Car Accidents

• Suffolk County parents found not negligent for 7 year-old child's trampoline injury
  Dec 11, 2009

  Following a liability trial, a Suffolk County jury found that a pair of parents from Hauppauge were not liable for the personal injuries (including a broken ankle) sustained by a 7 year-old child who fell off of the trampoline that they had set up in their backyard. Although the child's attorney correctly pointed out that the defendants had failed to heed the manufacturer's instructions which indicated that it was unsafe to have 4 children using the trampoline at one time, the jury nevertheless found credible the defendants' contention that they were unaware of this warning on the product, and therefore found the defendants were not negligent. - 1 - 10

• Relying on NY's "Pothole Law," Appeals Court Dismisses Negligence Case Against City
  Nov 18, 2009

  In this case which just came down on November 10, the plaintiff sustained personal injuries when she stepped into a pothole in the street immediately adjacent to sidewalk construction. As a result, the plaintiff sued the City of New York, as well as the owner of the property fronting the construction area, which turned out to be a co-op. Ultimately, the Court granted the City's motion, and dismissed the case as against them pursuant to Administrative Code §7-210, a/k/a New York's "Pothole Law,"  because the plaintiff could not prove that the City had prior notice of the defect. On the other hand, the Appellate Court did not uphold the dismissal of the claims against the co-op because the Court felt that the co-op failed to meet its burden of proof in demonstrating that the individual shareholders did not have responsibility, or liability, for the defective area, nor did the co-op submit any evidence that it had nothing to do with authorizing the construction. - 2 - 10

• Out of Control Taxi Crashes Into Upper West Side Subway Station
  Aug 18, 2009

  Earlier today, a yellow taxicab jumped the curb and crashed immediately outside the New York City Transit Authority's subway station on Manhattan's Upper West Side at the corner of West 72nd Street and Broadway. Three people apparently suffered personal injuries as a result of this accident, and police are still investigating the cause of this automobile accident. - 3 - 10

• Jury Awards $12 Million To Worker Who Fell From Elevated Subway Track
  Jul 23, 2009

  Recently, a Brooklyn jury found that the New York City Transit Authority was negligent, and therefore responsible for the serious personal injuries sustained by George Nunez, because they failed to tell him that they had removed the supporting bolts on the walkway where he was directed to go, and that he therefore needed to engage a safety harness. As a result of his fall from the elevated subway walkway, Mr. Nunez sustained numerous fractures, including to his pelvis, writs and face, and, according to Mr. Nunez, he sustained a traumatic brain injury, which left him with cognitive deficits.

   

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  Jul 12, 2009

  Last week, two people sustained personal injuries as the result of a two-car accident along Jericho Turnpike near its intersection with Denton Avenue in Garden City, Long Island. The two injury victims were taken from the accident sceene via ambulance to Winthrop-University Hospital. - 5 - 10

• Fire By Throgs Neck Bridge Leads to Lane Closures
  Jul 11, 2009

  On Friday, July 10, 2009, traffic along the Throgs Neck Bridge was brought to a standstill due to a serious fire that occurred just beneath the bridge. - 6 - 10

• Two-car Collision Leaves Central Islip Woman Injured
  Jul 11, 2009

  Yesterday, Newsday reported that a woman from Central Islip suffered personal injuries when another car, whose driver was apparently intoxicated, came into contact with her vehicle in Bayshore, Long Island. - 7 - 10

• Two-Car Head-On Car Crash in Rockville Centre Leaves 3 Injured
  Jul 10, 2009

  On July 9, there was a head-on collision between two cars at the intersection of Cleveland and Lincoln Avenues in Rockville Centre in Nassau County. Unfortunately, 3 people needed to be evacuated from the scene via ambulance. - 8 - 10

• $1.5 Million Awarded to Home Depot Customer
  Jul 01, 2009

  Recently, a jury awarded $1.5 million in damages for the personal injuries sustained by a man who was shopping in Home Depot. Apparently, the customer sustained injuries to his neck and spine, including herniated discs that requried surgery, when a stack of plywood fell off of a forklift and into the plaintiff.

  
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• Jury Awards $225,000 to Woman Injured When Car Crashed Into Wall of Her Bronx House
  Jun 18, 2009

  Following a trial at which the plaintiff testified that she suffered serious personal injuries, including a tear in her shoulder, as well as a herniated disc when the defendant's car crashed through the bedroom wall of her house in Bronx County, New York, the jury concluded that the defendant had been negligent in the manner in which she drove her car, and did not accept the defendant's assertion that her car was defective, and had - without warning - malfunctioned.  Although the jury awarded the plaintiff $225,000 in damages, the parties agreed to settle the case for $100,000. - 10 - 10