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Car Accident Laws in Brooklyn

Car accidents in Brooklyn are a serious issue. In 2022, New York State saw about 400,000 car crashes. Over 100,000...
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Car Accident Laws in Brooklyn

Types of Car Accidents in Brooklyn

Car accidents in Brooklyn pose a serious threat to drivers and pedestrians alike. Each year, the borough reports about 10,311...
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Types of Car Accidents in Brooklyn

Filing a Car Accident Claim in Brooklyn

Filing a car accident claim in Brooklyn requires quick action and careful steps. After a crash, you must gather key...
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Filing a Car Accident Claim in Brooklyn

Steps to Take After a Car Accident in Brooklyn

Car accidents in Brooklyn can be scary and confusing. Knowing what to do right after a crash is vital. This...
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Steps to Take After a Car Accident in Brooklyn

Brooklyn Car Accident Statistics

Brooklyn leads New York City in car accidents. In 2021, the borough reported 32,788 crashes. This number makes up nearly...
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Brooklyn Car Accident Statistics

Compensation for Car Accident Victims in Brooklyn

Car accidents in Brooklyn can cause serious harm and financial stress. Victims often need help to cover medical bills, lost...
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Compensation for Car Accident Victims in Brooklyn

Dealing with Insurance Companies in Brooklyn

Insurance companies play a key role in Brooklyn's daily life. They protect drivers, homes, and businesses from financial loss. Yet,...
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Dealing with Insurance Companies in Brooklyn

Proving Liability in a Brooklyn Car Accident

Car accidents in Brooklyn can change lives in an instant. Proving who caused the crash is crucial for victims seeking...
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Proving Liability in a Brooklyn Car Accident

Hiring a Car Accident Lawyer in Brooklyn

Car accidents can turn lives upside down in seconds. Hiring a skilled lawyer after a crash in Brooklyn is crucial....
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Hiring a Car Accident Lawyer in Brooklyn

Brooklyn Car Accident Case Process

Car accidents in Brooklyn can be stressful and complex. This guide explains the process of handling a car accident case...
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Brooklyn Car Accident Case Process

Car Accident Settlement Process in Brooklyn

Car accidents in Brooklyn can lead to complex legal processes. The settlement journey often takes months or even years. This...
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Car Accident Settlement Process in Brooklyn

Brooklyn No-Fault Insurance Explained

Brooklyn's no-fault insurance system protects drivers and passengers in car accidents. This system pays for medical costs and lost wages...
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Brooklyn No-Fault Insurance Explained

Car Accident Evidence Gathering in Brooklyn

Car accidents in Brooklyn require careful evidence gathering. This process helps determine fault and supports insurance claims. Key evidence includes...
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Car Accident Evidence Gathering in Brooklyn

Types of Car Accidents in Brooklyn

Car accidents in Brooklyn pose a serious threat to drivers and pedestrians alike. Each year, the borough reports about 10,311...
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Types of Car Accidents in Brooklyn

Statute of Limitations for Brooklyn Car Accidents

Car accidents in Brooklyn can lead to legal claims. These claims have time limits, known as statutes of limitations. New...
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Statute of Limitations for Brooklyn Car Accidents

Understanding Damages in Personal Injury Lawsuits

Understanding Damages in Personal Injury Lawsuits Key Takeaways: Pre-trial discovery is crucial for revealing the full value of your case...
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Understanding Damages in Personal Injury Lawsuits

The Essential Steps to Take after a Car Accident In Brooklyn

Although most people are coping with a bit of shock and fear after a Brooklyn vehicle accident, they often remember...
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The Essential Steps to Take after a Car Accident In Brooklyn

Recent New York Personal Injury Verdicts

Key Takeaways 1. Recent verdicts and settlements in New York demonstrate a range of outcomes, from multi-million dollar awards to...
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Recent New York Personal Injury Verdicts

