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Posted on Mar 7, 2012 By Dan Flanzig
A divided state appeals panel has ruled that personal injury claims against a landlord for exposure to mold and other toxins are not categorically barred by an earlier decision, reversing a lower ...
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Posted on Jan 9, 2012 By Dan Flanzig
A federal advisory committee has recommended that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lower the threshold for diagnosing lead poisoning in children, the first recommendation of its kind in ...
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Posted on Nov 14, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
The Pedestrian Loses the Way By CHRISTOPHER GRAY Published: November 10, 2011 IN the future, perhaps our time will be known as the first decade of the Bicycle Wars, with righteous armies fighting over ...
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Posted on Nov 10, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Long v. Massapequa Union Free School District NASSAU COUNTY Torts New York Law Journal November 10, 2011 Justice Ute Wolff Lally Long, a student, sought to recover money damages for personal injuries ...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Act Fast to Save Sight if Signs of Danger to the Retina Appear By JANE E. BRODY The eyes may be windows to the soul, but the retina is the brain's window to the world. When the retina is injured, ...
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Posted on Nov 7, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
For James Michael Taylor, an evening bath became a death sentence. Multimedia Deaths in Care: 16 Cases Investigating Deaths in State and Privately-Run Homes The Death Files The Death of James Taylor ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Hospital Ordered to Produce Data on Computer Diagnosis New York Law Journal November 02, 2011 Joan Bowman, as the Administrator De Bonis Non of the Estate of Michael E. Bowman, Plaintiff v. St. ...
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Posted on Oct 28, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
The Surprising Psychology of Driver Interaction With Cyclists by Angie Schmitt on October 26, 2011 Pop quiz. Do you wear a helmet when you ride? Spandex or normal clothes? Are you female or male? ...
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Posted on Oct 28, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and MOSI SECRET Published: October 27, 2011 Eleven people were charged on Thursday in an enormous fraud scheme in which hundreds of Long Island Rail Road workers falsely claimed ...
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Posted on Oct 11, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
The driver's neighbor writes us in his defense.] A delivery worker, described by police as a 41-year-old Asian man, was killed last night in Greenpoint when a driver in a Buick struck him from behind ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Luckily, it's now pear season. It's been weeks of melon-related tragedies, with dozens of people sick and thirteen dead, and now the first lawsuit has erupted against Jensen Farms and Wal-Mart. A man, ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
A critical Mass goes horribly wrong with multiple people injured in bike accident. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDrX-kvppiE&feature=player_detailpage
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Posted on Oct 5, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
NEW YORK - Bicycle lanes, cycling lessons for adults, and soon 10,000 bikes in a sharing program : New York is pedaling hard to join the world's growing love affair with the bicycle. The number of New ...
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Posted on Oct 4, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Merck Dodges Fosamax Claims in Latest Bellwether Trial; Defense Record Now 4-1 In its fifth time at bat in trials over injuries allegedly caused by the osteoporosis drug Fosamax, Merck on Monday ...
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Posted on Oct 4, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
The 2011 edition of Claim Trend Analysis published by Physician Insurers Association of America, a consortium of 23 medical negligence insurers. The Claims Trend Analysis compiles data for medical ...
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Posted on Oct 1, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
The New York Times reportss today the marked increase in metalic hip replacement failure. People who have had this surgery will learn of the federal preemption protection provided to this ...
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Posted on Sep 28, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
In effort to make New York City more "biker friendly", Mayor Bloomberg has ordered 10,000 bicycles to be distributed among 600 bike racks throughout Manhattan and some areas of Brooklyn by next ...
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Posted on Sep 28, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
A rise of 26 per cent in the number of accidents involving cyclists in the UK has prompted an outcry for greater awareness of the dangers of cycling amongst all road users. The Department for ...
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Posted on Sep 28, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
ESCONDIDO - A 79-year-old Escondido man died Tuesday night following a bicycle accident, police said. Officers responded about 7:30 p.m. to Mission Avenue, east of Gamble Street, to a report of an ...
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Posted on Sep 28, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
A teenage boy riding a scooter has had a brush with death after crashing into a 15-tonne truck in central Otago. Police say the 15-year-old Alexandria boy was riding his 50cc scooter along Dunstan ...
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Posted on Sep 23, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Port Authority Not Liable in Bombing, Court Rules By BENJAMIN WEISER In a sharply divided decision, New York's highest court ruled on Thursday that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was ...
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Posted on Sep 22, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
$5 Million Payment to End Suits Over Death of 13-Year-Old Boy in State Care By DANNY HAKIM ALBANY - The State of New York has agreed to pay $5 million to settle two civil suits brought by the family ...
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Posted on Sep 20, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
A Building's Scaffolding Collapsed Onto a City Bus in Harlem This Morning Ten people were hurt in the accident, say officials. There were no life-threatening injuries, but apparently it's time to add ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
NEW YORK, NY, September 09, 2011 -- Unsecured construction site fencing that tipped over during Irene forced a bicyclist to swerve into the path of a passing car, reported The New York Daily News. ...
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Posted on Sep 7, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
By Jay Sheppard: Like many of you on the East Coast, I've been spending my Sunday without power, thanks to Hurricane Irene. As I write this Sunday night, we're in our eighth hour without electricity. ...
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