NY Accident Blog

New York Car Accidents

• New York Car Accident Fatalities Lower than Average
• The Safest Small Cars According to the IIHS
• Defective Car Cases
• More Drivers Are Uninsured As Recession Grows Deeper
• Defective Car Cases

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Child Abuse & Molestation

• Child Sexual Abuse Takes a Toll on the Victims
• Parents Need to Recognize the Warning Signs of Child Abuse

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Medical Malpractice

• Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch Recall
• New Limits on Medicaid
• Hospital-Acquired Illness Creates 12% Of Liability: Study
• Highway Construction Worker Gets $4.77-Million Settlement After Being Hit and Permanently Injured by Out-of-Control Car
• Re-inventing the Malpractice "Crisis"

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Defective Products

• Thousands of Children Sustain Toy-Related Injuries Each Year
• Top Ten Dangerous Toys of the Past Year
• Peanut Butter Salmonella Recalls Include Little Debbie Snacks
• Toddlers and Toxic Substances
• Holiday Recalls: Hallmark Snow Globes, Toy Drums with Lead Paint......

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Motorcycle Accidents

• Helmets Prevent Head Injuries in New York Motorcycle Accidents

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Burns and Disfigurements

• New York Burn Injuries can Lead to Serious Health Complications

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Premises Liability

• Asbestosis and Other Serious Illnesses Caused by New York Asbestos
• New York Lead Poisoning Cases
• New York Product Liability Cases
• There Is Nothing "Freak" About This Accident

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Construction Accidents

• Things Falling off of Skyscrapers

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Bad Faith Insurance, Unreasonable Claim Denial

• 5 Simple Steps To Deal With Your Insurance Carrier
• Real Insurance Ratings

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Slips and Falls, Dog Bites, Stairway Accidents

• Construction Prices Going Up?
• Crane Collapses Seem To Be An Epidemic

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Birth Injuries

• Did Your Infant Suffer Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy?

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Municipal Liability

• Do You Live Near one of The Most Dangerous Intersections in New York?

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General

• Bedsores Do Not Just Happen to "The Elderly"
• More Drivers Driving Without Car Insurance
• New York's Liquor Liability Law - Too Much Holiday Cheer Comes With a Price...
• Drive safely - The holidays are here!
• It's Winter!!!! Be Safe-----and Make It Safe for Others......

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How We Help New Yorkers:

• New York Car Accidents
• Child Abuse & Molestation
• Medical Malpractice
• Nursing Home & Assisted Care Abuse
• Defective Products
• Motorcycle Accidents
• Burns and Disfigurements
• Premises Liability
• Construction Accidents
• Bad Faith Insurance, Unreasonable Claim Denial
• Slips and Falls, Dog Bites, Stairway Accidents
• Legal & Professional Malpractice
• Drunk Driving Accident Victims
• Eye Injuries and Vision Loss
• Birth Injuries
• Wrongful Death Claims
• Municipal Liability

Document Library

Premises Liability

• New York Asbestos Exposure Can Lead to Serious Illness
• Lead Poisoning and Premises Liability in New York

Burns and Disfigurements

• New York Burn Injury Complications

Motorcycle Accidents

• Antilock Brakes on Motorcycles Can Save Lives

Birth Injuries

• Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Caused By Hospital or Doctor Error

Defective Products

• Defective Children’s Toys Can Lead to Serious Injuries

Child Abuse & Molestation

• Know the Signs of Child Abuse

New York Car Accidents

• Texting and Driving in New York

Motorcycle Accidents

• Wearing a Motorcycle Helmet in New York Can Save Your Life

New York Car Accidents

• Results in for Crash Test Evaluations of Small Cars

Nursing Home & Assisted Care Abuse

• Choosing a Nursing Home is a Tough Decision

New York Car Accidents

• Risk of Death from a Car Accident Depends on Where You Live

Newsletters

• Spring 2009 Newsletter

New York Car Accidents

• New York Teen Drivers Influenced by Parents
• The Number of People Killed in New York Car Accidents

