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What is the difference between bodily injury and personal injury?

Understanding legal terminology can be complex, especially when dealing with the aftermath of an accident. If you’ve been involved in an incident and are seeking compensation, it’s essential to understand the difference between bodily injury and personal injury. These terms may sound similar but are often used in different legal

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Who is at fault in a T-Bone accident?

New York City Car Accident Lawyers With Offices In Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan & The Bronx T-bone car accidents, also known as side-impact collisions, are one of the most devastating types of traffic incidents one can experience. Determining fault in a T-bone accident is a crucial aspect that your New York

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What qualifies as a wrongful death lawsuit?

New York City Wrongful Death Lawyers With Offices in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan & The Bronx In the tragic event of losing a loved one, you may find yourself grappling with many complex emotions and questions. One pressing question might be whether the death could have been prevented, and if so,

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Our Attorneys Answer Your Most Frequently Asked Questions

What languages are spoken at The Orlow Firm? The New York Personal Injury Attorneys at The Orlow Firm can accommodate a wide array of clients with a staff that includes Spanish, Mandarin, and Russian speakers. If you have a personal injury case in New York, contact Queens personal injury attorney

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Top Causes of Elevator Accidents and Lawsuits

With adequate repair and maintenance, elevators provide a fairly safe means of transport. Accidents do occur however, claiming about 30 lives per year and injuring 17,000. Occasionally, an elevator may stop before reaching the proper level between floors. It may suddenly start, stop, or speed up. Doors may fail to

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Slip and Fall Accident in the Workplace: A Case Study

In 2014, one in five workplace accidents took place on a construction site (source). Despite dozens of codes, regulations and laws companies are required to follow; construction sites naturally expose workers to what the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) calls the “Fatal Four.” Electrocution, struck by object, stuck between

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Case Study: Queens Car Accident Lawsuit

Accidents happen all the time, and sometimes they happen when we least expect them. In situations like the ones we are about to share, accidents can happen while we’re on the road following the rules. In this particular case, our client Eugenia Cajigas was in a car accident in New

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Queens Construction Worker Injured on the Job

Queens construction site accidents are unfortunately all too common, and can sometimes lead to devastating injuries for workers. Without proper representation, these workers may not receive the compensation they deserve. People work honest jobs in order to earn for the important things in their lives. People are motivated by a

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Case Study: Damages Awarded to Client Struck by a Car

Verdict: $183,269 Case: Edsley Harding v. Linda Brill, No. 151022/12 Court: New York Supreme Judge: Nancy M. Bannon Date: 6/8/15 In 2011, Edsley Harding was struck by a motor vehicle while he was walking across the road at a crosswalk. The incident left harding with injuries to his back and

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Case Study: Taxi Accident

Personal injury cases are very tricky cases as they involve more than just the plaintiff and the defendant. We understand the nature of these cases, as the plaintiff will surely want – and surely deserve – compensation for damages done to them. Our firm makes sure our client will get

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Case Study: New York City Truck Accident

Car accidents can be tricky cases to solve as they involve numerous factors. Of course, the firm understands that the plaintiff and the defendant may have good reasons as to why their sides should win. However, we ensure our clients that our experienced truck accident lawyers will get them the

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Case Study: Wet Floor Slip and Fall

When it comes to personal property, it is the legal responsibility of the owner of the said property to ensure that its tenants are safe and sound. This is why personal damage cases that involve being in another person’s property normally involves having to prove that the owner of the

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Case Study: New York City Slip and Fall at Work

Employees working under an enterprise or a company are the responsibility of their employers. This means employees should be working under good and stable working conditions. After all, the workplace cannot be productive if employees are exposed to dangers. As with property cases, workers who find themselves exposed to injury

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Case Study: NYC Postal Worker Slip and Fall

People who provide services on multiple establishments such as postmen are still under the responsibilities of the owners of the properties they serve. After all, it’s the legal responsibility of the owner of these establishments to ensure their properties are safe to be visited. This is also why personal damage

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Case Study: NYC Sidewalk Slip and Fall

Did you know there are actually cases where the defendant is an entire city? These cases happen when certain situations point towards a city as the one responsible for the damages that happen to the plaintiff. Good examples are services that the city should provide their citizens that, when improperly

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Case Study: NYC Staircase Trip and Fall

