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If you go to work expecting to be safe, put in a day’s labor, go home and collect your pay check at the end of the week, join the millions of Americans who think the same way. Unfortunately, hundreds of workers who participated in the Gulf oil spill on the cleanup crews are now experiencing various ailments, headaches, chest pains and difficulty breathing, reported the New York City Injury Lawyer.
The prevailing question is whether or not the people are sick as a result of being exposed to the oil, or something else. This research will take some time to find the answer, but in the meantime, hundreds of gulf oil cleanup workers are talking to personal injury lawyers to find out where they stand legally with regard to filing a lawsuit against the oil companies and their employer(s).
The study will cost somewhere on the order of $14 billion and will follow 55,000 cleanup workers for ten years. While the number of workers they plan to follow may seem high, there were, overall, at least 130,000 people that helped clean the mess up, indicated the New York Injury Lawyer. That mess consisted of 4.1 million gallons of oil spilled directly in the Gulf for close to four months. Lawyers in Brooklyn and Queens feel that these cases will yield a big settlement.
Interestingly, part of the money to fund this study will come from BP oil itself. They stated they wanted to distance themselves from the design and protocol of the study, so they may get an independent review from New York City Injury Lawyers of whether or not there are any links between cleanup workers health issues and the spill. Another interesting point about this study is that its results may well be used in lawsuits to prove the spill injured the plaintiff(s).
It goes without saying that the cleanup workers would be inhaling benzene during the cleanup and over-exposure to that may indeed be the reason for the symptoms the workers are experiencing today.

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Delaware is one of six states in which the Diocese has filed for bankruptcy as a result of dozens of sexual abuse cases being brought to light against priests, reports a N York Injury Lawyer. this disturbing trend keeps happening in states all across the country. It seems as if the dirty little secret that has been kept hidden by the church for dozens, if not hundreds of years, is finally coming to light. The fallout is worse than we would have imagined. 

The Delaware Diocese has agreed to pay each of the more than 150 adults who are claiming to have been molested by priests an excess of $350,000 in order to end the cases and put that dirty shadow of a past behind them, explains the New York Injury Lawyer. Over the years, as more people have come forward with charges of sexual abuse perpetrated by priest onto young children, it has become more and more difficult to put our faith and trust in the church that seems to be doing the most harm that it can upon its congregation. 

It is assumed that the majority of the adults who have filed cases against the Church will accept the settlement. Other states in which the Diocese has filed for bankruptcy as a result of sexual molestation charges against children by priests are Oregon, Texas, Iowa, Washington and Arizona. 

When the people who we have been expected to trust harm our children in the worst ways and with utter deception, there really is no way to come out ahead, and this settlement does not feel like a victory for many of the adults who were molested as children. In Nassau and Queens this might be considered premises liability since the church in many cases owns the land or building. The New York Injury Lawyer suggests in his report that the more people who come forth and shed light on just how prevalent these lascivious acts have become, the faster such behavior will absolutely no longer be tolerated.

Victims who have suffered injury as a result of crime, negligence or abuse have resources that they can fall back on to help support them in their case.

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Two suffered injuries when a sport utility vehicle flipped over near Exit 17 of the Southern State Parkway in Malverne, New York State Police have stated.
The injured people were not identified, but police assured New York Injury Lawyers their injuries were not life-threatening. The SUV flipped over in the westbound lane at about 9:20 in the morning.
One of the injured persons was taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow and the other to Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola, a state trooper told New York Injury Lawyers. The cause of the accident remains unknown, as does the possibility of criminal charges. Police managed to clear the scene in about three hours.
In Melville, police issued 13 tickets while manning a bus safety checkpoint.
Not only did they hand out tickets, but police removed two drivers from service for safety violations and removed four vehicles from service for mechanical defects. Police say the tickets were issued for various violations of state transportation law. Lawyers in Nassau and Suffolk Counties handle these cases on a contingency basis.
Eighteen busses and limousines were inspected at the check point near Exit 49 on the Long Island Expressway. Police explained to New York Injury Lawyers the checkpoint was “part of an ongoing state-wide initiative.”
There was another check point in April, which resulted in 11 drivers and vehicles receiving tickets and being taken out of service. A man killed in an accident in Ronkonkoma has been identified. The 40-year-old victim was killed around midnight on a Saturday at Express Drive North.
A 57-year-old man was driving a Ford F350 up Hawkins Avenue when his truck hit the victim’s Dodge Ram, New York City Injury Lawyers have remarked. The victim was pronounced dead at Stony Brook University Medical Center less than an hour later.
The 57-year-old driver of the Ford was not injured and police continue to investigate in an attempt to find out exactly what happened.
A spokesman for the family of the victim had no comment, except to say the family is grieving

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The owner of an Albany bar who was accused of initiating an assault on a Times Union reporter in October 2008 has been found not guilty of the crime, says a New York Injury Lawyer. The verdict comes more than two years after the reporter, a food critic, was beaten and assaulted by two brothers, one a professional fighter. The incident occurred after the reporter had apparently given harsh criticism of the establishment in his reviews.

