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New Mandatory Safety Guidelines For Recent Construction Projects In New York City?
Although new construction projects in New York City nearly ground to a halt due to the pandemic in 2020, new signs of growth have begun to appear in late 2021. In addition to the construction going on at Lenox Hill Hospital on the Upper East Side, there are also many new home developments taking shape in the Hell’s Kitchen part of town. In fact, other major construction projects are planned for downtown Brooklyn on Tillary Street and in East Harlem. Yet despite these new signs of construction, all owners and project managers must still abide by COVID-19 restrictions and do all they can to help workers avoid incurring the types of construction accident injuries referenced below. Fortunately, when serious accidents do occur, injured construction employees can often file both worker’s compensation claims and third-party lawsuits when their employers have violated OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) workplace standards. Here’s additional
EP08 S05: What are the RESERVES ? Win Max Settlements in Personal Injury
Insurance Reserves in Personal Injury Claims or Lawsuits & How to Win Max Settlements – Question Adjusters Hate Series Pick Your Favorite Channel: Apple Podcast | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Full Transcript: Hi, good afternoon. My name is Arkady Frekhtman and I’m an attorney at the F&A Injury Lawyers here in Brooklyn, New York. Hi, everyone. We’re talking about what insurance adjusters hate. And one of the things insurance adjusters truly despise is when you ask them, what are the reserves? What are the reserves that you have set for this case? Most often they won’t even tell you. And what is a reserve? Well, a reserve is what they set aside as the highest possible number that they may need to take care of your claim. So if you get into, for example, a truck accident or any kind of car crash with a commercial
In Case Of Ceiling Collapse, Be Ready to Share All the Damage Details
All residential and business structures are subject to ceiling collapses. Even new buildings can suffer so much severe storm damage that hidden water leaks may eventually work their way down and contribute to excessive mold and ceiling collapses. Of course, tenants living in older buildings with poorly managed plumbing problems remain among the most likely to be injured by this type of premises liability injury. Once you notice a ceiling water spot or see any water pouring down or sliding down the walls, you must ask your apartment manager (or the owner) to immediately fix all related problems. [table-of-content] Keep regular records of all repair requests & keep them hidden in your apartment Given how common landlord repair delays have become – especially in larger apartment complexes and housing projects — it is wise to keep a written journal, documenting every date you have requested specific repairs Be sure
EP07 S05: TBI Lawyers discuss the Glascow Coma Scale – Traumatic Brain Injury Series
Traumatic Brain Injury Lawsuits & Glascow Coma Scale Scores Pick Your Favorite Channel: Apple Podcast | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Full Transcript: Hi, good afternoon. My name is Arkady Frekhtman and I’m an attorney at the F&A Injury Lawyers here in Brooklyn, New York. Today we’re talking about traumatic brain injuries and specifically how the defense lawyers and the insurance companies sometimes use the Glasgow Coma Scale to either dismiss an otherwise meritorious case of a true traumatic brain injury or to confuse the jury and to say that it’s not a brain injury when it really is. So, what is the Glasgow Coma Scale? It is a scale from one to 15 that was created in the 1970s in Glasgow, Scotland, and it was created in triage so that people who are at the scene and in an emergency, usually emergency technicians, could quickly assess
EP06 S05: Personal Injury Claim or Lawsuit? Question Adjusters Hate Series
Personal Injury Claim or Lawsuit? Question Adjusters Hate Series Pick Your Favorite Channel: Apple Podcast | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Full Transcript: Hi, good afternoon. My name is Arkady Frekhtman and I’m an attorney at the F&A Injury Lawyers here in Brooklyn, New York. Today I want to talk about the number one question that insurance adjusters hate. And there are actually a few different ones, but one of the top questions that insurance adjusters absolutely despise is, “What are your complete bodily injury limits?” And in New York, there’s actually a law, it’s insurance law 3420(f), and we put that code into all of our initial letters of representation that we send to the insurance carriers, notifying them that we are going to be representing a personal injury plaintiff. And the insurance company has to tell us their limits, especially if it’s a car crash
What To Do In Case Of Scooter Or Electric Bike Accidents In New York
Even before the pandemic, electric bikes (or e-bikes) and scooters had become very popular in New York and elsewhere around the country. Yet despite the reasonably short learning curve required to ride them safely, electric bike crashes and scooter accidents have become too frequent – and sometimes deadly. In fact, in June of 2021, the popular film and stage actor, Lisa Banes (age 65), died after an careless man on a scooter sped right through a red light before hitting her. She then died of her head injuries within 10 days. What made the accident even worse was that after this man hit Ms. Banes, he fled the scene. Fortunately, he was soon arrested and charged with leaving an accident scene that resulted in death – and failing to yield to a pedestrian. Sadly, the safer sidewalk pleasures many of us recall prior to 9/11 have all but disappeared. If