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Lavern’s Law Fails to Pass in New York
In the last three years Brooklynite Lavern Wilkinson has been let down by nearly everyone she thought she could trust. Back in February 2010 Lavern checked into Kings County Hospital with a chronic cough. The doctors ordered a chest X-ray that clearly revealed early stages of lung cancer. Only no one notified Lavern. Rather than […]
Asiana Airlines Crash Killed Two Chinese Students and Injured Dozens More
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is looking for answers in the aftermath of the Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crash on July 6th, which killed Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia, two 16-year-old Chinese students and gravely injured many more. The aircraft was carrying 291 passengers and 16 crewmembers from Seoul to San Francisco when its […]
Policing the Police: A Victim’s Recourse When Police Power is Abused
Incidents of abusive police tactics have been all over the news lately. Often these stories prompt the reader to ask questions like, “What if that happened to me?” and “What kind of recourse can an individual victim have against an entire police force?” More often than not, the answers to these questions lie in the […]
NYC’s Shell Game to Avoid Being Sued
In 2003 when Evander Childs High School student Jamie Perez was slashed by two of his classmates, his attorney filed suit against the City of New York for the lax conditions that allowed this incident to occur. A Bronx judge found the City responsible for the school’s negligence. All of this made sense because the […]
Are Some Lives Worth More Than Others? Hospital Negligence Lawsuit Raises the Question
The limits of New York Court of Claims Judge Renee Forgensi Minarik’s authority were called into question last month in the hospital negligence lawsuit Thurston v. State. Minarik was forced to make a decision against her conscience but in accordance with an ancient law, the 1846 wrongful death statute that ignores the grief of loved […]
Will the Chinatown Bus Shutdowns Really Curb Bus Accidents?
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is now facing accusations that it skewed a study in 2011 precipitating the closing Fung Wah, Sky Express and 24 other Chinatown bus companies.While it appears the Transportation Safety Board made an error in their classification of bus companies, I have represented clients in enough catastrophic accidents involving both […]
Over 60 Injured in Connecticut Train Crash
Two commuter trains collided near Bridgeport, Connecticut Friday night, leaving over 60 passengers injured. Fortunately there were no fatalities in the collision, but 5 passengers suffered critical injuries.The accident occurred around 6:10pm when an eastbound train heading for New Haven derailed and crossed into the path of an oncoming New York bound train. There were […]