Seven-Story Bronx Apartment Building Collapses
Firefighters frantically searched for trapped bodies under a pile of debris that was 12 feet high in spots after a Bronx apartment building in the Morris Heights neighborhood partially collapsed on Monday afternoon. The apartments and a convenience store were partly buried under bricks and wood. There were no victims, but two individuals suffered minor Read More »
Lithium-Ion Battery Fire in Bronx High-Rise Leaves One Dead, Nine Injured
Last night, December 3, after 7:00 pm, 28 units with 78 firefighters responded to a fire at a high-rise New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) apartment building at 1440 Bronx River Avenue. The fire caused by a lithium-ion battery claimed one person’s life and injured at least nine people. According to the FDNY, the origin Read More »
Harlem Apartment Fire Kills Two
In what is becoming an alarming trend for the Five Boroughs of New York City, another fire has taken the life of an innocent victim, this time during the Thanksgiving holiday when families gather for food and fellowship. Near midnight on the night of November 24, an inferno engulfed a multi-story brownstone located at 107 Read More »
A Guide to Navigating Fire Injury Claims
Fire is a living, breathing, savage beast, one that consumes without thought or compassion. House and apartment fires are some of the major causes of property damage, wrongful death, and life-long injury disability in the world. In New York City, fires in residential developments have caused injuries, death, and property loss each year. What happens Read More »
Crown Heights Lithium Fire in Brooklyn
Family members spanning three generations perished in a deadly fire caused by exploding lithium-ion batteries in the Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn. In the early hours of Sunday, November 14, 2023, batteries commonly used in electric food-delivery scooters sparked a row house blaze that killed Albertha West, the matriarch of a large family. The fire Read More »
Ronemus & Vilensky Representing Families of Two of the Children Poisoned with Fentanyl at Bronx Daycare Center
Divino Nino, a daycare facility in the Bronx, is at the center of a firestorm after four children were hospitalized due to fentanyl exposure. One-year-old Nicholas Dominici died, and three other children suffered acute opioid intoxication. New York attorneys Ronemus & Vilensky are representing the families of two of the children poisoned at the daycare center – Read More »
$12 Million Awarded for Bronx Fire Victims
On March 5, 2018, a devastating apartment fire changed the lives of Bronx residents forever. Finally, the fire victims and their families have been successful in receiving financial compensation for their injuries, financial losses, and lost loved ones. With Ronemus & Vilensky representing ten of the apartment residents – including two tenants who lost their Read More »
Personal Injury Lawyers Get New York City Policeman a $3 Million Settlement
Personal Injury Lawyers from Ronemus & Vilensky law firm got a NYC policeman $3M worth of settlement. Our client, a New York City police detective and father of two children, suffered injuries to his back while responding to a crane collapse as part of the emergency response unit. His role was to rescue workers by removing debris Read More »
Traumatic Brain Injury Facts
Facts are that more than five million Americans are currently living with a serious condition known as traumatic brain injury (TBI), which occurs when the brain suffers sudden physical damage. Commonly the result of car accidents, falls, and violence such as gunshot wounds, traumatic brain injury often has severe consequences, including lifelong disability and death. In Read More »
Erb’s Palsy Causes & Assistance
Doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals have an obligation to provide their patients an acceptable standard of medical care. Erbs palsy is caused during the birth process, a child’s shoulder becomes lodged behind the pubic bone of the mother and delivery is arrested. When this happens there are known measures that must be taken in Read More »
