Suffolk County

Published on: January 15, 2012

Driver Sentenced to Prison for Fleeing the Scene of a Car Accident

by Stephen Bilkis

A car accidentoccured on a rainy night, resulting in the death of the victim. The woman who was behind the wheel, plead guilty to accident involving death or personal injury and was sentenced to one to five years in prison, the minimum mandatory sentence for a felony charge.

The defendant is eligible for the work release program offered at the prison where she is to serve. She also agreed to pay $500 to the scholarship fund set up in the victim’s name. The judge did point out that such a pledge was not legally binding.

The 17-year-old victim walked in front of the woman’s car and died because of injuries sustained at impact, according to a New York Injury Lawyer. The defendant was not impaired by either drugs or alcohol, but she ‘panicked’ after hitting the girl and kept driving. Her car was stopped less than three miles away where she admitted her involvement.

Published on: January 11, 2012

Wife-beating Ex-Cop Escapes Jail Time

by Stephen Bilkis

An NPYD precinct commander was savagely beaten by her ex-cop husband, suffering a broken bone and a hospital stay, but he managed to get escape time in prison by pleaded guilty to drastically reduced charges.

The ex-cop, 47, trailed his wife, a deputy inspector and commanding officer for a precinct in Bedford-Stuyvesant, to a home on Long Island, on March 21. He waited for her to emerge, and when she did, he confronted her and assaulted her there on the front lawn, police sources explained to a reporter. The attack broke several of the victim’s ribs.

Hearing the screams of the woman being attacked, a detective with the NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force came to her assistance and the ex-cop fled. According to the ex-cop, upon being questioned later, his wife, 46, was having an affair with the detective who rescued her.

Published on: December 29, 2011

Hertfordshire Boy Receives 6.4 Million Euros for Birth Injury

by Stephen Bilkis

An eight-year old boy from Welwyn Garden City, who suffers from quadriplegia and cerebral palsy, recently received 6.4 Million Euros compensation after suffering a serious birth injury, claims a report.

The now eight-year old was born at Edgware Birth Centre in Burnt Oak. As a source explained, the birth injury occurred when a student nurse did not recognize that his heart rate had fallen during delivery, and did not speed up the delivery. On top of that, delays made the transfer from the Edgware Birth Centre to Barnet General Hospital longer than was expected, which only compounded the situation. Hospitals in Nassau and Suffolk Counties try to guard against this situation.

The eight-year old’s parents made a claim for compensation against Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust. The claimed that the mother should not have been sent to the Edgware Birth Center in the first place, as the centre only accepted first time mothers under the age of thirty five, and she was thirty eight years old at the time of delivery. She should have been sent first to a hospital where they may have been able to better handle her difficult delivery.

Published on: December 22, 2011

DUI crash cause critical situation

by Stephen Bilkis

A Morgan Hill Police Sergeant told a reporter that a driver was seriously charged with a felony when the passenger in her car was injured in the car crash. The car got out of control and hit a tree when the passenger received the injuries.

The police reported that they went to the scene to investigate the accident. The media carried the story and it was learned that the young man was only 17 years old. The Police reported that the driver seemed to be intoxicated while driving.

The facts seemed to agree with the legal aspects of the situation and render this as an unfortunate incident for all who were involved. According to reports, the passenger in the vehicle became unconscious when the police arrived at the scene. It was apparent that he had visible signs of injuries to her face. A helicopter took the injured man to the hospital nearby and he was taken to the intensive care unit where he received treatment for this serious condition.

Published on: December 16, 2011

Dallas County Seeks Liability Legislature

by Stephen Bilkis

The Dallas County commissioners, who have seen mounting lawsuits over constable actions, are attempting to get legislation passed that would protect the county when elected officials step outside their boundaries and create personal injury situations.

The county attempted to get a similar bill passed in 1999, but heavy opposition from various businesses and associations doomed the bill early on. Since 1999, the county has been hit with numerous lawsuits, mainly having to do with the actions of elected officials, stated a source.

