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NYPD Vehicle Kills Innocent Pedestrian

Felix Coss, a Williamsburg resident was killed by a police van yesterday just blocks from his home. Police say that the 61-year-old was walking north across Broadway at Hooper Street around 4:30 p.m. when a marked police van traveling south on Hooper made a left turn onto Broadway, striking Coss. An NYPD spokesman confirmed that

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New York court awards work comp for psychic injury

Many people may assume that workers’ compensation benefits are available only to workers who suffer physical injuries during the course of their employment. However, benefits may also be available to those who suffer only mental harm. For example, a New York court of appeals recently ruled that a woman who suffered mental injuries after receiving

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MLD Files 4 Claims in Pedestrian Death Cases

The attorneys at Morgan Levine Dolan initiated four cases involving pedestrian death accidents involving cars.  Two cases have been filed against municipalities and the other two cases were filed against the drivers of the cars which caused the accidents. We filed a Notice of Claim against several entities including the Board of Education of the

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Six bystanders injured in New York crash

A New York man was recently arrested on drunk driving charges after reportedly racing another driver down Second Avenue in the East Village of Manhattan just prior to careening into a storefront, resulting in injuries to a half dozen people. This isn’t the man’s first brush with the law. Reports indicate he has previously been

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Negligent Supervision Alleged in Drowning of 16-Year-Old Boy

Jean Fritz Pierre was allowed to wander from his International High School classmates yesterday to swim in Hessian Lake.  Pierre died after diving into the lake about 3 p.m. Monday during the end-of-the-year class trip in the 90-degree heat. International High School in Prospect Heights has about 400 students.  The Board of Education will investigate

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Construction Worker Injured at JFK Airport Demolition Project

A construction worker has been injured during the demolition project at the now-vacant Terminal 3 at Kennedy International Airport. The worker was struck in the leg by falling debris earlier this morning. This type of construction accident falls under the protections of the New York Labor Law. This is the exact type of accident in

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New York woman awarded 4.1 million after slip-and-fall.

A New York woman is to receive upwards of $4 million after the jury awarded her slip and fall lawsuit. The 59-years-old woman brought the suit against her condominium’s management agent and contractor for failure to remove the snow that accumulated on her patio. The woman slipped and fell on the snow and ice on

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Construction Worker Injured in Queens in Trench

Earlier today, firefighters spent over two hours rescuing a construction worker from a 25-foot trench at a construction site in Queens.   The rescue operation at 119-02 in Kew Gardens was lengthy because the worker was stuck in a very small area. The 36-year-old construction worker, Marco Castellon, was working in the hole when it suddenly collapsed

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8 Hurt When Car Jumps Curb, Crashes into East Village Bodega

More than half a dozen people were injured, some of them seriously, after a car crashed into a bodega following a two-car accident in the East Village earlier this morning.  The cars crashed near Second Avenue and East Fourth Street around 7:30 a.m. The impact forced one of the vehicles off the road and it

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