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• Medical Malpractice - Untimely Failures to Diagnose

  Last month, in Adams v. Back, a New York appellate court affirmed a decision denying the defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment in a medical malpractice case. Juanita Adams, now deceased, had been a patient…

• Personal Injuries On School Grounds

  This past July, in Ramos v. City of New York, a court denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint in a case involving a minor who was assaulted by his own classmates on school…

• New York Accident News

  Slide and Fall Accident: A six year old slipped from a wet ladder rung while climbing the slide when it was wet and fractured her elbow.  Her elbow healed in a misaligned fashion and will…

• Recent News in New York State Personal Injury Claims

  Slip and Fall Injury: On June 30, 2009, an appellate court affirmed, with costs, a decision allowing a recovery for personal injuries arising out of a slip-and-fall.  Plaintiff Andrea Rodriguez slipped and fell in the…

• False Hospital Reporting

  The New York Times reports on the state of New York City hospitals and their record on reporting preventable mistakes, which was found to be the least dependable in the state. Although hospitals in the…

• Negligent Firefighter Death

  Two landlords from the Bronx were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide for two firefighters that died after leaping from the window of a building that was burning out of control. Illegal partitions had been…

• New York City Building Violations

  A fire broke out in a building in Lawrence, a part of Nassau County near JFK airport recently killing four people because of the lack of a fire escape in the building. Jeffrey Lichtman talks…

• Bronx Medical Malpractice

  A New York City man may finally see his day in court after waiting 11 years to have his medical malpractice case tried. Jeffrey Lichtman talks about Luis Berrios’ horrific ordeal with Our Lady Of…

• Wrongful Death Law

  Hwi Wu, a teacher of autistic children in Queens died last week when she was hit by a New York City bus after she slipped on the street. Senior partner Jeffrey Lichtman weighs in on…

• New Crane Regulations

  The New York City Buildings Department and their commissioner Robert LiMandri are implementing new rules to keep better track of crane parts to prevent further construction accidents from occurring. This is great news for construction…