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Jun
What is Balance and Vestibular Therapy and How can it Help My Brain Injury?
If you are involved in a traffic accident or any other accident that could injure you, seek medical attention at once. Some injuries may be undetectable or may seem inconsequential immediately after an accident, but over time, those injuries can become serious. It may be easy to...
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17
Jun
NYC BUILD IT BACK HOME COLLAPSE
Hurricane Sandy was the deadliest and most destructive hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. It is the second-costliest hurricane in United States history, second only to Hurricane Katrina. The storm caused roughly $50 billion in damage and resulted in at least 147 dea...
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Jun
Is There Lead Paint In Your Home?
NYCHA AND LEAD PAINTIn the 1950s, lead paint was commonly used in residences throughout New York City. In 1960, however, the city banned the use of paint containing lead in residential housing. Despite lead paint being banned, there are still thousands of NYC apartment buildings...
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Jun
Will Public Wi-Fi In New York City Violate Your Civil Rights?
New York City’s new free public Wi-Fi network raises numerous privacy concerns for users and tourist alike. The problem is, CityBridge, the corporation behind the LinkNYC kiosks that have begun changing phone booths in Manhattan, keeps a vast amount of data about users – often fo...
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Jun
Why There Is An Increase In Personal Injury Accidents In NYC
There are typically less injuries related to motor vehicle accidents in New York City during the month of January than during most other months. This January there were 17,798 traffic accidents compared to 15,977 in January 2015, 16,597 in January 2014 and 15,599. Even though mot...
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Jun
HOW TO DEAL WITH POLICE ENCOUNTERS IN NEW YORK
In 1976, New York’s highest court set forth a four-level test to evaluate the reasonableness of police encounters initiated by the NYPD. The purpose of the test was to provide clear guidance for police officers about what they can and can’t do in ordinary interactions with indivi...
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Jun
BODY OF THIRD VICTIM RECOVERED FROM TUGBOAT ACCIDENT WRECKAGE IN HUDSON
The Jones Act lawyers of The Law Offices of Michael S. Lamonsoff who represents decedent, Harry Hernandez and his surviving family, in the case of the collision and sinking of the tugboat “Specialist”, closely monitored the raising of the ship and the recovery of Mr. Hernandez’s...
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Jun
Pancreatic Cancer and what we know now
On April 10th The Law Offices of Michael S. Lamonsoff will be sponsoring and taking part in the 2016 NYC Pancreatic Cancer Walk. This issue is near and dear to our hearts here at the injury law firm of MSL. One of our own has lost someone they loved to this horrible disease. Befo...
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17
Jun
The Hudson River Tugboat accident is now a Case
On March 12th a 90-foot tugboat named the “Specialist” was support in steering a barge south along the Hudson, about 25 miles north of NYC, when it collided with a construction barge at 5:15 a. m. near the site where the new Tappan Zee Bridge is being built. Authorities report that...
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Jun
Metro-North engineer in deadly Bronx train accident gets pension
On a sleepy holiday weekend morning in December 2013, a Metro-North Railroad Hudson Line passenger train derailed near the Spuyten Duyvil station in the Bronx in New York City. The train was traveling at a speed of 82 miles per hour as it whipped around one of the sharpest curves...
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