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In 2012, our client discovered that he had an inguinal (groin) hernia after undergoing a CT scan.  His primary care physician referred him to a general surgeon who specializes in hernia repairs.  Our client consulted with the surgeon, and initially elected not to have his hernia surgically repaired as he had no symptoms.  In 2013,… Read more »

Our client was driving to work on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx. As he was driving, a large box truck suddenly rear-ended his vehicle. The truck was traveling over 55 miles per hour at the time of the impact. As a result of the collision, our client sustained severe injuries and was required to… Read more »

Our client was a passenger in her daughter’s car which was traveling on a street in the Bronx, when suddenly, the undercarriage of the car violently struck a raised manhole cover. We commenced an action against the City of New York and the contractor who the City retained to perform work on the street. During the course… Read more »

In August 2014, two people were injured and ultimately died as a result of  a boiler explosion at their home caused by a leak in the propane lines.  One of the people who died was a 23 year old young woman who suffered horrific burns as a result of the explosion and ultimately died as a… Read more »

On a Sunday afternoon in December 2013, our client was sitting on the sofa in the living room of his mother-in-law’s apartment after having spent the morning in church with his family. While the family was gathered in the living room, two huge concrete chunks of the ceiling collapsed, landing directly on his head and… Read more »

Our client was a hard working mother and grandmother when a motor vehicle collision in August 2015 changed her life forever.  On the day of the crash, our client was employed as an ambulette driver. While driving her ambulette along Linden Boulevard in Brooklyn, our client’s vehicle was struck in the rear by a truck…. Read more »

Our client was on a New York City bus on her regular way to work as a home health aide. As she was walking to get off the bus, the bus driver activated the wheelchair ramp, causing our client’s foot to get stuck in the ramp as it was being automatically lifted. Our client was… Read more »

When our client Robert first came to Schulman Blitz, LLP, his potential malpractice case had already been turned down by several other top New York law firms. Robert told us that he was married, and that he had recently become a father to a young daughter. He told us that he had graduated from the University of… Read more »

  A Bachelor Party Gone Wrong   On February 2, 2014, Schulman Blitz, LLP‘s client and a group of his friends were attending a bachelor party in Manhattan.  After the festivities had concluded and at the time of the accident, our client and his friends were on a party bus on their way home to Long… Read more »