Legal Rights After a Truck Accident in the Bronx

Getting into a truck collision can turn your life upside down. It often leaves you with injuries, bills to pay,...
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Legal Rights After a Truck Accident in the Bronx

Impact of Weather on Truck Accidents in the Bronx

Driving in the Bronx can be tricky, especially when weather throws a curveball. From heavy snowfall to unexpected rainstorms, drivers...
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Impact of Weather on Truck Accidents in the Bronx

NYC Burn Injury Lawyer Discusses New Treatments for Burn Injuries

New Treatments for Burn Injuries Many Americans suffer serious burn injuries each day when they become trapped in industrial fires, workplace accidents, and major truck and car collisions explain an NYC burn injury lawyer at the Frekhtman & Associates accident law firm in New York. Others incur severe burns when caught in residential fires – or when accidentally touching a hot surface or scalded by hot water. Each year, over 485,000 burn injuries are reported that require some form of medical treatment and approximately 40,000 of them lead to hospitalization. Even common medical treatments and commercial services can cause burns. Technicians using...

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EP 09 S 06: What Should I Do If I Was In A Construction Accident

Trial Stories Podcast

What Should I Do If I Was In A Construction Accident, we break it all down in this episode [buzzsprout episode='10021759' player='true'] Pick Your Favorite Channel: Apple Podcast | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Full Transcript Hi everybody. This is attorney Arkady Frekhtman in New York City, personal injury trial attorney. Today I'm asking an FAQ and that is, what should I do if I was involved in a construction accident? I think the best way to answer this question is to talk about what you should do on the day of the incident. Let's say you had a construction accident, you fell...

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Motorcycle Accident In New York City Often Leads To Road Rash And Skin Infections

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Daily accidents cause countless bicyclists, skateboarders, runners, pedestrians, and passengers ejected from vehicles to develop different levels of road rash. However, motorcyclists traveling at moderate to high speeds are usually the ones who suffer the most damaging and painful forms of this type of skin abrasion or “friction burn.” Stated simply, road rash develops when a person’s skin rubs hard against rough surfaces like asphalt, gravel, or glass – creating possible cuts and abrasions. Although most cases result in minor harm, it’s wise to have a doctor evaluate accident-related road rash since a serious infection might still develop, increasing the need...

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EP 08 S 06: How Bankruptcy Can Affect Your Personal Injury Lawsuit

Trial Stories Podcast

In this episode, we discover how bankruptcy can affect your personal injury lawsuit. [buzzsprout episode='9926304' player='true'] Pick Your Favorite Channel: Apple Podcast | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Full Transcript Hi, good morning. My name is Arkady Frekhtman. I'm a personal injury lawyer here in New York City. Today I wanted to talk about how bankruptcy could affect your personal injury case. And this is either a bankruptcy of the plaintiff, the injured person who's suing, or the defendant, the person you are suing. Either one can become bankrupt. And what bankruptcy does is usually involves three different issues. Number one, the bankruptcy...

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Trench Collapse Accidents Can Cause Many Serious And Fatal Injuries

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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...

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EP 07 S 06: Burn Injury Attorneys Discuss Fire in Bronx Apartment Building

Trial Stories Podcast

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 [buzzsprout episode='9868456' player='true'] 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,...

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EP 06 S 06: Truck Accident Lawyer reacts to Aguilera-Mederos 110 Years

Trial Stories Podcast

110 years for the truck driver? What do you think? [buzzsprout episode='9797543' player='true'] 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...

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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Can Provoke Traumatic Brain Injuries

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Every year, too many New Yorkers discover that carbon monoxide poisoning can cause traumatic brain injuries. 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...

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EP 05 S 06: Slip & Fall Premises Liability – Do You Have A Case Series

Trial Stories Podcast

Today we're talking about slips, trips, and falls specifically due to weather. So do you have a case? [buzzsprout episode='9731067' player='true'] 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...

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How To React In Case Of Electric Skateboard Or Electric Scooter Accident In NYC

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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...

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