July 2012 Blog Entries | New York City Injury Lawyer

Inspector Acquitted on Charges From 2008 Crane Collapse

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 31, 2012

In 2008, a crane collapsed in New York City, killing seven people and tearing a path of destruction through midtown Manhattan. It was one of the worst construction accidents in recent New York City ...

Workers' Compensation After Construction Workers Injured In Brooklyn By Falling Concrete

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 27, 2012

Last week a construction worker was critically injured when a piece of concrete fell on his head in a construction accident, the New York Daily News reported. The 26-year-old man was clearing away ...

New York Court Denies Workers' Comp for Fistfight Injuries

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 23, 2012

New York workers’ compensation law is designed to cover all injuries that arise from a person’s employment. However, just because an injury happened during work hours doesn’t necessarily mean that it ...

Race Discrimination Complaint Against NYPD Intelligence Division

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal complaint against the New York City Police Department on behalf of black detectives in the NYPD’s Intelligence Division, according to NY1 ...

The Likely Cause Of Fatal New York Elevator Accident

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

Inspectors with New York City’s Buildings Department determined that the elevator accident death of an advertising executive was connected to maintenance work, reported the New York Post (1/23/2012). ...

Upper East Side Scaffold Collapse Close Call

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

A scaffold collapsed on a 4-year-old girl on her way to an Upper East Side school. She was hit by a wood plank, but escaped the New York scaffold collapse with only minor injuries, reported the New ...

Advice On What To Do After A New York Auto Accident

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

This past weekend, a New York auto accident left a woman seriously injured after her car hit another vehicle before crashing into Brooklyn construction scaffolding , reported the New York Post ...

New York's Labor Law: Explained

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

New York construction accident lawyer David Perecman comments on the expansion of Labor Law 240 . His law firm, The Perecman Firm, persuaded a New York Appellate court to interpret New York’s Labor ...

The Importance Of Video In Police Brutality Probe Of NYPD Officers

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

The New York Police Department is conducting a New York police brutality probe against four officers in the Bronx after a video showed them “pummeling and kicking” a drug suspect, reported the New ...

Boy Killed When Driver Failed To Yield Right-Of-Way

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

A 6-year-old boy died in a two-car accident in upstate New York on Saturday night, reported The Wall Street Journal (2/19/2012). Tyler McIntyre was killed when a 2008 Mercury failed to yield the right ...

Lawyer From The Perecman Firm Comments On Crane Accident At WTC Site

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

A crane cable snapped at the 4 World Trade Center construction site on Thursday morning, according to The New York Times (2/16/2012). As a result, steel construction beams plummeted 40 stories from ...

Lawyer From The Perecman Firm Comments On NYPD Killing Of Unarmed Teen

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

The funeral service of 18-year-old Ramarley Graham was held at a Bronx church on Saturday, reported WNYC (2/18/2012). The Bronx teen was gunned down by police inside his home in early February. New ...

Port Authority's Commitment To Minority Hiring

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

New York civil rights violation lawyer David Perecman commends the head of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for wanting to use the agency’s clout to get more minority dock workers hired. ...

Injuries Suffered On Break Eligible For Workers' Comp Benefits

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

During the work day there are often many opportunities to be injured. Depending on people’s jobs, dangers could lurk near machinery, in the form of slippery floors or in a cubical from repetitive ...

Construction Site Trench Collapse In Harlem

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

Firefighters rescued a construction worker who was trapped for over an hour in dirt and debris following the collapse of a trench where he was working. The sides of the trench unexpectedly buried him ...

New York Workers' Compensation: No Employer Repayment For Concurrent-Job Benefits

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

Doing business in New York is more expensive for employers and their workers’ compensation insurers because of a 2007 change in state workers’ compensation law. Thomas v. Warren County DPW, a recent ...

New York City's Most Dangerous Roads for Pedestrians

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

The Tri-State Campaign for Transportation (TSTC) released the Most Dangerous Roads for Walking Report (3/7/2012) revealing the most dangerous roads in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. The report, ...

Newly Released Civil Rights Data From The Department Of Education

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

New York civil rights violation lawyer David Perecman welcomes newly released data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection website (3/7/2012). “Evidence is the key to ...

Workplace Safety Following Costco Slicing Machine Personal Injury Accident

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

A worker’s hand was mangled in a slicing machine accident in the meat section of a Harlem Costco, according to the New York Post (3/9/2012). Fortunately, the worker’s hand was not amputated, reported ...

Tragic Lindenhurst, New York Escalator Accident

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

An 88-year-old woman choked to death in a New York escalator accident when her clothes got tangled in the treads of an escalator at the Lindenhurst Long Island Rail Road station, according to The New ...

Lawyer From The Perecman Firm Criticizes Decrease In New York Elevator Inspections

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

Elevators in New York are being inspected less often. According to the New York Post (3/14/2012), the average number of monthly elevator inspections conducted by the New York City Department of ...

Top 10 Places NYPD Stop And Frisk

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

The New York Civil Liberties Union recently released a report of great interest to New York civil rights violation lawyers at The Perecman Firm and other defenders of civil rights. The report analyzed ...

Near Possibility Crane Operators Can Get License Without Prior NYC Experience

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

Operators of soaring cranes may be able to get their license without any prior experience working in New York City. Given the number of crane accidents in New York and the complexity of working in the ...

Hate Crimes Following Justice Department Announcement On Trayvon Martin Case

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights division and the FBI have opened a civil rights investigation into the Trayvon Martin case, said The New York Times (3/20/2012). Their investigation will be one ...

West Side Fatal Crane Collapse

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 21, 2012

A 30-year old New York construction worker died and four others were injured when a crane collapsed and fell into Site J of the subway’s 7 line extension project, reported the New York Post ...