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The construction industry is one of the toughest and most dangerous industries in which to make a living. Construction accident related deaths have consecutively topped the Bureau of Labor Statistics list for Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. In 2015, the construction industry once again topped the list with 937 worker fatalities. This was a 4%

Three people died and one was critically injured in a car crash involving a car going the wrong way on a road in Queens, New York City. The collision happened on early Saturday morning, January 25th around 5:40 a.m. Divante New, 27 years old, was driving the car belonging to 36-year-old Sayquan Hallums, who was

Two National Grid construction workers in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn were seriously burned on Tuesday morning, January 28, 2020. They were part of a contract crew hired to upgrade the gas main in the area. At around 10 a.m., the two workers were working in a manhole at 1905 Bay Ridge Parkway in Brooklyn, when fierce flames

A 91-year-old pedestrian man was fatally struck by a car in downtown Manhattan, New York on January 25th. He was crossing Canal Street at the intersection of Elizabeth Street around 6:30 a.m. when he was struck by a car belonging to the New York City Sanitation Department. The elderly man was rushed to the hospital

Reckless driving results in millions of crashes and thousands of fatalities each year. Reckless driving claimed two innocent lives in separate car crashes in the New York area at the end of last week. In the first collision, 39-year-old Lisette Quintanilla was rear ended by a speeding drunk driver identified as 26-year-old Nicole Pollock. The

A 41-year-old bicyclist riding through Brooklyn was tragically struck and killed by a box truck. He became the first bicyclist death of 2020. The fatal crash happened shortly after 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, January 30, 2020, when 41-year-old Pedro Lopez was hit by a commercial truck while riding south on Vandervoort Avenue in East Williamsburg.

As part of the firm’s ongoing efforts to broaden the range of services provided to their clients, Colleen M. Meenan has joined as Of Counsel to handle #MeToo and Workplace Compliance lawsuits. “We are thrilled to welcome Colleen as an important addition to our firm as we continue to grow our team and the different

A 67-year-old woman delivering papers in Queens, New York died after a piece of falling debris struck her in the head on Thursday, January 16th around 9:45 a.m. The woman was identified as Xiang Ji of Westbury. She was walking on Main Street near 41st Street in Flushing in front of the building located at