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Ysemny Ramos, a 29-year-old pregnant woman was killed and another woman was seriously injured after a commercial van jumped the curb of a midtown Manhattan sidewalk and crashed into a building. According to this Associated Press news report, the car's driver was arrested. Charges against him are pending for this fatal car accident in Manhattan.

Earlier that same day a taxicab crashed into a pizzeria in the Upper West Side causing injuries to seven people. One person was critically injured in that auto accident in New York. Some children in the pizzeria suffered injuries after they were cut from flying glass. It is not yet known what caused this accident.

In these New York auto accidents, one person died and several were critically injured because of possible negligence on the part of the motorists. In the case where the commercial van hit the building, both the driver and his employer could be held liable for the death and injuries caused. In the case where the taxicab went into the building, if the accident is determined to be the driver's fault, both he and his employer could be held responsible for the accident and resulting injuries.

The injured victims and their families would be well-advised to contact an experienced New York City auto accident attorney who will go after the negligent parties in these cases and help the victims secure the compensation they deserve and need to take care of various expenses. Compensation in New York auto accident cases could cover medical bills, pain and suffering and loss of earnings. If you or a loved one has been seriously injured in a New York auto accident, please call Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro LLP for a free and comprehensive consultation.

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A vehicle breakdown led to a New York car accident that killed 71-year-old Christel Bieroth-Rock of Manhattan on the Saw Mill River Parkway on March 23, 2009. According to this article in The Journal News, Bieroth-Rock was waiting in her stalled 1992 Honda Civic after calling AAA for assistance when her car was rear-ended. The crash occurred minutes after the woman had called AAA, Westchester County police officials said. Bieroth-Rock's Civic had some type of mechanical malfunction. That roadway apparently did not have a shoulder, so Bieroth-Rock waited in her car, the news report said.

If you have been injured in an auto accident in New York because of someone else's negligence, you are entitled to compensation. Such negligence could involve driver error, inattention, alcohol/drugs, or a dangerous roadway. You could be compensated for medical expenses, cost of medication, hospitalization, future treatment, loss of wages, property loss or damage and other related expenses.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a New York auto accident, please contact New York's experienced car accident attorneys at Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro LLP to schedule your free consultation and case evaluation. We have successfully handled thousands of cases involving New York motor vehicle accidents. Our top New York personal injury lawyers have won millions in compensation for clients who were injured because of someone else's negligence. Our experienced lawyers have an excellent knowledge and understanding of New York's No-Fault Law as well as uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage issues. Call us today to find out more about your legal rights and options.

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A two-vehicle collision in Cayuga County injured several people recently when a driver went through a stop sign, reports CNYcentral.COM. According to the report, the car versus minivan accident injured all the occupants of the minivan, including head injuries sustained by the front passenger. The identity of the victims and those involved has not been released yet.

The car crash in New York happened in Auburn near the street intersection of Cross Street and Seymour Street when the car failed to stop at a stop sign and struck the minivan as it approached from Seymour Street, Auburn Police said. The minivan then rolled over on the impact of the collision. The passenger traveling in the front seat of the van was in a serious condition following the accident and was airlifted to an area hospital. The other occupants of the minivan were also treated for their injuries at area hospitals. The driver of the car reportedly refused any treatment and has been ticketed for the traffic offense.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that one in four of the approximately 40,000 fatalities that occur each year due to auto accidents nationwide, involve vehicles that overturn and land on their roofs.

The law firm of Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro LLP specializes in all types of New York motor vehicle accident cases including automobile rollovers and defective auto parts cases. We will aggressively pursue the negligent parties and recover compensation to help pay and reimburse victims for medical expenses, lost wages, future medical treatment, and other damages. Our skilled New York car collision attorneys take pride in representing and helping their clients. We will be happy to provide you with a free initial consultation and help you better understand the legal rights and options in your case.

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A man was killed in a New York City subway train accident the morning of March 17, 2009, according to a CBS News report. NYC Transit authorities are looking into how and why the wrongful death in New York occurred at the Lexington Avenue and 60th Street supway station. Officials are also looking into how the victim came to be on the tracks.

