We don’t usually talk about civil lawsuits for their capacity to take on terrorist groups and the institutions that support them, but that’s exactly what has been happening the last week in a US Eastern District court. In the lawsuit Linde v. Arab Bank, the plaintiffs have claimed that Arab…
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Making Church Leaders Pay for their Negligence
Criminal trials aren’t always the most effective way to hold negligent parties accountable for their wrongdoing. In the case of Andrew Ward, a young man who was sexually abused as a child by Peoria, Ill. priest Thomas Maloney, the civil lawsuit that his family launched against the Diocese of Peoria…
What Are the Rights of the Injured Asiana Passengers?
New tragic reports continue to surface a week after the Asiana Airlines 214 crash. Though both Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia were killed immediately after impact, officials just confirmed last Friday that one of the girls was run over by a fire truck responding to the crash. It has not…
Asiana Crash Highlights Everyday Heroes
As the NTSB continues to explore possible causes of the tragic Asiana Boeing 777 crash on July 6th, much of the news coverage until now has speculated about equipment malfunction and pilot error, or else recounted the injuries and the inconceivable horrors endured onboard the ill-fated aircraft. However the incident…
Asiana Airlines Crash Killed Two Chinese Students and Injured Dozens More
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is looking for answers in the aftermath of the Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crash on July 6th, which killed Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia, two 16-year-old Chinese students and gravely injured many more. The aircraft was carrying 291 passengers and 16 crewmembers from Seoul…
Policing the Police: A Victim’s Recourse When Police Power is Abused
Incidents of abusive police tactics have been all over the news lately. Often these stories prompt the reader to ask questions like, “What if that happened to me?” and “What kind of recourse can an individual victim have against an entire police force?” More often than not, the answers to…
NYC’s Shell Game to Avoid Being Sued
In 2003 when Evander Childs High School student Jamie Perez was slashed by two of his classmates, his attorney filed suit against the City of New York for the lax conditions that allowed this incident to occur. A Bronx judge found the City responsible for the school’s negligence. All of…
Will the Chinatown Bus Shutdowns Really Curb Bus Accidents?
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is now facing accusations that it skewed a study in 2011 precipitating the closing Fung Wah, Sky Express and 24 other Chinatown bus companies.While it appears the Transportation Safety Board made an error in their classification of bus companies, I have represented clients in…
Over 60 Injured in Connecticut Train Crash
Two commuter trains collided near Bridgeport, Connecticut Friday night, leaving over 60 passengers injured. Fortunately there were no fatalities in the collision, but 5 passengers suffered critical injuries.The accident occurred around 6:10pm when an eastbound train heading for New Haven derailed and crossed into the path of an oncoming New…