Bronx Personal Injury & Real Estate Blog

Q: Is fleeing from gunshots an excuse for causing a car accident?

Car accidents in the Bronx are a daily occurrence. New York City shootings, sadly, happen more often than they should. But when you combine a shooting and a car accident, you get a newsworthy event.
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When people think of a personal injury lawsuit, they may think of any number of situations-- like a car accident or a slip, trip, and fall accident-- where an ambulance arrived and Emergency Medical Technicians (“EMTs”) saved the victim’s life. Certainly no one thinks of an ambulance as an instrument of death. But it can be.
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Q: Will I get a more sympathetic jury in the Bronx, New York?

If you are suing New York City for personal injury or medical malpractice the Bronx is the borough in which to bring the suit.

While you can't always choose to start your lawsuit in the Bronx if your case has no connection to that county, Read more . . .

Q: Who’s responsible if a drunk driver hits and kills a pedestrian walking in the middle of the road?

When you’re in a car accident it's not uncommon for the front and side airbags to deploy...
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Q: Can an off-duty police officer face police misconduct charges?

Two police officers allegedly speeding through the streets of the Bronx, New York just before midnight sounds about normal. But for one pair of NYPD officers, it was anything but.

A rookie female NYPD officer was killed in a horrific single car accident in the early morning hours of Groundhog’s Day.
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Q: Who is responsible for patrons’ personal injuries or property damage after a car drives through a store-front?

There’s a new drive-thru pizzeria in the Bronx, New York. At least, that’s how it looked when the dust from the accident had settled.

On the first business day of 2017, Famous Pizza Express on Kappock Street in Riverdale underwent a drastic involuntary renovation.

Q: Is it possible to cause an accident, but also be a victim?

When a train accident occurs and leaves personal injury and wrongful death victims in its wake, people want answers and accountability. Very often, fingers initially point to the engineer when mechanical failures or track problems are apparently not involved.

But what if the engineer is merely another victim?

In December, 2013 a Metro North train took a turn at 82 miles per hour in a 30 mph zone, causing the train to fly off the tracks.

Q: Is a police officer’s shooting of an unarmed suspect ever justified?

Unfortunately, in New York City police brutality and police misconduct cases are not uncommon.

In fact on a national scope, tension between the police and the public has escalated over the past several years due in part to numerous high profile fatal interactions between the police and minority members of the public. This deterioration of relations has led in part to the rise of the Black Lives Matters and Blue Lives Matter movements.

Q: Can social media companies be held liable in personal injury and wrongful death actions resulting from terrorist acts?

In the years since ISIS has launched frequent global terrorist attacks, people all over the world live in fear of when the next event occur. Will it be in an airport or train station abroad, or a marathon or nightclub at home?

For the families of some victims killed in the Brussels airport and metro bombings, the Paris attack, and countless others events at home and abroad, the shock, grief, and disbelief turned to anger, frustration, and the need for justice and accountability.

That need for justice has led some survivors of the fallen to file a wrongful death actions against “online conglomerates” such as Twitter and others for a "allowing the rise of ISIS".
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When it comes to automobile accidents, sometimes even New York City firefighters and the “jaws of life” aren't enough to save victims’ lives.

What could've been a typical evening outing of four friends in the Bronx turned ugly when alcohol and speed reportedly entered the picture.

According to court papers and news reports, firefighters recently responded to a crash allegedly caused by a drunk driver veering into oncoming traffic.

Q: Are commercial trucks and their drivers subject to additional rules and regulations that don’t apply to cars and ordinary drivers?

If you’ve travelled through the Bronx, New York, you know that nothing is worse than the usual traffic on the George Washington Bridge--unless of course the bridge is closed as a result of a multiple-fatality trucking accident.

Such was the case two days after Christmas when a car, two big rigs, and a pick-up truck were involved in a chain reaction pile up that took three lives and injured five others at the George Washington Bridge.

In an accident too horrific to imagine, the pick-up truck was reportedly idling behind a stopped 18 wheel tractor trailer and was crushed when a second big rig barreled into its rear.