Medical Malpractice

• New York Medical Malpractice

General

• An Accident Goes Right
• George Will Misses the Point

New York Car Accidents

• Protect Yourself From Uninsured Drivers in New York

Construction Accidents

• The Biggest Danger on Construction Sites

Motorcycle Accidents

• Motorcycle Injuries in New York

New York Car Accidents

• Child Restraint Rules in New York

Slips and Falls, Dog Bites, Stairway Accidents

• Dangerous Dog Breeds

Construction Accidents

• Construction Fatalities in New York

Bad Faith Insurance, Unreasonable Claim Denial

• New York Injury Attorneys: Insurance Company Denial Tactics

Medical Malpractice

• Errors in Surgery can Happen at Any Time

Burns and Disfigurements

• Ways to Avoid Burns in Your Home

Child Abuse & Molestation

• The Effects of Sexual Abuse

New York Car Accidents

• Everyone is a Distracted Driver

General

• Depositions: Preperation is Everything

Construction Accidents

• With Construction Safety, Passing the Buck is NOT an Option

New York Car Accidents

• The Right Insurance is Better than Popular Insurance
• Being Smart After the Car Accident
• Truck Drivers with Forged Health Certificate

Construction Accidents

• Jobsite Eye Injuries: How to Avoid Them

Medical Malpractice

• Medical Malpractice

New York Car Accidents

• The Four Categories of Bad Claim Denial

Construction Accidents

• The Crane Collapse Epidemic

New York Car Accidents

• If a Law is Unenforced, Will Anyone Obey It?
• Trucks Cause Incredible Damage to Cars

Construction Accidents

• Preventable Accidents in the Job Site

New York Car Accidents

• A Drunk Driver is the Very Definition of Negligent

General

• Pedestrians ALWAYS Have the Right of Way

Motorcycle Accidents

• Be Careful of Motorcyclists

Defective Products

• New Testing Guidelines for the Pharmaceutical Companies

Medical Malpractice

• Unforgivable Medical Errors

New York Car Accidents

• Driving Distracted is Just as Dangerous as Driving Drunk

Newsletters

• Spring 2008 Rapplaw Newsletter

Medical Malpractice

• Health Care Providers Charging for Mistakes

Bad Faith Insurance, Unreasonable Claim Denial

• Insurers Systematically Overcharging Customers

New York Car Accidents

• Paper Company Learns Expensive Lesson About Cell Phones and Driving
• Make Sure You Know Whether or Not Your Safety Features Are "Optional"

Medical Malpractice

• The Third Party in Health Care

Bad Faith Insurance, Unreasonable Claim Denial

• Bad Faith Insurance Practices Laid Bare

Construction Accidents

• The Same Injuries Over and Over Again

New York Car Accidents

• Tactics of Adjusters
• Educate Yourself About Your Insurance Policy

Medical Malpractice

• Product Liability By Way of Medical Malpractice: The Quaid Twins

General

• Pre-Action Disclosure and Spoilation of Evidence

Medical Malpractice

• The Checkered Carreer of Jan Adams

Wrongful Death Claims

• Secondary Head Injuries in Sports

Construction Accidents

• Site Manager Confessions: How Some Construction Companies Bypass Workers' Comp

Bad Faith Insurance, Unreasonable Claim Denial

• Differences and Similarities: Katrina and The San Diego Wildfires
• Filing a Claim: Organization is Everything
• Keep an Eye On Washington State

Slips and Falls, Dog Bites, Stairway Accidents

• Dog Fights Endanger People, Too

Medical Malpractice

• Should Doctors Go Thirty Hours Without Sleep?

New York Car Accidents

• Car Safety: Not an American Priority?

Bad Faith Insurance, Unreasonable Claim Denial

• CLUE: Insurance Database That Hurts Homebuyers

Defective Products

• Chinese Goods: Low Prices, Hidden Costs

General

• The Frivolous Lawsuits You Never Hear About
• The "Pants" Lawsuit: Why You Should Be Worried

Medical Malpractice

• Medical Malpractice Insurers Make More Money In 2006

Defective Products

• The FDA: What Happened to Due Dilligence?
• OxyContin: Marketing Addiction

General

• Tort Reform Hypocrisy: An Interesting List
• Merck Pharmaceuticals: The Latest in "Creating a Need"

Bad Faith Insurance, Unreasonable Claim Denial

• State Farm: Taking Their Billions and Going Home
• Class Bias: The New Insurance Rate Calculator

General

• Progressive Insurance: Patrons of Art, But Not You
• Progressive Insurance: Art for Profit's Sake

Bad Faith Insurance, Unreasonable Claim Denial

• Insurance Company Contact Information
• Progressive Insurance: Art for Profit's Sake

General

• Tips for Staying Safe Over the Holidays

Bad Faith Insurance, Unreasonable Claim Denial

• "Judicial Hellholes:" Another Smear Campaign by the ATRA
• "Frivolous" For You, "Justice" For Me: The Harsh Education of Senator Trent Lott

