when riders must maintain balance on a small device while often passing pedestrians, bicyclists, cars, trucks, motorcycles, and others outdoors. One of the saddest and most unjustifiable e-scooter accidents took place on June 4, 2021. On that day, a careless e-scooter rider directly hit and caused the death of the highly regarded actress Lisa Banes. According to The New York