Service jobs are noble livelihoods, as these have workers directly helping other individuals. However, there really are circumstances which service workers can be injured on the job because of improperly-maintained amenities. These amenities fall under the jurisdiction of the owner of the property they were on. Thus, personal damages to

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Case Study: NYC Ceiling Falls Through

People who live in apartments will understand the predicament that are amenities that these apartment units provide. This is why the local super is there to make sure little things such as leaks and unstable foundation are fixed pronto, unless they require heavy utility assistance. However, there are situations where

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Case Study: NYC Child Injured by Door

Children are very precious gifts to the world, which is why certain cases like our client here tend to be very sensitive subjects. When it comes to amenities like doors and other functional spaces in establishments, it falls under the jurisdiction of the owner of the premises to make sure

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Uninsulated Heating Pipe: Are You and Your Family at Risk?

In only a matter of seconds, contact between bare skin and a very hot, uninsulated heating pipe can cause second, or even third, degree burns. Injuries can be severe and treatment prolonged, sometimes requiring hospitalization. New York City apartment dwellers, especially those in public housing, need to be aware of

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Walking Safely in Winter

No one is born with perfect balance. Even the most graceful people can look clumsy and comical when trying to navigate an icy winter sidewalk. Slipping and falling are nearly unavoidable, especially when ice and snow accumulate in parking lots and in front of stores, office buildings and residences. If

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Latino Workers at Higher Risk for Fatal Construction Accidents

Recent Tragic Queens Construction Accident Illustrates Problem Just days ago, a job-site accident in Queens tragically killed a young, Latino construction worker. The 26-year-old man was helping construct a 65-foot wall when the cinder-block wall suddenly collapsed, killing him and seriously injuring three others. Early reports indicate that the wall

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Elevators and Escalators: Are They Safe?

Elevators in the U.S. make 18 billion passenger trips annually. Deaths due to elevator accidents average about 30 per year while the annual injury rate is estimated at 17,000. Though deaths and injuries are higher among workers who maintain and install elevators, passengers are generally safer on elevators than they

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Elevators and New York City Housing: A Dangerous Combination?

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) runs one of the largest and busiest elevator fleets in the area. Its 340 public housing complexes serving poor and moderate-income families contain 3,338 elevators in 2,618 buildings. At 3.1 million trips a day, these elevators make 1.2 billion trips each year. In

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Sex Abuse in Schools: An All Too Common Occurrence

Recently, the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church has been the focus of much media attention. But as shocking and disturbing as this problem is, it is not nearly as widespread as sex abuse in our nation’s schools. One university researcher has concluded that sexual abuse of students at

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Sex Abuse in Foster Care: Why Does It Happen?

One in five children in the U.S. is a victim of sex abuse. Children in foster care face an even higher probability of being sexually abused. In fact, in some states, the rate of sex abuse in foster care may be as much as 28 times higher than in the

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Cyber Bullying Laws: Can They Protect Our Children?

Bullying is nothing new; ever since schoolchildren have gathered on playgrounds, youngsters have been singled out by their peers. But, some things have changed, and the disturbing new trend of cyber bullying has turned social media outlets into a hotbed of abusive electronic communications that can sweep through the internet

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A Late Notice of Claim Does Not Have To Be a Death Knell

In New York, special notice-of-claim requirements apply to personal injury claims against government entities or operators. In most cases it is vital to ensure that the appropriate entity receives a proper notice of the claim on time. However, giving a late notice of claim is not always fatal to a

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The Changing Arena of Pharmacy Practice

Recent Developments In the past 20 years the pharmacist’s new role as therapeutic advisor is most noticeable in the hospital setting. But the duty to oversee drug therapy in the community through the use of patient profiles is another vital aspect of pharmacy practice. Social and market forces have combined

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Proving Pharmacist Negligence

To prove that a person acted negligently, one must show that he or she failed to exercise a degree of care that a person of ordinary prudence would have exercised under the same circumstances. To win a pharmacist negligence case, the plaintiff must prove four elements: duty, breach of that

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Medication Errors: The Duties of the Pharmacist

The practice of pharmacy has greatly evolved from ancient times to the present. In colonial America, the village apothecary served as both doctor and pharmacist. Later, as “druggists,” pharmacists acquired the skills to compound and formulate more complex medicines. The rise of the pharmaceutical industry after WWII diminished the pharmacist’s