The county budget office has reported that they do not track how much the county has spent defending itself against such lawsuits. Commissioners have already limited the liability by eliminating constable traffic units and constable canine units.

Published on: December 8, 2011

Toyota Wins Acceleration Suit in New York

by Stephen Bilkis

A federal jury in Islip, New York, has ruled for Toyota in a case of sudden acceleration in New York. This is in Suffolk County and near Nassau County.

The jury deliberated for less than an hour before finding Toyota was not responsible for a doctor’s 2005 Scion sudden acceleration and collision into a tree, sources tell us. The jury found the driver to be at fault, instead.

It was all the driver, not the brake or the floor mat which may have caught the accelerator, a lawyer for the car company reported. The doctor “made a mistake in the operation of his 2005 Scion TC”, the lawyer said to the jury. “He made a simple but unfortunate mistake.”

Published on: November 23, 2011

Bus Passenger Sues

by Stephen Bilkis

Passengers are questioning a bus driver’s statement that he was well-rested and alert the morning his tour bus crashed into a pole in New York, killing 15 people on board.

The expert reports that in a lawsuit, a passenger claims the driver fell asleep while driving when the bus wrecked on March 12 while coming home from the Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, Conn.

The passenger was sitting in the back and saw the bus veer onto the rumble strip three times in a 20-minute period before the crash on Interstate 95 according to his lawyer. He said his client did not see a tractor-trailer careen toward the bus, as the driver claims.

Published on: November 14, 2011

Student’s Death Mourned in Yale Community

by Stephen Bilkis

A “brilliant” and “vibrant” senior was found dead early Wednesday after her hair apparently got caught in a lathe during a laboratory accident. The Yale Community is in mourning.

The astronomy and physics major was just weeks away from graduation and was looking forward to beginning a career in oceanography after she graduated. She had spent last summer working as a student fellow in the competitive Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

The young scientist was working on a class project when the accident occurred. She was in the Sterling Chemistry Laboratory. Other students working in the building found her body and called police between 2 and 3 a.m.

Published on: October 2, 2011

Mystery car wreck kills one

by Stephen Bilkis

Mystery car accidents are frustrating for the police, particularly when it involves children, as in this case, commented the New York Injury Lawyer. The 15-year old was ejected from the car she was riding in when it veered off the road and went into a roll over. She was dead on impact with the ground.

The vehicle in which she was riding had been headed to the nearest town and was being driven by an 18-year old young man, who didn’t have that much experience driving. Ambulance crews took him to the hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries and discharged. As soon as he was discharged, he was arrested. Another 21-year old man was arrested at the scene of the accident.

Police aren’t certain yet as to what happened to cause the first car that the young girl was riding in to go off the road, but they have suspicions that the two cars that were traveling together, were speeding and racing one another. The police are asking for any eye witnesses to come forward and help them with the investigation. They particularly want to talk to anyone who saw the blue Corsa before it flipped or a white Ford Fiesta. They’re hoping they can get to the bottom of what caused this fatality. Authorities in Nassau and Suffolk Counties are watching this case carefully.

Published on: September 20, 2011

Bus Accident Kills 1, Injures 8 in Port Jefferson

by Stephen Bilkis

An accident in Baiting Hollow ended in the death of one and injured eight others. It occurred on Sound Avenue when a tractor-trailer collided with a school bus for special-needs children. So far, it seems that the fatality and most, if not all, of those injured, were adults.

According to a police chief in the area, the bus was the property of Maryhaven Center of Hope in Poor Jefferson. The tractor trailer was carrying a load of sand. According to New York Injury Lawyers, the street is both hilly and curved, which made it easy for the bus and tractor trailer to lose control when they sideswiped each other.

A dispatcher for the Maryhaven Center of Hope told New York Injury Lawyers they are a program for children with special needs. At the time for the accident, there were six students and two staff members on the bus.