A horrible car accident in Brooklyn earlier today killed two expectant young Orthodox Jewish parents who were heading to the hospital for a routine checkup. Miraculously, the baby was rescued by an cesarean section. The other car involved in the accident was a BMW and both the driver and a passenger ran on foot from
A 6-year-old boy was struck and killed by a truck only one block from his school in East Harlem this morning. The crossing guard who was on duty at the time was taking a break, according to a law enforcement official. The young boy was walking to school with his 9-year-old brother and was crossing First
Most people in New York City step out of their homes and businesses assuming that they will have an uneventful walk to their next destination. However, new numbers from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign show that walking on New York City streets can be quite dangerous. Between 2009 and 2011, 451 pedestrians were killed in accidents
A worker died after falling through the floor at an apartment building construction site. The worker was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital. This construction site accident involved a worker who fell more than 15 feet to the basement below. A steel girder hit him in the head, causing his serious injuries. Under the Labor
A New York bus company, based out of Chinatown, has been cited for serious safety problems with their buses. State investigators have asked their Federal investigator counterparts to declare the bus company an “imminent hazard“, thereby closing the bus company. Notwithstanding this State and Federal exposure and pressure, the bus company named Fung Wah Bus
A young 28-year-old mother of a newborn baby died at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, prompting a lawsuit filed by the family. This incident, like many in hospitals, easily could have been avoided. 12 days after giving birth to a healthy baby girl, the mother Athena Natal died due to the doctor at Montefiore Hospital botching the
The reason New York City moves as well as it does on a day to day basis is due in large part to the sacrifices made by a small group men known in Union Circles as “SandHogs”. Every tunnel in New York, including the New York Subway system, Metro North, the Long Island Railroad, Path
Several of the most dangerous jobs, as highlighted in a new report, are the exact jobs many clients of Morgan Levine are injured in. Our firm represents many employees of the MTA and New York City Transity Authority, Sandhogs and Iron workers. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics new report says several of the most
Over the last year, there have been many injuries to union members performing construction work at the new World Trade Center site. Most of these union workers were members of Local 3, The Carpenter’s Union and Iron Workers. Many types of injuries have happened in several different ways. Some union members have fallen from scaffolds
A pedestrian walking on the sidewalk was killed by an SUV which jumped the curb and striking her as she left a store in Brooklyn yesterday. She was immediately taken to a local emergency room where she was pronounced dead. The pedestrian happened to be a very succesful New Yorker, having been an Emmy Award
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