Bronx Personal Injury & Real Estate Blog

Q: Do schools have a duty to provide protective gear to students in lab classes?

Holy Bunsen burner!

A Chemistry experiment allegedly demonstrating how an atom goes from ground state to excited state got a little bit too exciting in one all-girls Bronx Catholic high school recently--raising questions as to whether a personal injury lawsuit related to the mishap may be forthcoming.

When the Chemistry class experiment went awry on the day before Thanksgiving, four sophomores-- who were allegedly not wearing protective gear--were injured by the resulting "large fireball".

Reportedly, the students were taken to the hospital, "three with burns, the fourth with respiratory-related issues" after the flame in the experiment… which allegedly did not involve hazardous materials…"got too large".
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Q: Are all fatal pedestrian accidents automatically the fault of the driver?

When people hear about a fatal Bronx trucking accident involving a garbage truck and a pedestrian, they might assume the truck driver was at fault. After all, drivers are often guilty of distracted, aggressive, or impaired driving. And truck drivers are subjected to many additional safety regulations which might have been ignored.
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Q: Am I limited to “no-fault” insurance if I’m seriously injured in a car accident?

A "horrific" multi-vehicle Bronx car accident claimed the life of the 18-year old driver of one of the cars involved and reportedly critically injured his teenaged passenger.

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Q: Is a stun gun death a wrongful death?

Third time's a harm.

That's apparently the thinking behind a Bronx wrongful death lawsuit that a grieving sister says the family is bringing against the NYPD and the police officer who allegedly used a stun gun to subdue her brother, who then died from cardiac arrest.

It's common for personal injury or wrongful death cases stemming from altercations between civilians and police officers to result in allegations of police brutality or police misconduct.
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Q: Can a police officer sue for personal injuries?

Being a police officer can be a dangerous job, even when you pull duty working the Bronx Columbus Day parade.

Bronx motorcycle accidents happen all the time. An on-duty NYPD officer on a two- wheeler scooter was struck by a car as he was attempting to make a routine turn.

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Q: Can I sue for personal injuries if someone intentionally hurts me?

Some kids come home on Halloween with a load of candy. Others with a personal injury lawsuit.

Halloween can be frightening and dangerous at times.
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Q: Is choosing the most experienced doctor for my surgery the safest choice?

No one wants to have surgery. But when it’s necessary, most people seek out the best surgeon to handle their procedure. They ask friends for recommendations and read reviews in search of a specialist-- maybe even the head of the department. Surely that’s the best person for the job, right?

According to some unhappy patients, choosing the head of orthopedic surgery could come back to bite you in the… hip. Or the knee.
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Q: Can a minor be arrested for assault?

Most teenage girl sleepovers involve a limited degree of usually innocent pranking. A game of “truth or dare”, some prank phone calls, or maybe a magic marker mustache on the first girl to fall asleep. Certainly nothing that might be grounds for a personal injury lawsuit.
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Q: Are players’ deaths during rigorous pre-season training sessions grounds for a wrongful death lawsuit?

Americans love their sports, from baseball and hotdogs in the summer to football and chili in the fall. But the training season for each high school sport begins weeks or even months earlier which, in the case of football, means wannabe superstars hit the field for conditioning drills during the hottest weeks of the year.

This summer, an upcoming high school freshman on an academic scholarship to a private Catholic school in the Bronx died during his second pre-season work-out with the junior varsity football team.

Was this a wrongful death?

Relatives have reportedly questioned whether "heat and negligence" caused the boy’s death. During a running drill the boy allegedly "told coaches he was exhausted but was told to run one more lap.
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Q: Can I sue for injuries sustained in Central Park?

Apparently, money does grow on trees. At least on rotting ones in Central Park.

A New York City personal injury attorney is reportedly filing a $200 million lawsuit against the city and the Central Park Conservancy on behalf of a young mother and her three young sons in connection with a freak tree accident in Central Park in August.
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Q: Is every death a wrongful death?

There is something particularly tragic, and also ironic, in hearing of a biker dying in a motorcycle accident while he was reportedly returning home from a fallen fellow biker's memorial. Especially when the biker was "very involved in community service and was very loved by everyone".

The Bronx motorcycle accident occurred about 2:00 am when the victim-- who was reportedly traveling home from the memorial along with "approximately 20" members of the Tru 31 Motorcycle Club he co-founded-- rear-ended a sedan and was sent into a guardrail.
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