NY Car Accident Alert: Heavy vehicles not safe enough in rollovers
NY Personal injury lawyers wrote about the dangers of rollover injury in car accidents, and showed you a video of one too. Consumer safety organizations are pressuring the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to demand safer rollover protection for larger vehicles. At present, the NHTSA requires that the roofs...
More Toyota Woes or Bogus Injury Claims?
We blogged about Toyota's gas pedal shortly after Toyota's January 21 recall announcement. As expected the numbers are pouring in. Recently, a NY woman claimed her Prius unexpectedly accelerated down a Westchester driveway, crossed the road, and smashed into a stone wall, crushing in the front body of the car. The Catch: the...
The Flip Side of A Wrongful Arrest
New York personal injury attorneys help injury victims get compensation for pain, suffering, and humiliation by others. Sometimes even NYPD police officers are at fault for making false arrests or using excessive force. But sometimes cops are the ones getting hurt while enforcing the law. And so, NY personal injury lawyer turns...
Snow Chunks on Roof Cause Ice Car Injury and Car Accident
Loyal readers may recall that we wrote about this issue in an October piece, Get the Ice Off Your Car, or Face New Jersey Law. But now that snow is coming down this January, top NY personal injury lawyers feel the message abut snow ice injury is well worth repeating. Before setting out on the...
Baby Car Seat Poses Dangerous Condition, Warns NY Personal Injury Lawyer
Consumer Reports issued a strong warning to parents to help them prevent a personal injury. The Message: Use infant car seats for their intended purposes and nothing else. Top NY personal injury attorneys have seen brain injury resulting from medical malpractice and car accidents. Indeed, child car seats help prevent New York...
Get the Ice Off Your Car, or Face New Jersey Law
Snow, ice, slush and freezing cold temperatures make New York driving a dangerous condition for even the most experienced driver. Now imagine the force of a solid, twenty pounds chunk of ice shooting off an oncoming truck along a highway and smashing through the glass of a car windshield or...
Wrongful Death While Waiting in Hospital Emergency Room
Personal injury victims, like New York car accident victims and pedestrians, often head straight to the hospital for urgent medical care. But many discover that Hospital Emergency Rooms can be traumatic and fatal places, especially for those who cannot get in. Take this story of a 58-year old man who died of a...
New Yorkers Beware :: SUV Rollovers Still Kill Thousands in Car Accidents
According to the NY Times, vehicle rollovers cause over 10,000 motor vehicle wrongful deaths and personal injuries in the USA every year. Rollovers occur most frequently with SUVs and pickup trucks, due their high center of gravity and reduced stability, relative to cars. New Yorkers must watch out, say NY injury lawyers, since...
$450,000 Compensation - Van Hits Pedestrian Crossing the Street
A dangerous-driving van struck an infant girl who was being brought across the street. She sustained an ankle fracture and other personal injuries from the motor vehicle accident. The girl's family sued the driver and recovered $450,000 in damages, marking another injury for Manhattan's leading personal injury attorneys. Read about more...
$625,000 for Motor Car Accident Victim Who Sustained Wrist Injury
Ever get hit in your car, while waiting at a red light? This victim was rear-ended in motor vehicle accident. The victim contacted New York's winning personal injury attorneys to recover from her injuries, including reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) in her right wrist. Motor vehicle accidents happen all the...
