Posts tagged accidents

• National Safe Boating Week—Avoid These Common Injuries

  Eric Chaffin | May 22, 2012 4:30 PM | 1 CommentNew York, NY Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I spent my childhood in West Virginia’s many natural and man made lakes and streams and enjoy boating on Long Island Sound and around New York City. Before launching my Grady White...

• Treacherous Taxicabs

  Alan Ripka | September 08, 2011 9:19 AM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Treacherous taxicabs cause accidents because of their reckless driving. Yellow cab drivers seem to believe that they have the right to break every rule of the road since they make a living...

• Pitching without a safety net: court rejects theory of inherent compulsion.

  Edward Nitkewicz | July 18, 2011 12:33 PM | 0 CommentsLong Island, NY Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  A college freshman pitching batting practice for the Clarkson University baseball team assumes the risk of injury when he does so without a protective L screen net, even when directed to do so by...

• Off Duty Philly Cop Crashes into PA State Police

  Paul Napoli | February 23, 2010 3:37 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  February 22, 2010 An off-duty police officer with the Philadelphia Police Department was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after crashing into the back of a trooper’s cruiser on I-95,...

• Four Tractor Trailers Collide on New Jersey Turnpike

  Paul Napoli | February 17, 2010 12:11 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  February 16, 2010 A chain reaction accident on the New Jersey Turnpike involved four tractor-trailers, a pickup and an SUV. The accident happened about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday morning in the...

• I-95 Accident Kills Four Philly Men

  Paul Napoli | October 06, 2009 2:36 PM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Four Philadelphia men were killed in an accident on I-95 about 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning. Police say an out of control Mitsubishi Lancer, driven by Michael Dougan, 29, slid under a tractor trailer,...

• Injured While Visiting or Staying in New York

  Alan Ripka | September 02, 2009 3:59 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  During holiday or business trips to New York, with many visitors and tourists enjoying what New York has to offer, many people are injured as a result of automobile and trip and fall accidents, as...

• Legal State Limit of $3m goes to Victim of Ohio Accident

  Paul Napoli | April 02, 2009 11:22 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The legal state limit for Ohio to award any one victim of an accident is $3 million dollars, and that is exactly what the victim’s are going to get from the fatal accident. The accident that...

• Texting, Phones, & Alcohol are the Roots of Teenage Driving Accidents

  Paul Napoli | February 26, 2009 1:55 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Texting and making phone calls while driving are now becoming quite close to overcoming the root of all teenage driving accidents. The fact of the matter is that teenage drivers have yet to fully...

• New Construction Safety Rules For New York City

  Chrissie Cole | February 03, 2009 6:26 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  New York City Buildings Commissioner, Robert LiMandri, unveiled a plan, including 40 new rules, intended to overhaul how high-rise construction and the City are regulated. The new recommendations...