For millions of New Yorkers, the subway is the primary mode of transportation. We use it routinely to get to work, school and other destinations. Unfortunately, we hear about fatal accidents and minor slip and fall accidents in New York on the subway, either because of poor conditions in the subway or because of a train operator's negligence. Sometimes, proper warning signs are not posted to warn subway riders about the dangers that could cause them to get seriously injured or killed.

In New York, the Transit Authority is responsible for maintaining the subway system and can be held liable for any injuries caused to subway riders. If you have been seriously injured, or if you have lost a loved one as a result of a subway accident, please contact an experienced New York subway accident attorney at Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro LLP to find out more about your options and legal rights. You may be entitled to monetary compensation to pay for medical expenses, pain, suffering, loss of earnings and other damages. We will fight for you rights and make sure that you receive the justice and compensation you are entitled to. Call us today for a free consultation and evaluation of your case.

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Two workers, who were hired to paint the Queens and Bronx bridge towers, were injured after a large overhead sign fell on to the roadway. According to this news report, the sign and metal support system feel after it was struck by a truck near the Queens side of the Whitestone Bridge. According to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials, the two contract workers were in the truck at the time of the construction accident in Queens.

Every year, thousands of workers are killed or seriously injured on the job. New York workers compensation laws are designed to make sure that workers who are injured, disabled, or killed on the job receive compensation for their monetary losses. These laws also provide workers compensation benefits for the families and dependents of those workers who are killed because of work-related injuries or illnesses.

Workers compensation benefits are in place to help employees who are injured on the job. But they are usually not sufficient to fully compensate injured workers for all damages sustained as a result of their work-related injuries. These benefits are definitely not enough to compensate a family for the loss of their primary breadwinner, much less the loss of a beloved family member.

If you or a loved one has suffered serious injuries on the job, please contact New York's top work accident injury lawyers to find out more about your legal rights and options. We will look at all the aspects of your case. If you are a contractor or subcontractor, we will look into all the parties that were involved. The knowledgeable and experienced New York personal injury attorneys at Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro LLC will make sure that you are fairly compensated for your injuries and losses.

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Suffolk County police officials are looking for a hit-and-run driver who they say struck and injured a female pedestrian as she was attempting to cross Sunrise Highway in East Islip, according to this ABC news report. The New York pedestrian accident victim was identified as 25-year-old Heather DiFede. Authorities said the driver did not stop and fled the scene. They are also looking for a vehicle that may have sustained front-end damage.

Leaving the scene of an accident is a crime in New York. If you have been involved in an auto accident, the law requires you to stop and exchange information with the other parties involved. If someone has been seriously injured in the accident, you are required to stop and help, if you are able to do so safely. The law requires every motorist involved in an auto accident in NY to stop at the scene of the accident – whether or not the accident was their fault. If the accident was not their fault and they left the scene of the accident, they could still face criminal hit-and-run charges.

Each day in the United State and in New York, innocent pedestrians are injured because of negligent motor vehicle drivers. Pedestrian accidents can result in devastating injuries such as brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, lifelong disabilities or even death. Injured victims and their families are faced with mounting medical bills and loss of wages.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a New York pedestrian accident, please call a top New York auto accident attorney at Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro LLP. for a free consultation. Please do not sign anything, agree to a settlement or discuss your case with anyone before you have contacted a knowledgeable and experienced Suffolk County personal injury attorney.

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A suspected drunken driver injured a group of people when his speeding vehicle jumped a curb near the street intersection of Steinway Street and Northern Boulevard. According to a news report in the Daily News, 24-year-old Renis Kuci was driving a BMW near the El Noa Noa discotheque in Astoria when he hit the curb.

The Queens car accident happened when the BMW went out-of-control running down a group of people who had just stepped out of the discotheque, crashing into a FDNY call box and coming to a stop against a concrete wall. Police arrested Kuci, a Woodhaven resident, on charges of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, refusing to take a Breathalyzer test and reckless driving. Kuci hit a total of six people in the New York auto accident. Their injuries have been described as not life-threatening and ranging from gashes, bruises and broken bones, she said.

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A woman, who died in a recent automobile accident on the New Jersey Turnpike when the sport utility vehicle she was in got struck by a big rig, has been identified as 68-year-old Ruby Riggins. According to this report, Riggins, a Brooklyn resident, was a passenger in the SUV that was being driven by Mellie Riggins, 68, also of Brooklyn.