General

• RGGL's Fall Newsletter
• New Report Claims Dangers to 9/11 Workers Deliberately Understated

New York Car Accidents

• Games Insurers Play

Bad Faith Insurance, Unreasonable Claim Denial

• Insurance Companies Deny Auto Theft Claims, Reality

General

• TWA Flight 800 10th Anniversary
• Simple Ways To Keep Your Kids Safe During The Summer
• There Isn't Anything "Frivolous" About It: A Look At The Personal Injury Process
• Kangaroo Court: The FDA’s Prescription Drug Advisory Panel

Defective Products

• Tequin: The Side Effects of a Dangerous Antibiotic

Newsletters

• Spring 2006 Rapplaw Newsletter
• Fall 2005 Rapplaw Newsletter

Defective Products

• Pharmaceuticals Watch
• Consumer Safety Watch

Nursing Home & Assisted Care Abuse

• Signs of Nursing Home Abuse

General

• Fatigue and Medical Malpractice

Municipal Liability

• Train, Subway and Watercraft Accidents

Defective Products

• Not in New York: No Fireworks Permitted in the Empire State

Medical Malpractice

• Moving Toward a Safer New York

Slips and Falls, Dog Bites, Stairway Accidents

• Summary Judgment Reversed on Appeal
• Summary Judgment Reversed

General

• Accident involving a cleaning woman injured on a construction site
• Making A Difference: Testimonials From Grateful Clients

Newsletters

• Winter 2004 Rapplaw Newsletter
• Summer 2004 Rapplaw Newsletter

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Case Results for Accidents and other Injuries in New York

