2014 New York Personal Injury Lawyer Blog Entries

MTA Officer Struck by Car in 2013 Accident Dies

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Dec 31, 2014

An MTA Bridges and Tunnels officer died of injuries suffered when he was hit by a car on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on Oct. 20, 2013. Thomas Choi, 62, became the first officer to die in the line of ...

Road Rage Incident Captured on Cell Phone Video

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Dec 27, 2014

Many car accidents are indeed accidents. However, there are others that may not be the result of an “honest” mistake by another driver. Some accident cases involve deliberate negligent actions caused ...

Attorney General Announces Civil Rights Act Protests Transgendered People

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Dec 24, 2014

The Attorney General of the United States announced that the Department of Justice will treat workplace discrimination against transgender people as sex discrimination, which is illegal under the ...

One Worker Dies Every Two Days In Qatar As Country Prepares for World Cup 2022

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Dec 24, 2014

One construction worker working on the World Cup 2022 infrastructure in Qatar died every other day in 2014, reported The Guardian . (12.23.14). The workers being counted are Nepalese migrants. The ...

Motorcycle Deaths Rise For Older Riders

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Dec 21, 2014

Deaths have risen among riders 55- to 64-years-old, reported The Wall Street Journal (12.21.14). Baby Boomers accounted for 16.3% of motorcycle crash deaths in 2013, the most recent year for which ...

Two FedEx Tractor- Trailers Overturn in Two Separate Truck Accidents

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Dec 20, 2014

On what was expected to be the busiest shipping day of the year, a FedEx tractor trailer carrying packages overturned on Interstate 287 in Mahwah, New Jersey. According to the New York Daily News ...

Thousands March Against Police Brutality

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Dec 19, 2014

Thousands of people across America took to the streets on Saturday, December 13 in New York, Washington D.C., Boston, San Francisco and several other cities to protest recent grand jury decisions ...

Ice Rink Roof Collapses Under Weight of Snow, Adults and Children Escape Injury

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Dec 19, 2014

Snow caused a major roof collapse at an ice skating rink in Canton, Massachusetts. The rear third of the Metropolis Skating Rink collapsed without caused any injuries even though there were a number ...

New Jersey Boy Dies After Folding Table Fall, Hits Him At School

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Dec 18, 2014

Brenden Jordan, 7, died after a folding table attached to an indoor school wall collapsed. The accident occurred while the boy was playing with a soccer ball in the gym at Berkley Street Elementary ...

Tortilla Factory Worker Killed In Mixing Accident, Lawyer Comments

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Dec 18, 2014

NEW YORK, NEW YORK — January 31, 2011 A Brooklyn tortilla factory lost one of its workers in a work-related accident. The New York Times reported Juan Baten, a 22 year-old factory worker at ...

Subway Doors Opened on Wrong Side Amid Numerous MTA Service Problems

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Dec 17, 2014

On Thursday, December 11, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) experienced a massive subway meltdown stranding thousands of commuters and even endangering some of them. One crowded ...

NTSB Investigating Fatal Plane Crash in Maryland

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Dec 15, 2014

A mom and her two children died after a private jet crashed into their home in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The accident also killed three health care professionals aboard the plane. They were identified ...

TGI Friday's Mistletoe Carrying Drone Causes Injury in Brooklyn Restaurant

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Dec 14, 2014

Drones can be dangerous. They can cause serious injuries and even death. A photographer was hit in the face by a mistletoe-carrying drone at a TGI Friday’s restaurant in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. It ...

Olympics-IOC Introduces Tougher Anti-Discrimination Clause

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Dec 10, 2014

In a unanimous vote, the International Olympic Committee amended the Olympic Charter to include sexual orientation in its non-discrimination language in Principal 6. This change was partially in ...

Fuel Tanker Explodes on New Jersey Highway, Kills One

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Dec 6, 2014

A multi-vehicle crash resulted in a fuel truck bursting into a fireball on New Jersey State Interstate 78. At least one person died in the accident, reported the New York Daily News (12.6.14). The ...

Driver Crashes $1 Million 2015 McLaren P1 Car, One Day After Taking It Home

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Nov 30, 2014

Only 375 models of the 2015 McLaren P1 cars were ever produced. Now, one of the rare cars needs major repair after a single car crash in Dallas, Texas. Investigators said that the 27-year-old driver ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo Warns of Roof Collapse Dangers

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Nov 28, 2014

Lawyers at The Perecman Firm join Gov. Andrew Cuomo in warning residents of New York to beware of roof collapses as numerous snowstorms combined with rain and overnight melting make roofs even more ...

Driver Kills Moose That Lands In His Minivan

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Nov 27, 2014

Hitting deer or moose with a car can kill drivers and passengers or seriously injure them. A driver in Maine hit a moose while driving on a state road at night. The collision sent the enormous animal ...

The Most Ticketed Cars In America

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Nov 26, 2014

A study conducted by the car insurance comparison-shopping website Insurance.com revealed which vehiclesare most likely to get their driver a speeding ticket. The list may be surprising for some as ...

David Perecman Urges Shoppers to Drive Carefully on Busy Shopping Days

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Nov 25, 2014

On Thanksgiving and the day after the holiday, consumer spending increases along with the number of car accidents. Insurance company Progressive Corp. said that Black Friday is one of the worst days ...

Five Family Members Die in Car Accident on Way to Disney World: Teen Driver Fell Asleep While Driving

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Nov 24, 2014

A fatal crash is the reminder that teen drivers are the most likely of all age groups to be involved in serious auto accidents. In an accident that made national news, three children and two adults ...

Winter Driving in New York: How to Avoid Being in A Car Accident

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Nov 23, 2014

The National Weather Service reported that parts of New York State are being hit with near record snowfall. These winter storms make driving extremely hazardous. According to CNN News (11.19.14) one ...

Orthodox Jewish Man Attacked In Hate Crime At Brooklyn Subway Station

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Nov 21, 2014

A teenager was charged with assault as a hate crime for an alleged anti-Semitic attack in Brooklyn. The victim, a 53-year-old Orthodox Jewish man from Israel, was attacked in a Williamsburg subway ...

U2 Lead Singer Bono Seriously Injured in Central Park Bike Accident

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Nov 20, 2014

U2 lead singer Bono, 54, had a cycling accident in New York City’s Central Park. He required five hours of surgery following the accident. According to Fox News (11.17.14), the band publicized the ...

Safety Questioned After Fracking Accident Kills One Worker and Seriously Injures Two

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Nov 18, 2014

As municipalities in New York consider whether to ban fracking or accept it in their communities, an industrial accident at a fracking site in Weld County, Colorado killed one worker and seriously ...