With the increase in volume of online shopping and home delivery services, truck traffic has increased across New York City. As Amazon and other online sellers grow in popularity, home delivery vehicles can be seen at all times of the day and night throughout the streets of NYC......
View MoreA collision between your car and a truck can be a difficult and shocking experience. In an instant, your life and the lives of your family can be changed forever. At the Law Offices of Michael S. Lamonsoff, we are very experienced in helping families through the difficult afterma......
View MoreNew York City streets are always overflowing with pedestrian traffic as walking is one of the most prevalent modes of transportation in the City of New York. However, two grim and fatal accidents in January of 2020 remind us that even when pedestrians have the right of way, we ne......
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You see it everywhere in New York City: scaffolding. It's nearly impossible to walk in Manhattan without encountering it, as construction workers setup and use it routinely to construct, repair and reconstruct our city’s skyline.However, how safe is all that scaffold......
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According to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the second largest risk of on the job accidents for construction workers comes from being struck by an object. In the construction industry, a “struck-by” injury occurs when a person is injure......
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With the wintery weather fast approaching, the likelihood of being injured due to a fall increases.While most tumbles result in only minor injury, it's not uncommon for more serious injuries to occur, including head injuries, back trauma, or broken bones. All can leav......
View MoreAn accident on the Lower East Side that occurred just last month (October, 2019) highlighted one of the greatest dangers facing construction workers employed on re-construction worksites: building collapse.The tragedy happened at the site of a burned-out synagogue originall......
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Construction workers in New York City routinely face risks on the job, and unfortunately one of those risks is the risk of injury from a fire on the site. Fires occur on a construction site more frequently than you might think, and workers injured by these accidents often s......
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Sexual abuse takes many forms, and the aftermath of a sexual assault can be overwhelming. It's a painful subject, difficult to talk about, and potentially a powder keg of emotional trauma for every sexual abuse survivor. Any form of sexual abuse can leave long-lasting phys......
View MoreCrane accidents happen when the people in charge of planning construction safely fail to make the safety of workers and passers-by their top priority. The most common crane accidents happen when:The equipment is poorly maintained, resulting in hoist failure, boom collapse o......
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