According to the New York City Injury Lawyer, the owner of the bar was overheard making statements about wanting to have the food critic beaten up, and phone calls on the day of the attack between the bar owner and the two brothers were made. Even so, the jury did not have enough evidence to convict the owner of the bar for initiating the attack against the reporter. It was all circumstantial evidence, and apparently not admissible in court. Premises Liability could also be charged had this incident happened in Long Island or Manhattan.

Neither of the two brothers involved in the assault received jail time over the incident. One of the brothers had his jail time waived after agreeing to cooperate in the case against the bars owner, and the other brother had his case thrown out after mistakes were made in the trial. The victim of the assault was understandably unhappy with the not guilty verdict, but was quoted as saying that he had respect for the decision, and that, regardless of the outcome, he is happy to put the ordeal behind him and move on with his life.

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A former doctor of a Boston hospital died on February 18, 2011. Though this is not usually newsworthy, a New York City Injury Lawyer says the doctor’s death has opened the door for accusations to resurface. The doctor, a former employee of Children’s Hospital Boston had recently been sued over accusations that thousands of his pediatric patients had been sexually abused.
The law suit came just one day before the doctor’s death. The doctor was not only a pediatric doctor, but also a bestselling author who was in his early seventies. The doctor was residing in North Carolina prior to his death, but law enforcement is refusing to comment on when or how his death occurred. A New York Injury Lawyer reminds readers that the doctor never wavered on denying allegations. In fact the Boston lawyer who represented the recently deceased doctor is quoted as saying, “this entire episode is a tragedy”. The doctor’s counsel stated that the physician steadfastly denied the allegations and stated his treatment of all children was appropriate in every respect. The family members that were contacted following his death are refusing to comment.
Immediately preceding the death of the former 19 year physician a class action lawsuit had been filed. The lawsuit contended that the doctor had sexually abused as many as 5,000 patients in his 19 years at Children’s Hospital, reiterates one New York Injury Lawyer. The suit specifically represented patients of the doctor from the years 1966 to 1985. The suit named both the doctor and the hospital. The hospital was included because it allegedly failed to supervise the doctor allowing him to commit malpractice. Lawyers in Manhattan and Long Island are confronted with these problems every day.
The suit included 40 former patients. The patients were all young boys at the time of the alleged incidents which included, what the boys called, unnecessary genital exams. The lawyer for the prosecution told reporters that the doctor did not allow the parents in the exam room on a typical visit, saying they would interfere with his ability to properly complete an exam. The prosecuting attorney also states that the doctor would have boys strip for all exams in their entirety, no matter the reason for the visit. It has also been stated that the doctor preformed prolonged genital exams on young male patients.
It has not yet been decided whether the doctor’s estate will sought after for retribution. In fact the attorney for the prosecution will only offer condolences to the family of the recently deceased doctor at this time. He states that the individual clients and the clients as a group will have to decide whether or not to pursue the claims. When asked, a New York Injury Attorney stated that the claims were still viable and retribution could be sought, but it would be up to how the families felt about pursuing a guilty verdict on a dead man.

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There has been no lawsuit filed against former Jets quarterback Brett Farve for workplace sexual harassment. Under New Jersey law, the statute of limitations for filing a workplace sexual harassment claim is two years, which has now elapsed, a New York Injury Lawyer informed. Farve allegedly texted obscene messages to a woman who was also employed by the Jets as a sideline reporter at the time. The woman claims that the messages and pictures she received from Favre were unsolicited and full of sexual overtones that made her uncomfortable. This could easily be considered a work injury case in Manhattan and Long Island.

The scandal was highly publicized and threats of a lawsuit were pending, but surprisingly, no lawsuit was ever filed. though the date for filing a workplace sexual harassment lawsuit has elapsed, there are other avenues that the woman could choose if she were to continue to take legal action against him. Under New Jersey law, the woman could still file a sexual harassment charge against the football superstar without having such time constraints placed upon the case, as long as it was not a workplace sexual harassment charge.

According to the New York Injury Lawyer, the NFL is conducting an internal investigation into the matter and will reveal its findings as soon as they are known. For now, it seems, the uncomfortable spotlight has been dimmed, but Farve could face more trouble in the future, depending upon what the investigation finds. At this time, neither Farve nor the woman who alleges his sexual misconduct could be reached for comment on the situation.

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