New York City Personal Injury Blog

In 2016, 4,300 Americans were killed in car accidents involving semis and other large trucks, which is a 28 percent increase compared to 2009. Despite this, commercial trucks in New York and across the U.S. aren't required to have collision avoidance technology.

According to a report by The Kansas City Star, the National Transportation Safety Board has repeatedly requested that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration mandate collision avoidance technology in commercial trucks. However, the agency has failed to do so. As a result, only a small portion of large trucks currently traveling U.S. roads have advanced safety technology systems on board.

New York residents may be interesting in learning the disposition of a legal case involving a popular chef from an Ithaca restaurant. On March 3, the 53-year-old chef was reportedly driving under the influence when his actions caused a collision that killed a young Auburn man.

The defendant was named the 2014 Chef of the Year by the American Culinary Federation's Syracuse Chapter. After leaving his job in Ithaca, he was traveling north on State Route 34 at approximately 9:30 p.m. when he drove his 2016 Honda Accord across the centerline near the Fleming and Scipio town line. As a result of the man's impaired driving, he reportedly caused a head-on collision with a vehicle driven by a 25-year-old Auburn man with three passengers. The Auburn driver died at the scene from injuries sustained in the collision. The brother of the deceased was one of three passengers in the vehicle, and he suffered serious injuries that continue to cause him problems. The fiancé of the deceased was also passenger in the vehicle, and prosecutors described her injuries as 'less serious." A minor child was the final passenger and sustained no injuries.

The practice of medicine has changed and evolved so much throughout the centuries that the last thing anyone expects to learn/hear about is the use of dirty and unclean surgical tools and medical equipment. Though it can take months for doctors/hospitals to notify at-risk patients, many people never find out at all.

In health care settings, medical workers and their employers must follow national, local and institutional guidelines to ensure their surgical instruments and medical equipment are adequately cleaned and sanitized. When there are issues with the cleaning and sterilization process, the risk of infection, injury and adverse outcomes increases significantly for patients. The exposure of patients to dangerous pathogens, staph germs and infectious contaminants can cause them to develop life-threatening illnesses like HIV and Hepatitis B or C that require continuous medical care. They could also develop other hospital-acquired infections from medical negligence that lead to difficulties with underlying and preexisting health concerns.

Some people in New York may have heard that on August 26, there was a deadly shooting at a Florida video game tournament. On Aug. 28, attorneys announced that some survivors would be filing a lawsuit although they did not say who would be targeted in the lawsuit.

At least one of the people filing was shot at the tournament. Others suffered emotional trauma. A total of 10 people were injured and 2 were killed when a 24-year-old man opened fire at the GLHF Game Bar at the entertainment complex known as Jacksonville Landing. The man had bought the handguns legally in his home state of Maryland despite having been treated as a teen in psychiatric facilities. Maryland law does not allow the sale of guns to people who voluntarily spent 30 days or longer in a psychiatric facility or who were involuntarily committed. Since the gunman's treatment happened when he was a teenager, however, it did not fall under those laws.