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On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, three elevator mechanics were injured when an elevator car they were performing maintenance on suddenly fell three stories. New York City’s Department of Buildings (DOB) is investigating the accident. The incident occurred at the city’s...
At around 11:15 a.m. on December 8, 2022, two individuals fell three stories down an elevator shaft at a Target store in the Bronx. One suffered non-life threatening injuries while the other was left in critical condition. Reports indicate that the two individuals,...
A horrifying accident occurred the morning of May 19, 2021 when an elevator suddenly dropped four stories to the ground, killing a construction supervisor and seriously injuring another worker. The incident happened around 8:15 a.m. at 20 Bruckner Blvd. in Mott Haven....
At least one law enforcement officer was injured in an elevator collapse in Brooklyn on Monday, May 10, 2021. The freight elevator was holding approximately two dozen federal and local law enforcement officials. The accident occurred around 10:00 a.m., in a building...
Shortly after 10:00 a.m. on February 18th, 2021, 25-year-old Joseph Rosa was performing modernization work on an elevator in a Bronx building when the elevator suddenly fell, crushing him. First responders pulled Rosa from the elevator shaft and rushed him to Bronx...
In a horrifying and tragic incident, Maria Sanchez, a Food Emporium employee, was fatally crushed by an illegally-installed freight elevator in the chain's location on West 43rd Street on December 15, 2020. She was found at the bottom of the elevator shaft around...
Open Elevator Shaft Accidents Compensation for Victims of Construction Site Elevator Falls and Accidents According to the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB), between 2010 and 2019 there were more than 500 incidents involving dangerous elevators in New York...
New York Elevator Accident Lawyers Representing Elevator Injury Victims Throughout New York State The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) reports more than 84,000 elevator devices under their jurisdiction, 63,000 of which are passenger elevators. On average,...
$1.5 Million Settlement for Two Auto Parts Workers Injured in Elevator AccidentCourt and County Supreme Court, Bronx CountyDescription of Case Our 2 clients worked in the auto parts department of a Manhattan car dealership. They both entered a freight elevator,...
$2,000,000 for a dietary aide who injured his back in an elevator accidentCOURT AND COUNTY Supreme KingsAGE AND OCCUPATION OF PLAINTIFF Plaintiff was a 43 year old dietary aid.DESCRIPTION OF CASE Plaintiff was injured when the elevator he was riding in jerked,...
