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On Behalf of Simon & Gilman, LLP | Mar 6, 2019 | Firm News | Your profession may call for you to use a ladder to complete a variety of tasks. For example, if you work as a painter or roofer, you’ll climb up and down ladders all day long. While a ladder is one of the most functional tools on […]
On Behalf of Simon & Gilman, LLP | Mar 1, 2019 | Firm News A Rego Park couple is struggling to pick up the pieces after their 26-year-old daughter was allegedly struck and killed by a taxicab driver on Feb. 24. Dispatch first started receiving calls from concerned Queens residents just after 4:30 p.m. this past Sunday. When they arrived […]
On Behalf of Simon & Gilman, LLP | Feb 22, 2019 | Firm News According to ABC News, each year, just under two million American women are assaulted. Research that’s been previously conducted by both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Justice Department shows that as many as 25 percent of all women will be raped or […]
On Behalf of Simon & Gilman, LLP | Feb 15, 2019 | Firm News Just last year, researchers with the website Localize.city published a report on some of the most dangerous intersections in Queens. Some in Jamaica, Flushing, Corona, Ridgewood and Jackson Heights had three-times the pedestrian or cyclist injury or death rates of all other ones in the New […]
On Behalf of Simon & Gilman, LLP | Feb 8, 2019 | Firm News Article 81 of New York’s Mental Hygiene Law describes an incapacitated person as being anyone who struggles to take care of his or her financial affairs or property. In instances where it can be proven that they’re unable to do this, the state allows for a […]
On Behalf of Simon & Gilman, LLP | Feb 6, 2019 | Firm News Construction sites are generally subject to high levels of safety. Anyone entering a construction site will most likely be ordered to wear hard hats and high visibility jackets. However, construction sites can closely interact with public spaces, especially when workers are repairing sidewalks or the exteriors […]
On Behalf of Simon & Gilman, LLP | Feb 1, 2019 | Firm News A new study published by the workers’ compensation insurer MEMIC Group captures how cold temperatures and snow appear to have an adverse effect on the number of injuries that employees are suffering. Data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that in 2014, as […]
On Behalf of Simon & Gilman, LLP | Jan 25, 2019 | Firm News An 88-year-old man was struck and killed by a 40-year-old motorist as he walked about his Astoria neighborhood on Jan. 11. A spokesperson with the New York Police Department notes that the octogenarian has only traveled approximately five blocks down the road from his home when […]
On Behalf of Simon & Gilman, LLP | Jan 23, 2019 | Firm News The demands of modern life can make people feel like they need to be in two places at once. It’s no wonder that so many people divide their attention between more than one thing at a time. This process, called multitasking, can help people survive in […]
On Behalf of Simon & Gilman, LLP | Jan 18, 2019 | Firm News A fire that ripped through a high-rise apartment building in Rego Park on Jan. 13, 2019, claimed the life of one resident and left many others with serious injuries. The fire got underway just before 11:40 p.m. on a Saturday night at the multi-story 62nd Ave. […]
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