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Construction Accidents with Saws on the Rise

Morgan Levine has recently beed contacted on several construction site accidents involving many different types of saws.  Most of these saws do not have guards attached while others have the wrong type of blade being used.   The injuries sustained in these accidents usually include the loss of a finger or toe. We have seen

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Construction Worker Hires Morgan Levine in Trip and Fall Accident

A Bronx construction worker hired Morgan Levine this week to fight for his rights in a trip and fall accident.  Morgan Levine is now representing over 75 construction workers injured over the last six months. This most recent accident involved a construction worker who slipped and fell on oil as he was digging a trench

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SUV Kills Woman Blocks From Her Queens Home

A 22-year-old woman died late last night after an SUV struck her about six blocks from her home. The car accident happened near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.   Juliana Busto, of 46th Street, was trying to walk across Laurel Hill Boulevard inside the crosswalk at 47th Street when the westbound 2002 Chevy Avalanche struck her about

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Speeding remains a big problem in NYC

Readers of this blog may recall that we wrote about a crash earlier this month that left three people dead. A young couple was heading to the hospital when their livery car was hit by another vehicle in Brooklyn. Their unborn child was delivered but later died. It is believed that speed was a factor

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Another Pedestrian Killed and Long Island Driver Charged With DWI

Police have arrested a Long Island driver in connection with the death of a pedestrian. Suffolk County police say 59-year-old Thomas Vaughan, of Lake Grove, was driving the SUV near Lake Ronkonkoma early Sunday morning when he hit the pedestrian. Our law firm represents innocent victims in these and other types of car accident cases.  We

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Yonkers Police Car Involved in 6-Car Crash

Police in Yonkers are searching for the driver of a Mustang who was being chased by cops and involved in a six-vehicle car accident last night.  A K-9 officer was chasing the Mustang in Greenburgh when he T-boned a car, causing the chain-reaction car crash. One car was hit so hard that it ended up

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Construction Workers Injured in Brooklyn Building Collapse

Two construction workers were seriously injured when they were crushed under a collapsed building in Brooklyn.  The new building was being constructed in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn, where many clients of Morgan Levine currently live. Another four construction workers were injured in the accident which was caused by negligently placed plywood and heavy materials on

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8 People Injured in Multi-Vehicle Accident in Manhattan

Eight people were hurt in a car accident which involved several vehicles on the west side of Manahattan earlier today.  The car accident happened at the intersection of 11th Avenue and West 20th Street.  A truck and at least three cars were involved.  The police are investigating whether speeding was a contributing factor to this

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