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Personal Injury Law

New York City Personal Injury Lawyer

News, information updates and opinions on personal injury law.
By Paul Napoli, Esq.

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Last Entry: March 31, 2011 at 19:14:26

Securities Arbitration Have Become Quite Common as Broker Dealer Disputes are on the Rise

Posted on April 03, 2009
Broker dealer disputes have been increasing tremendously as the heat from the economic crisis is still flaming in people's bank accounts, or lack there of. Disputes that have arisen from Broker dealer relations have been increasing as the market has been in turmoil for some months now...

$1.25 Million Settlement for 7 year old boys death at amusement park in Westchester, NY

Posted on April 02, 2009
At the Playland Park in Westchester NY, Jon-Kely Cassara ultimately died on the Ye Old Mill ride back in 2005. Cassara, a seven year old boy who was visiting the park with his family, got out of the ride/boat and fell under which led to him drowning. The case was settled as a dangerous premise case on March 23, 2009...

Wrongful Death Suit filed by Widow of Flight 3407

Posted on April 02, 2009
The fatal air crash about four weeks ago claimed the lives of fifty people on February 12, 2009. One of those victims, Ernest W. West, was one of those fifty victims who were killed in the plane crash. West's wife has filed a Wrongful Death suit against Colgan Air, Bombardier Aerospace, Pinnacle Airlines, and Continental...

Stamford CT, Women Mauled by Friends Pet Chimpanzee Sparks Personal Injury Awareness

Posted on April 02, 2009
People all over the country were shocked when a woman was mauled by her friend's pet chimpanzee, which weighed over 200 pounds. The 55-year-old woman who was horribly hurt be her friend's Chimp, who had over the years been in commercials for Coke and Old Navy...

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Legal State Limit of $3m goes to Victim of Ohio Accident

Posted on April 02, 2009
The legal state limit for Ohio to award any one victim of an accident is $3 million dollars, and that is exactly what the victim's are going to get from the fatal accident. The accident that killed 7 members on the bus including the bus driver, and injured 28 other passengers occurred in Bluffton, Ohio...

SunKids Convertible Cribs Recalled

Posted on April 02, 2009
Suntech Enterprises Inc., in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a recall of SunKids Convertible Cribs because of entrapment and suffocation hazards. The sides of the crib are made of mesh that expands, creating a gap between the side and the crib's mattress if it's not zipped into place, or a gap between the side and an added mattress...

Fox 5 TV Newsman Arrested After Traffic Accident

Posted on March 31, 2009
Mike Sheehan, Fox 5 TV Newsman and former cop, was arrested when he refused a Breathalyzer test following a traffic accident that involved his vehicle and an NYPD officer on a horse. The Monday night accident happened on North Moore Street at Varick Street in Manhattan...

Two Wrongful Death Lawsuits Filed In NYC Crane Collapse

Posted on March 30, 2009
The families of two men killed in a Manhattan crane collapse last year are suing the city, the crane's owners and several construction companies for wrongful death. Donald Leo, 30 and Ramadan Kurtaj, 27, died when the crane collapsed. The two wrongful death, seeking seek unspecified damages, were filed in state Supreme Court on Monday...

Certain Pistachios Recalled For Possible Salmonella Contamination

Posted on March 30, 2009
The production of pistachios sold by Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc. has been halted while the FDA and the California Department of Health (CDPH) investigate a possible Salmonella contamination. The company is issuing a voluntary recall of more than 1 million pounds of products...

CDC - Pet-Related Falls Injure Thousands Each Year

Posted on March 27, 2009
The leading cause of nonfatal injuries in the U.S. is falls, but until now few data has been published regarding falls associated with pets. In the latest edition of MWMR by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports more than 86,000 falls a year are attributed to four-legged family members...

Electrolux Home Care Products Recalls Cordless Stick Vacuums

Posted on March 26, 2009
Electrolux Home Care Products Inc, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), is recalling 320,000 Ergorapido, Pronto and Precision Vacuums because the battery can burst, posing an injury risk to the user and bystanders...

Have you lost money in your 529?

Posted on March 21, 2009
We have all suffered losses over the past few months. The stock market is down over 43% since the third quarter of 2007. Losing our money is hard enough but losing money saved for our children's education is unbearable. 529s were designed as a safe and sensible way to save, tax free, for your children's college expenses...

Natasha Richardson Dies From Brain Injury

Posted on March 19, 2009
Natasha Richardson, 45, was alert and conversational after she fell and bumped her head at the end of a skiing lesson on Monday. Back in her hotel room, just an hour later, she developed a severe headache and her condition quickly took a turn for the worse...

FINRA Fines Citigroup $2 Million for Trade Reporting Violations

Posted on March 18, 2009
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the agency charged with broker-dealer regulation and overseeing arbitrations, fined Citigroup's global-markets unit $2 million for trade-reporting violations. Finra explained that Citigroup's system failures caused the incorrect publication of over 6,800 transactions in over 170 securities...

