Category Archives: Personal Injury
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In August, a construction worker at Three World Trade Center fell 15 feet to the ground while installing a steel beam, sustaining head injuries and breaking both his arms. In September, a bricklayer working on the façade of an Upper East Side building fell from a height of 30 feet and was taken to the… Read More »
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This past July, Anthony Spadafora, a police officer, was hospitalized after falling on a slippery floor in NYPD’s Staten Island Narcotics Bureau. The Bureau’s failure to clean up “oil and/or other slippery substances” from the floor cost the City $60,000. Spadafora’s is among a dwindling number of successful slip and fall cases in New York…. Read More »
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Filmmaker Dean Peterson gained unusual attention for his work when a video he shot showing a series subway riders tripping on the same step while exiting a station in Sunset Park. The video, entitled “New York City Subway Stairs” went viral — it was discussed on various blogs and forums, and had approximately 330,000 views… Read More »
