May 31 (Bloomberg) — New York City will suspend all crane construction until June 2, and hire 20 new safety engineers to monitor hundreds of construction sites after two fatal crane accidents since March, the latest yesterday.

Each game is insured for crores and the higher the leg, the more the cover.

May 30 (Bloomberg) — A construction crane collapsed on New York’s Upper East Side, killing two workers and demolishing part of an apartment building in the city’s second fatal accident in three months. All crane operations were halted until June 2.

Duke University and other defendants have asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit filed by 36 members of the 2006 lacrosse team.

Duke University and other defendants have asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit filed by 36 members of the 2006 lacrosse team.

The building where the accident occurred was to house luxury apartments and a middle school.

‘Compensation Culture’ is a term often banded around in the insurance and legal sectors, but the increasing use of personal injury solicitors and their enticing ‘No Win No Fee’ schemes may be impacting these sectors in a far more negative light than we would expect. The picture is not all doom and gloom however, despite an increase the number of literal ‘door knockers’ trying to scavenge business, the initial ethos behind ‘No Win No Fee’ is still as relevant as when the idea was encouraged in 1995.

Rear-end collisions and resulting whiplash are commonplace in the UK. A driver just has to be travelling too closely to the vehicle in front of them, and all that is needed is for the driver in front to make an emergency stop and a costly crash and claims for car accident compensation result.

Accident victims are vulnerable after the event not just in the physical sense but also mentally. One of the negatives of the mental aspect is that these victims are often quietly pressurised into accepting payouts before they can obtain legal advice. This seems to be a worrying new trend and it has got the attention of the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

In response to this morning’s crane collapse in New York City, the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs announced that it will immediately begin emergency inspections of all 40 cranes operating in the District.