Bronx Personal Injury & Real Estate Blog

How do you determine liability after a college party accident?

 

Parents are not the only ones who worry about children they send off to college. New York personal injury attorneys worry, too, because they see some frightening cases.

While the majority of fraternity- or sorority-related accidents or deaths that make the headlines stem from hazing incidents, huge parties can apparently result in multiple casualties, too.
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Can I sue for malpractice if a surgeon mistakenly removes a healthy organ?

Skilled New York medical malpractice attorneys need to know their way not only around the legal aspects of the case but must also navigate the often-complex terminology and best practices of the medical profession in proving their case.

That’s because succeeding in a medical malpractice lawsuit requires clearly showing that the doctor, hospital, and/or other medical personnel deviated from the accepted standards of medical care and that such deviation caused the victim’s injuries.

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Q: Can I sue if burned by hot water at a restaurant?

Things aren’t good in the neighborhood at least that’s according to one family who’s reportedly intent on starting a personal injury lawsuit against their local Applebee’s restaurant over a controversial incident.

The lawsuit stems from a toddler allegedly being “severely burned” after grabbing a couple of scalding hot water the mother had requested for sterilizing utensils.

The parents allege restaurant “employees did not call 911 for over 20 minutes”. But the restaurant is defending itself, claiming its staff was very responsive and “acted with urgency”. It further claims that video footage evidence and the fact that police and EMTs “were on-site within minutes” support its defense.

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Q: Who has standing to sue for wrongful death?

A New York automobile accident involving a limousine and pedestrians that claimed the lives of 20 people has been described as “the nation’s worst traffic accident in nearly a decade”.

Not only did all 17 passengers and the driver from the limousine die, but two pedestrians were also struck and killed. Several members of one family were in the limousine including four sisters and three of their husbands. The limousine was reportedly on the way to a birthday party for one of the sisters when it ran down a steep hill and off the road hitting two pedestrians and “slamming into a shallow creek bed” immediately killing all involved.

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Q: What happens in the case of an accident involving a government-owned vehicle?

New York City Car accident attorneys have seen it all due to the nature of the many ways people navigate the city. In addition to accidents involving two cars, accidents may also involve trains, motorcycles, buses, trucks, bicycles and pedestrians.

Recently, New York City’s first fatality involving a City Bike rider and a New York City bus went to trial on the criminal charges. It’s not known if a wrongful death action has been commenced.

A married 36-year-old investment banker and father of two was reportedly bicycling without a helmet while wearing an “over-the-ears”-style headset when a city bus driving in the same direction beeped but proceeded to pass the biker very closely as he was cycling passed a parked car.

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Q: What happens in the case of an accident involving a government-owned vehicle?

New York City Car accident attorneys have seen it all due to the nature of the many ways people navigate the city. In addition to accidents involving two cars, accidents may also involve trains, motorcycles, buses, trucks, bicycles and pedestrians.

Recently, New York City’s first fatality involving a City Bike rider and a New York City bus went to trial on the criminal charges. It’s not known if a wrongful death action has been commenced.

A married 36-year-old investment banker and father of two was reportedly bicycling without a helmet while wearing an “over-the-ears”-style headset when a city bus driving in the same direction beeped but proceeded to pass the biker very closely as he was cycling passed a parked car.

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Q: Can I have multiple lawsuits simultaneously?

Some people go through their whole lives without retaining a skilled personal injury attorney– – either because they were never harmed by someone else they were too afraid or intimidated to pursue legal action. Others, they have multiple lawsuits at the same time. If you have been injured or suffered damages at the hands of someone else, you are entitled to pursue legal action—or actions—to eb compensated.

One famous drummer had a rough summer which reportedly began with a staph infection and was followed by a bus accident, prompting him to file two separate lawsuits regarding the two incidents.

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Q: Can a DWI crash lead to a civil lawsuit?

A Bronx teacher learned some hard lessons recently – – lessons that resulted in her being charged with “vehicular manslaughter, vehicular assault, driving while intoxicated, and driving while ability impaired”.

New York personal injury attorneys know that if the events of that teacher’s day unfolded the way authorities claim, the teacher could be subject to civil lawsuits on top of the criminal charges she is facing.

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Q: Can I have multiple lawsuits simultaneously?

Some people go through their whole lives without retaining a skilled personal injury attorney– – either because they were never harmed by someone else they were too afraid or intimidated to pursue legal action. Others, they have multiple lawsuits at the same time. If you have been injured or suffered damages at the hands of someone else, you are entitled to pursue legal action—or actions—to eb compensated.

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Q: Can a DWI crash lead to a civil lawsuit?

A Bronx teacher learned some hard lessons recently – – lessons that resulted in her being charged with “vehicular manslaughter, vehicular assault, driving while intoxicated, and driving while ability impaired”.

New York personal injury attorneys know that if the events of that teacher’s day unfolded the way authorities claim, the teacher could be subject to civil lawsuits on top of the criminal charges she is facing.

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Q: Does a criminal action impact a wrongful death claim arising from the same incident?

One of the most disturbing kinds of wrongful death cases to handle is one that involves the death of an innocent baby. Such cases are shocking to the conscience, especially when due to the actions of someone whose nature would be expected to be nurturing – – like a mother or a nurse.

A New York wrongful death lawsuit was brought against a licensed practical nurse who was "accused of scalding a disabled toddler" in a bath so hot that it caused "severe burns" that "peeled off the girl’s skin ".

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