New York Car Accidents

• Boy suffers bowel & spinal cord injuries

Awarded: $4,100,000

• Motorcyclist Collides with Van

Awarded: $2,385,000

• Tractor Trailer Crash Leave Woman in Wheelchair

Awarded: $2,300,000

• Bar Serves Drunk Who Later Causes Car Accident

Awarded: $2,100,000

• Woman Dies in Collision

Awarded: $1,114,000

• Teenager Develops Dystrophy in Foot

Awarded: $1,100,000

• Severe Neck Injury Award

Awarded: $800,000

• Man injured by drunk driver

Awarded: $285,000

• Herniated Disc

Awarded: $247,500

• Settlement for estates of two killed in car accident

Awarded: $195,000

• Careless Driver Award

Awarded: $175,000

• A 22 year old woman required multiple surgeries

Awarded: $155,000

• An 81 year old woman suffered from a broken leg

Awarded: $150,000

• Man struck by car in crosswalk

Awarded: $150,000

• Estate of a ten year old girl that was killed

Awarded: $140,000

• Neck and back problems get worse after accident

Awarded: $138,000

• Woman injures neck, head in car collision

Awarded: $125,000

• Man suffers partial brain damage in car accident

Awarded: $125,000

• Man struck by truck suffers back injuries

Awarded: $105,000

• Woman requires neck surgery after car accident

Awarded: $100,000

Medical Malpractice

• Fetal Distress Causes Cerebral Palsy

Awarded: $88,967,000

• 37 year old woman was bleeding internally

Awarded: $25,000,000

• Fetal Asphyxia Leads to Brain Injury

Awarded: $20,000,000

• Failure to diagnose Placental Abruption

Awarded: $17,000,000

• Wrongful Death in Emergency Room

Awarded: $9,500,000

• Failure to Diagnose Kills Mother of Two

Awarded: $5,700,000

• Cervical cancer in a 33 year old woman

Awarded: $3,000,000

• delayed C section

Awarded: $3,000,000

• $2.75 million to a brain damaged baby

Awarded: $2,750,000

• Post-operative Care Injures Infant's Brain

Awarded: $2,500,000

• newborn suffers an oxygen-deprivation brain injury

Awarded: $1,950,000

• Man Suffers Brain Damage Following Surgery

Awarded: $1,900,000

• Doctor Misses Blood Clot, Firefighter Dies

Awarded: $1,845,000

• Newborn Suffers Brain Damage

Awarded: $1,500,000

• $1.5 million to Erb's palsy victim

Awarded: $1,500,000

• Doctors Miss Embolism, Patient Dies

Awarded: $1,475,000

• Failed spinal surgery due to Doctors improper construction

Awarded: $1,425,000

• Lung Cancer Treatment Delayed Due to Oversight

Awarded: $1,100,000

• Heart Stops During Plastic Surgery

Awarded: $1,020,000

• Woman Loses Hand During Surgery

Awarded: $1,000,000

• Woman Diagnosed with Erb's Palsy 20 years after birth

Awarded: $1,000,000

• Wrongful Death due to lack of Diligence

Awarded: $1,000,000

• 72 year old man died from internal bleeding

Awarded: $500,000

• Surgical sponge left in man's body

Awarded: $500,000

• Woman loses uterus in botched pregnancy

Awarded: $450,000

• Partial loss of vision after eye surgery

Awarded: $375,000

• Roof of woman's sinus perforated

Awarded: $375,000

• Woman injured in termination-of-pregnancy procedure

Awarded: $270,000

• Woman undergoing fertility treatment was almost killed

Awarded: $250,000

• Infection from a bedsore

Awarded: $125,000

• Woman breaks leg during MRI exam

Awarded: $115,000

• Dental mistakes lead to settlement

Awarded: $112,000

Nursing Home & Assisted Care Abuse

• Elderly woman dies in fall at hospital

Awarded: $800,000

• Elderly woman breaks neck in nursing home

Awarded: $150,000

• Man suffered from dehydration at the nursing home

Awarded: $132,500

Defective Products

• Stove Tip Over Leaves Child with Severe Burns

Awarded: $24,000,000

• Child Burned by Clothing

Awarded: $4,800,000

• Jeep Rollover Causes Multiple Injuries to Family

Awarded: $3,100,000

• Infant Falls from Shopping Cart

Awarded: $1,750,000

• Woman Injured on Defective Escalator

Awarded: $1,200,000

• Isuzi Trooper Rollover Leads to Head Injury

Awarded: $1,000,000

Construction Accidents

• Concrete Worker Dies in Fall

Awarded: $4,200,000

• Roof Collapse Leaves Worker Paralyzed

Awarded: $3,050,000

• Scaffold Fall Leaves Worker with Dystrophy

Awarded: $3,000,000

• Multiple Foot Fractures After Ladder Fall

Awarded: $1,750,000

• Widow Receives Settlement After Husband's Fatal Fall

Awarded: $1,750,000

• Sheet Metal Worker Falls, Breaks 2 Vertebrae

Awarded: $1,675,000

• Worker Suffers Complex Ankle Fracture

Awarded: $1,475,000

• Laborer gets $1.4 million settlement following freak construction accident

Awarded: $1,400,000

• Man injured his back while doing concrete work

Awarded: $1,250,000

• construction worker hurt in automobile accident

Awarded: $1,250,000

• Man injured in construction fall

Awarded: $575,000

• Contruction worker injures lumbar in fall

Awarded: $175,000

• Operator injured in forklift collapse

Awarded: $150,000

• Construction worker struck by I-beam

Awarded: $125,000

• Laborer breaks pelvis in balcony collapse

Awarded: $120,000

Slips and Falls, Dog Bites, Stairway Accidents

• Child Injured in Horse Corral

Awarded: $1,589,000

• Boat Collision Causes Injuries

Awarded: $1,100,000

• Woman slipped and fell on water in the lobby

Awarded: $600,000

• A man slipped and fell on ice in a parking lot

Awarded: $502,500

• A man suffered from a broken hip

Awarded: $300,000

• Woman dies of head injuries in fall

Awarded: $300,000

• A man suffered a fractured skull

Awarded: $247,500

• Office cleaner breaks leg in fall

Awarded: $170,000

• Man breaks leg on icy path

Awarded: $125,000

• Woman breaks elbow at Intl Gift Fair

Awarded: $125,000

• A man fell and broke his leg on a wet outside staircase

Awarded: $125,000

• A man suffered from back and neck injuries

Awarded: $100,000

Municipal Liability

• Fledgling Actor permanently hurt in commuter train accident

Awarded: $2,750,000

• Police Officer was forced to take an early retirement

Awarded: $175,000

Miscellaneous

• $22,000,000 to burned child

Awarded: $22,000,000

• $9.8 million structured settlement for accident at a youth program

Awarded: $9,800,000

• 21 year old passanger on ATV suffers serious injuries

Awarded: $1,117,250

• dangerous intersection

Awarded: $1,050,000

• 25 year old water tank inspector falls 60 feet to his death

Awarded: $1,000,000

• Woman lost part of her finger

Awarded: $225,000

• Settlement for injured passengers in car accident

Awarded: $157,000

• Elderly woman recieved a broken ankle

Awarded: $105,000

• $1.25 million settlement for woman injured on broken sidewalk

Awarded: $1,250,000

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