The tractor-trailer accident happened near the Exit 5 interchange when the truck that was trying to make a right turn and drive across the lanes of the highway to get to the exit ramp crashed into the SUV. Mellie Riggins had stopped the SUV on the left shoulder when the tractor-trailer driver, Christian Campagna, 28, of Sicklerville, slammed right into the vehicle, officials said. The impact overturned the truck spilling its load onto the highway causing the southbound side of the turnpike to be closed. Ruby Riggins died at the scene of the auto accident while Campagna and Mellie Riggins suffered injuries.

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A 44-year-old man suffered serious injuries after he was pinned under a tractor-trailer that became disabled on the Long Island railroad tracks. The man was then struck by a locomotive at the Long Island City grade crossing, according to this report in New York Newsday. Officials said the Long Island train accident occurred as the man tried to help free a tractor-trailer that had become stuck on the railroad grade crossing as a train approached. The man was trying to lift the safety gate but the locomotive crashed into the truck pushing it more than 30 feet along the tracks. The injured victim was transported to the hospital.

In most serious injury cases, be it an auto accident in New York or a train accident in Long Island, it costs the injured victim and his or her family a lot of money to pay for medical costs and related expenses. Many victims also take a heavy loss because of lost income. It could take these victims weeks or months to completely recover from their injuries and return to a normal life. If an accident was not your fault or was caused by someone else’s negligence, it is in your best interest to retain the services of an experienced Long Island personal injury attorney who will help protect your rights and secure fair compensation for the injuries, damages and loss suffered.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a New York auto accident or train accident, please contact a knowledgeable and skilled New York auto accident lawyer at Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro, LLP for a free consultation and case evaluation. Call us today to get more information about your legal rights and options.

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The family of Charla Nash, a woman who was attacked and seriously injured by a chimpanzee, is seeking $50 million in damages against the chimp's owner, Sandra Herold, saying she was negligent and reckless. According to this CBS news report, the lawsuit states that Herold knew the 200-pound chimp was agitated when she asked Nash to come to her house on Feb. 16.

The 55-year-old Nash lost her hands, nose, lips and eyelids during the horrific mauling, which lasted about 12 minutes. The attack crushed several bones in her body. Nash may have also suffered brain damage and permanent loss of vision, the suit states. Doctors are looking into the possibility of a face transplant. The chimp was shot and killed by police.

If you or someone you love has been serious injured as a result of someone else's negligence – be it in an auto accident in New York or as a result of a dog or animal attack – you deserve to be compensated for your injuries, damages and loss.

Authorities are still thinking about whether to file criminal charges against Herold. The chimp had apparently bitten two other people before – once in 1996 and another time in 1998. Herold was also warned by a former animal control officer in 2003 that her pet's behavior was cause for concern.

It is critical that you consult with an knowledgeable and experienced New York personal injury attorney, who will remain on your side and fight for your legal rights. Please call Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro LLP. to find out how we can help protect and uphold your rights.

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The Piedmont Medical Center has been instructed recently by a York County jury to pay damages due to hospital negligence amounting to over $4 million to a South Carolina couple, The Charlotte Observer reported in an article. The couple, Robin and Brice Wilson, had lost their infant daughter during her birth due to a brain injury.

Sierra Wilson had been born in 2003 at the hospital but lack of oxygen caused her to suffer a critical brain injury and she died of complications from cerebral palsy within a few months, the article said. The Wilsons had stated in their lawsuit that the hospital failed to note the child needed emergency intervention because a nurse trainee assigned to the expectant mother misread fetal heart monitoring data. Hospital officials reportedly defended their actions in the care that had been provided to the Wilsons and are now evaluating their legal options.

Unfortunately birth injuries caused by medical negligence are extremely common in the United States. Medical facilities of all types, small, large and well established are all, for a variety of reasons, prone to causing injury accidents and fatalities due to misdiagnoses, failure to diagnose or not taking immediate and corrective measures. It is estimated that in New York alone more than 3% of those admitted to hospitals will be seriously injured because of negligence of some type.

