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Each year, approximately 440,000 people die in the United States as a result of some sort of medical error or negligence. We rely on our medical community to provide competent care and help us get better, not make us sicker or even cause death. Medical professionals have a legal duty to act reasonably within their professional practice. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Medical malpractice is when a healthcare professional acts outside normal behavior causing injury or death to the patient. In fact, preventable medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States. Nevertheless,...

On June 9, 2017, a woman did not notice an open sidewalk access door in front of her and fell down the hole. She dropped nearly six feet down the stairs into a basement. Paramedics and a fire crew lifted her from the basement. She was ambulanced to a local hospital with serious injuries. Surveillance video shows that the 67-year-old woman was on her phone and was most likely distracted when she got to the open access door at Acme Windows and plunged head-first. The access door was open because crews were working on gas lines. Although witnesses and...

The Gardiner Foundation will be hosting its second annual Gardiner Memorial Basketball Clinic on Saturday, June 24th, 2017 at St. James Park at 193rd St. and Jerome Ave. in the Bronx. Registration begins at 10 AM, and the clinic runs from noon – 4 PM. The clinic is free and open to boys and girls ages 7-15, with the first 150 kids to sign up that day receiving a free tee-shirt. Many volunteers and coaches will be on hand, including former NBA and NCAA Division I players, to teach the community youth high-level skills to improve their game. Most...

NYSTLA President Edward Gersowitz, senior partner Jeff Korek, and the other partners and attorneys at Gersowitz Libo & Korek P.C., had the opportunity to attend Civil Justice Lobby Day. This New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA) event provided an opportunity to discuss a variety of issues critical to the rights of New Yorkers. Over 200 NYSTLA members spent the day up in Albany where they met with assemblymen, assemblywomen, and senators to lobby for a variety of issues, including: – Auto Fairness: NYSTLA supports bills that address the need for sufficient insurance and consumer protection, such as increasing...

On Wednesday, May 10th, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state will start allowing companies to test self-driving car on its roads. “We are taking a careful yet balanced approach to incorporating autonomous vehicles on our roads to reduce dangerous driving habits, decrease the number of accidents, and save lives on New York roadways,”Cuomo said in a statement. The Empire State has started accepting applications from companies interested in testing their self-driving cars through a yearlong pilot program. The race to this futuristic technology has advanced despite controversy caused by a number of accidents, the idea of...

On May 4, 2017, Xin Kang Wang, a 74-year-old bicyclist, died after a Toyota Camry cab’s door opened, knocking him from a bike lane into Union Square traffic. He was struck a second time on the street by an Uber car. Wang was riding east in the East 20th Street bike lane when the opening door of the door slammed open to discharge a passenger into the bike lane. Wang was transported to Bellevue hospital with serious injuries. He died on Sunday of complications. No immediate arrests have been made. But the police did issue a violation to the...

On Thursday, May 18, 2017, a car barreled into bustling New York’s Time Square killing one person and injuring at least 20 more people. The speeding car jumped the sidewalk on the west side of 7th Avenue at 42nd Street and crashed into pedestrians for three blocks. The car finally came to a stop when it crashed at the northwest corner of 45th Street. The tragic scene started with screeching tires and ended with screams, panic and a fiery crash at one of the world’s most visited sites. The driver of the 2009 Honda Accord is Richard Rojas, 26,...

A 42-year-old lawyer was struck by an Access-A-Ride vehicle while in the crosswalk in Manhattan. The victim suffered a traumatic brain injury and an exacerbation of psychological issues. The victim and his family hired Gersowitz Libo & Korek, P.C. to seek justice. The firm and their experienced trial attorneys put up a strong fight. Amongst other litigation tactics, they retained nationally recognized experts in the field of biomechanics and brain injury to prove their case. The defendants fought the case for 6 years but eventually admitted defeat. The case finally settled with the owner of the vehicle, Metropolitan Transit Authority...