Personal Injury Law

From Cranes to Window Washers to Trenches, Construction Accidents Roil New York City
It seems that troubling news regarding the construction industry and construction accidents in New York City are heard on a daily basis. 15 people in construction-related accidents have been killed in the city so far this year, compared with 12 in all of 2007...

Second Construction Crane Toppled in Two Months, One Person Killed
New York, NY: A second construction crane accident in New York City in two months is raising questions about the safety of building, and infill construction practices in city centers and highly populated areas...

Protest and Crane Dismantling Latest Developments Highlight Critical Importance of NYC’s Proposed Legislation To Increase Construction Site Safety
Families of the firefighters who died in last summer’s fire at the former Deutsche Bank building held a demonstration at the Manhattan site yesterday morning to call for construction site safety and reform throughout New York City...

All New York Crane Construction Halted
We reported on May 30?s fatal crane accident. Now we can confirm that New York has suspended all crane construction until June 2 and will be hiring over 20 new engineers to monitor construction sites as part of a new $93 million initiative to increase construction safety...

New York City Holds 4th Annual Construction Safety Week
Last week, April 28 - May 2, 2008, was New York City?s 4th annual Construction Safety Week, the purpose of which is to “advance safe construction practices?. Seminars were offered in topics such as ?Scaffold Safety: Keeping Workers Safe on the Job?, (held by the NYC Department of Buildings in conjunction with the Latin American [...

Rise In Construction Fatalities In New York City Prompts Aggressive Action by OSHA
Beginning June 23, 2008, OSHA brought a dozen additional inspectors into New York City to conduct proactive inspections of high-rise construction sites, cranes, and other places, where fatalities and serious accidents have been occurring...

Dumb New York Laws
Stupid Laws in the Empire State

Dumb Texas Laws
Stupid Laws in the Lone Star State

Dumb California Laws
Stupid Laws in the Sunshine State

New York Building Codes
Building and constructions laws in New York

Dumb Foreign Laws
Stupid Laws of Other Countries

Construction Site Accidents
Lawsuits related to accidents

New York City
Seniors' Centers Found to Have Exposed Asbestos-Pipe Insulation

New York City
$1.5 million settlement after a family of four was killed by an off duty drunken police officer.

Construction Contact
Kilbourn Tower pays the city of Milwaukee a $950,000 settlement.

Reddy Ice Holdings Inc., Arctic Glacier International Inc., and Home City Ice Co.
allegedly violated federal antitrust laws by fixing prices for packaged cubed, crushed, block, and dry ice in the US and Canada.

New York Employment Law
alleged violations of New York employment law.

California Labor Laws
alleged violations of California labor laws such as overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.