The New York Hospital Negligence Lawyers at Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro, L.L.P specialize in assisting victims who believe they have been seriously injured or families who have lost a loved one because of negligence on the part of a medical facility. Our New York Medical Malpractice attorneys are assigned only a specific number of cases so they can focus on best serving our clients. If you’d like to better understand your legal rights and options in your hospital negligence or birth injury case, please contact our office and we’ll be happy to set up a comprehensive initial consultation for you, at no charge.

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Anthony Paino, a 28-year-old Staten Island man, was killed in a Manhattan construction accident after he fell from the 10th floor of a hotel under construction on Park Avenue South. According to this news report in the New York Times, Paino fell from a plywood mold used for poured concrete columns and landed on top of the sidewalk shed of an adjacent building. Authorities say Paino was not wearing a required harness that is used to tether workers to the buildings and prevent such falls.

Paino apparently worked for L.M.C. Specialties, a steel subcontractor that was placing reinforcement bars to be covered by concrete. He was supposed to have been working on a column at the edge of the building inside protective guardrails. But officials say they don't know what happened and how Paino fell to his death. This is the second fatal New York City construction site accident this year.

Every year many workers are killed or catastrophically injured while working on scaffolding. This occurs although there are many state and federal regulations, as well as industry standards that require owners, contractors and subcontractors to implement a variety of safety measures. Injured workers or their families would be entitled to New York workers compensation benefits, but these benefits are inadequate and often don't compensate injured workers for all damages caused by their NY work-related accident.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a New York construction accident, please call an experienced New York construction accident injury attorney at Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro LLP. for a free consultation and case evaluation. Our New York scaffolding injury lawyers have extensive experience in all types of construction site accidents.

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A two-vehicle accident near Westampton has killed 61-year-old Johnnie Dixon, a Willingboro resident and proved to be the third motor vehicle related fatality crash of 2009 to occur in Burlington County. According to a recent news report in the Burlington County Times, the Burlington tractor-trailer accident happened on Woodlane Road in icy conditions when the area was under heavy fog.

Dixon was driving his Toyota Avalon on Woodlane Road when a tractor-trailer that was driven by Phillip Hoang, a Westminster, Calif. resident, made a turn on to Woodlane Road from Stemmers Lane. The Toyota went into the trailer section of the truck and became partially lodged under it, the report said. Dixon died at the scene of the NY car versus big rig collision. The truck is said to be owned by California-based trucking company TSJ Transportation.

Based on this news report, the New York auto accident is still being investigated and no charges have been filed yet. However, officials say limited visibility and road conditions may have caused the crash. It is estimated that big rigs and trucks cause one accident every 16 minutes in the United States. Of course, the size and weight of these tractor trailers have a devastating effect on smaller passenger vehicles leaving occupants with serious internal injuries that include internal bleeding, head trauma and broken bones.

At Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro, our experienced New York personal injury attorneys will delve into your case to determine if there was negligence involved and who or what could be held responsible for your automobile accident and injuries. As the injured party, you deserve to be compensated for your medical expenses, loss of wages and suffering.

Call our New York car collision attorneys to discuss your case today.

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A scaffold collapse in New York has put a construction worker in hospital with serious injuries to his leg, reports the New York Post in a recent story. The incident happened at the site near the New York Public Library as the scaffold came down on a rooftop trapping the victim under rubble.

According to authorities, the on-the-job injury accident was set off by a bucket filled with construction material that fell from a hoist and crashed into the scaffold that was on top of the building located at 12 E. 42nd Street. The construction work and the scaffold were part of a masonry renovation project, the news report said.

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The man who was hit and killed in a NY car versus pedestrian accident near Park Avenue recently has been identified as 31-year-old Jason Partridge. According to a news report from Newsday.Com, Partridge, a Brentwood resident, was struck by a 2004 Honda as he was crossing Suffolk Avenue.

Apparently, the driver of the Honda, Gloria Layedra-Aguas, 19, was headed east on Suffolk Avenue and was in the left lane when she hit Partridge, who was crossing the street from the north to the south, the article said. Partridge died at the scene while Layedra-Aguas, who had suffered injuries to her hand, was taken to an area hospital for treatment. Her car has been impounded for a safety check and the pedestrian accident in Suffolk County is under investigation.

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