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Top Ten Drugs Involved in Medication Errors

Every year, as many as 7,000 Americans die because of medication errors. Many of these deaths are preventable and, in spite of efforts to reduce prescription mistakes, these tragedies persist. Developing an understanding as to how these problems arise is the best way to anticipate problems and avoid being hurt

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Top Ten Drugs Involved in Medication Errors: Heparin

#5 Heparin Basic Characteristics Heparin is an anticoagulant. It is used to reduce the clotting ability of the blood and to prevent the formation of harmful clots in blood vessels. Heparin is sometimes called a blood thinner but it does not actually thin the blood. Although it will not dissolve

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Top 10 Drugs Involved in Medication Errors: Albuterol

#4 Albuterol Basic Characteristics Albuterol is a drug used to treat the symptoms of asthma, an inflammatory lung disease that causes difficulty in breathing. Asthma is a chronic condition in which the airways react when stimulated by an allergen or other triggers in the environment. Symptoms of an asthma attack

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Top Ten Drugs Involved in Medication Errors: Potassium Chloride

#3 Potassium Chloride Basic Characteristics Potassium is a mineral found in many foods, including tomatoes, beans, peas, lentils, bananas and sweet potatoes. The body requires a certain level of potassium in order to keep the heart beating. Potassium chloride is a compound created by combining potassium and chlorine. This compound

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Top Ten Drugs Involved in Medication Errors: Morphine

#2 Morphine Basic Characteristics Morphine is an opioid pain medication made from the opium poppy. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain and is one of the world’s oldest known analgesics (pain relievers). Morphine is also classified as a narcotic drug and works by changing the way the

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Top Ten Drugs Involved in Medication Errors: Insulin

#1: Insulin Basic Characteristics Insulin is a hormone made by cells inside the pancreas. Its purpose is to help the body use and store the blood glucose it obtains from food. In people with Type 1 diabetes the pancreas can no longer produce insulin. Therefore, these patients require insulin shots

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Medication Error and the Role of Compounding Pharmacies

Beginning in the 1990s, people with severe back and neck pain began to rely on spinal steroid injections to relieve their discomfort and help them avoid surgery. The injections, which combine a steroid with a numbing medication, seemed to quiet irritated and inflamed nerves. By 2011, 2.5 million Medicare patients,

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Prescription Error: Wrong Label, Wrong Dosage, Wrong Advice

Medication errors can be costly and are often caused by the hectic, multi-tasking work environments of many drug retailers. In one scenario, a busy pharmacist receives a telephone call from a doctor’s office with a prescription order for digoxin, a heart drug. The pharmacist counts out the correct mediation, pours

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Prescription Errors: The Wrong Drug

Nowadays, there seems to be a pill for just about everything. For those of us lucky enough not to be sick, pharmaceutical companies will happily sell us drugs to fend off a multitude of potential maladies. Unlike in the past, when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) came under constant

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Airbnb: When a home becomes a hotel

The new frontier of the sharing economy brings many rewards and much confusion.  By making their cars or their homes available for others to use, people benefit financially while offering convenient, lower cost services to their consumers.  This enormously popular business model has gone positively global.  Airbnb’s home sharing network

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Negligent Repair & Maintenance

Plaintiff fell into elevator’s shaft, claimed doors malfunctioned Settlement: $2,875,000 Case: Bruce M v Saunders Apartments, Inc., Vision Enterprise Management, LLC and Skyline Elevators, Inc., No. 14074/06 Court: Queens Supreme Judge: Janice A. Taylor Date: 12/12/2008 Plantiff Attorney(s) Adam M. Orlow; The Orlow Firm, Flushing, NY DefenseAttorney(s) Patrick J. Crowe;

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Elevators: How Safe Are They?

In the U.S., elevator and escalator accidents kill about 30 people a year and seriously injure 17,000. The vast majority (90%) of these incidents involve elevators, which also account for well over half the injuries. There are an estimated 900,000 elevators in the U.S., each of which serves about 20,000

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Re-thinking Our Approach to Lead Exposure in Children

I. Measuring the Harm There is no safe level of lead exposure in children. According to a preliminary 2012 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), current standards for measuring blood lead level (BLL) in children are inaccurate and misleading. Furthermore, addressing the harm retroactively is not

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