If you are in a car accident, you may expect to break bones, suffer whiplash or sustain internal injuries. You may not realize, though, that your ability to breathe also may be at risk. This is especially true if you are an asthma sufferer. Asthma is a chronic medical...
New York City Personal Injury Blog
What are the leading causes of vehicle crashes in New York City?
New York City is teeming with passenger cars, taxis, trucks, motorcycles and buses plus cyclists and pedestrians. Accidents are bound to happen. If you drive in this environment, you need to be alert at all times. Here are five of the leading causes of vehicle crashes...
What is the Police Accountability Act?
New York Attorney General Letitia James is pushing for new legislation in New York that will help cut down on instances of police brutality. The Police Accountability Act is in the state Senate committee. James announced the legislation on May 21, 2021. It is slowly...
How to protect yourself at a construction site
Although essential, construction is one of the most dangerous industries. Even the safest construction sites can be inherently hazardous at certain stages of development. There are a few ways you can protect yourself from some of the more common construction site...
Is a store’s tile floor too slippery to be safe?
New York has some wonderful places to spend an afternoon shopping for couture apparel and lavish home furnishings. Still, because the city is a crowded place, businesses must compete for discerning shoppers. This often requires creating polished and modern showrooms....
Should you ice the chemical burn you suffer at work?
If you work with hazardous chemicals, you undoubtedly know just how catastrophic they can be. After all, chemicals can burn your skin, eyes, throat, lungs and stomach. If you burn yourself when working with chemicals, your initial instinct may be to apply ice to the...
How can you avoid dooring incidents?
Cyclists understand that sharing the road with other cars poses a major danger to them. At the same time, however, many motorists do not share this same understanding. It is important to know just how a car can put a cyclist at risk. This allows you to reduce the...
How can back injuries affect your life?
Dealing with back injuries is one of the biggest setbacks that a worker could potentially face in their career. Despite its commonality, these injuries have enormous impacts on a worker's physical health. They not only impact work, but they can affect every other...
Defensive driving tips that can help you prevent accidents
If you asked people you know whether they think they are good drivers, a vast majority of them would say, “Yes!” However, you have probably observed others whose driving actually scared you. Unfortunately, you cannot avoid every car accident, but you can prevent some....
Ladder falls a top cause of injuries, fatalities in construction
As someone who makes your living working on a New York construction site, you may use ladders on a regular basis to perform your typical job duties. Ladder use is common in construction. Yet, ladders are also a frequent source of injury and fatality for workers in...