NYC Worker Falls Ten Stories To His Death

Posted on March 18, 2009
A construction worker fell ten stories to his death, landing on scaffolding on the first floor of a luxury hotel in Manhattan on Wednesday. According to officials, it appears the worker was not wearing a harness as required. Authorities say the worker, 18, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, but he was pronounced dead on arrival...

Napoli Bern Ripka Begins Investigating Oppenheimer Funds

Posted on March 17, 2009
Napoli Bern & Ripka LLP, is investigating the following Oppenheimer funds OPCHX, OCHBX OCHCX, OCHNX, OCHYX for potential fraud and malfeasance. According to recent Morningstar reports these funds are the worst in their class and some have lost as much as 83% of their value over the last 3 quartes...

Republican Governors Rejecting Stimulus Money for Unemployment

Posted on March 16, 2009
Now that stimulus money for the unemployed is starting to flow in, some republican governors are giving their share of the 7 billions dollars a stern no. These republican governors have said no to their share of the money because they feel that the taxes attached to this money are far to high and would only cause greater problems in the future...

Medical Apology Bill Gains Headway

Posted on March 16, 2009
There is a new proposed bill that actually makes it mandatory for doctors and medical professionals to apologize to victims of medical malpractice. The rate of medical malpractice recently has spiked due to carelessness and lack of paying an attention to detail during surgery and other procedures...

Many Children's Bath Products Contain Harmful Chemicals

Posted on March 13, 2009
A new report by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics finds many children's bath products contain harmful and toxic chemicals that are known to cause skin allergies and cancer. According to the report titled, 'No More Toxic Tub,' two-thirds of the products tested which include Johnson & Johnson's Baby Shampoo, contained formaldehyde or 1,4 dioxane...

Former FINRA Arbitration Counsel Now Representing Individual Investors

Posted on March 11, 2009
After sitting on the sidelines, watching all of the action take place before my eyes, I decided to jump in head-first. After working five years at the New York Stock Exchange Arbitration Division (now 'FINRA') I decided it was time to help individuals who have lost money due to a broker's or firm's misconduct...

Madison County Man Killed In Motorcycle Accident

Posted on March 08, 2009
A Madison County man, 21, was killed in a motorcycle accident on Sunday, after he crashed into a truck. The man was riding his off-road Yamaha motorcyle on his property in Hubbardsville when he drove into the road and struck an oncoming jeep, according to sheriff's deputies...

Charles Schwab Commits Fraud (SWYSX and SWYCX)

Posted on March 06, 2009
Napoli Bern Ripka LLP is investigating Charles Schwab & Co. for engaging in fraud. Schwab managers misrepresented the Schwab YieldPlus Funds (SWYSX and SWYCX) as similar to money market funds and suitable for investors seeking a conservative investment with low volatility...

New Motor Trade Internal Risks to Offer Products Liability Coverage

Posted on March 02, 2009

Lawsuit Stemming from Birth in Michigan Jail

Posted on March 02, 2009

Suit Filed Against Operators of Flight 3407

Posted on February 27, 2009

Family Files Suit in Police Shootout, IL

Posted on February 26, 2009
A teenager’s family is filing a wrongful death suit against the city of Greenwood, the Police Department of Greenwood, officers Eric McElhaney and Jay Arnold, as well as the Greenwood police chief and mayor. The plaintiff’s are filing an excessive force claim as well as illegally pursuing and stopping the vehicle in which Kyle Collins was in the passenger seat...

Texting, Phones, & Alcohol are the Roots of Teenage Driving Accidents

Posted on February 26, 2009
Texting and making phone calls while driving are now becoming quite close to overcoming the root of all teenage driving accidents. The fact of the matter is that teenage drivers have yet to fully develop their driving skills to operate a vehicle while also operating and cell phone...

Surgeon gives up license after being accused of child molestation

Posted on February 26, 2009
Dr. Peter Chi, of Livermore turned his license after being accused of molesting his young patients when giving them routine medical procedures. The California based cosmetic surgeon was the director of Beauty Renewed Laser Skin Center in Tracy. Chi first had run-ins with the law back in 2005, as an ear nose and throat doctor who faced charges of negligence...

Three Deaths Linked To Psoriasis Drug Raptiva

Posted on February 20, 2009
The FDA has confirmed three reports of death from progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) associated with the Psoriasis drug, Raptiva. A fourth case is being looked at as well. PML is a rare and often-fatal brain infection, where there is inflammation of the brain's white matter...

Stuffed Toys Recalled By Old Navy For Choking Hazard

Posted on February 19, 2009
Old Navy LLC, in conjunction with both the U.S. Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada, announced a voluntary recall of more than 30,000 Stuffed Animal and Creature Toys in the U.S. and Canada. The stuffed toys have two button eyes that can detach posing a choking hazard to small children...

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