Category Archives: Personal Injury
College Student Dies in Long Island Car Accident
A college student from Long Island died recently when a vehicle struck her in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where she was attending classes at Sacred Heart University. The 20-year-old woman was reportedly crossing the street behind another person in late August when the accident occurred. Police say the driver had swerved to avoid hitting the other pedestrian… Read More »
Authorities Examine Long Island Nursing Home After Multiple Deaths
The recent death of a 71-year-old grandmother has officials looking into practices at a Long Island nursing home. Sandra Cunha died on July 20, just weeks after nine employees of the Medford Multicare Center were arraigned on charges of abuse and neglect, as well as falsifying documents related to another resident’s death in 2012. Medford… Read More »
New York Construction Accident Sends Two Workers to Hospital
Two construction workers were trapped recently when the trench they were working in at a Rye, New York home collapsed. They were buried chest-deep in dirt for 90 minutes before rescue workers were able to free them. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Labor, has launched an investigation… Read More »
Drunk Driver Causes Two Car Accidents in Long Island
A drunk driver was arrested recently after crashing her car, leading police to discover that she had also just fled the scene of another accident. Because there was a six-year-old passenger in the vehicle, the driver, Bianca Flores, 25, faces additional charges related to the endangerment of a child. No one was injured in either… Read More »
What is Loss of Consortium?
In the typical marital relationship, two people so closely entwine their affairs that they become like one person. Therefore, it is fair to assume that a serious injury to one spouse would also have a very real and direct impact on the other spouse, even if he or she suffered no physical injury. For that… Read More »
What if You Were Partially at Fault?
The responsibility for accidents and the resulting injuries often does not fall on a single person, or even a single organization. It is common for numerous parties to have contributed to the occurrence, and sometimes those parties can include the injured person. Many people assume that they cannot recover compensation if their own actions influenced… Read More »
Who is Responsible for an Unsafe Property
It is easy to assume that the owner is responsible for an unsafe property condition that leads to injury. In many instances, it may be that simple. However, the truth may be different under some circumstances. It all depends on a variety of factors including the use of the property, the type of injury and… Read More »
Common Causes of Truck Accidents
As a geographically large nation with many regional industries, truck transportation has become an essential part of our national infrastructure. But because of their size and power, tractor-trailers also pose a serious danger to other motorists when drivers and transportation companies fail to operate their vehicles in a reasonably safe manner. When this results in… Read More »
Why Just Paying That Traffic Ticket After an Accident Could Be a Mistake
If you were issued a traffic citation stemming from a car accident in which you were also injured, you may be tempted to pay the ticket to save yourself some trouble. After all, between your recovery, your medical bills and making ends meet while you are out of work, you have quite a bit on… Read More »
Dangerous Human Factor: Fatigue
It could be the pilot of your airplane, a bus driver or a trucker — or it could be you. People who operate vehicles while fatigued are dangerous. In August, 2013, an early morning Federal Express cargo flight from Kentucky to Alabama crashed about a mile from its intended runway. The two pilots were killed… Read More »