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The biggest boon to the pocket books of the local law community may have been the addition of Plaxico Burress to the city. Since the New York Giants acquired Burress in 2005, he has kept New York City criminal lawyers and New York City car lawyers busy with billable work.

In the most recent incident, Burress was accused of rear-ending a Florida woman, Alise Smith, with his Mercedes-Benz in 2008. In the Plaxico Burress car accident lawsuit, the woman says that she suffered neck and back injuries, reports the New York Post.

This is where fantasy meets reality. Ashley Romano was a computer gamer who went by the alias Da Darkside Angel. When her real-life lover crossed her, Romano utilized the skills she learned playing Assassin's Creed and literally drove her boyfriend off the road.

Jonathon Bari suffered severe injuries in the Long Island car accident, and this week a jury awarded him $100,000, reports the New York Post.

Perhaps the one ubiquitous accessory you can find on both men and women walking the streets of Manhattan is the white iPhone/iPod earbuds. Everyone from hipsters to businessmen are listening to music or podcasts while walking to wherever they go.

However, pedestrians may want to consider bucking this trend and removing their earbuds and headphones while walking. This is especially the case given a new University of Maryland study that found a much higher rate of pedestrian headphone injuries and accidents, compared to the number of accidents involving pedestrians not wearing headphones, reports Fox News.

New York City disc jockey Jonathon Toubin was critically injured while performing a gig in Portland, Oregon. However, Toubin’s injury is not something that a New York City workers’ compensation lawyer will likely handle.

Instead, the popular New York DJ better known as New York Night Train was injured while he was still in bed, when a taxi cab flew through a hotel window and landed on top of him.

Just a few months ago, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed new state law strengthening New York distracted driving laws. Pursuant to the bill, distracted drivers faced enhanced penalties for driving while using handheld devices in an effort to curb the dangerous practice.

However, Governor Cuomo's tough stance on distracted driving may soon get a lot tougher if the Governor follows the advice of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and drafts new law banning the use of all cell phones and smart phones while driving, including the use of hands-free devices, reports CNN.

Helicopter pilot Paul Dudley said that as soon as he took off, he noticed “mechanical problems” with the aircraft that caused him to lose control and crash into the East River. However, federal investigators may not be buying his story as they have now ruled out engine failure as the cause of the fatal helicopter accident.

Dudley took a group of family friends on a helicopter ride in Manhattan. However, shortly after takeoff, Dudley says that he experienced mechanical problems and attempted to land. Dudley lost control of the aircraft and crashed into the East River. One of his passengers, Sonia Marra, died in the crash. Another, Helen Tamaki, remains in critical condition.

How many different ways can you die from a bus accident in New York? First, you had to watch out for sleepy drivers. Then you had to watch out for faulty equipment. Now man falls out of a bus in New York dies while the bus sped down the New York thoroughfare.

Brian Bauer, 29, was leaving the Turning Stone Casino on Sunday in a bus, reports the Associated Press. While the bus traveled on the New York State Thruway, Bauer apparently fell out of the moving bus through an emergency exit. Another vehicle then struck Bauer and he was killed.

Not surprisingly, New York City residents recently said taxis were the least safe transportation method to get around the city. When the issue of New York City safety comes up, few people, if any, cited taxi safety.

According to the New York Daily News, 80% of New Yorkers found taxi drivers to be disrespectful and dangerous to share a road with. In contrast, only 30% of residents found bus drivers to be a menace on the road.

New York crosswalk accidents are quite common. This is especially so at the Delancy-Essex intersection on the Lower East Side. The crossing has been deemed the most dangerous crosswalk in New York and has been the scene of scores of car and pedestrian accidents.

According to the New York Daily News, from 1998 to 2010, there have been 523 car accidents at the intersection — 134 involving pedestrians and bicyclists. In addition, 258 people have been injured at the crosswalk in this 12-year time period including three fatal accidents. Most recently, Patricia Crockett was killed in May, when she was run over by a truck.

In another deadly New York tour bus accident, a bus headed from Washington D.C. to Niagara Falls crashed, killing two passengers and injuring 35 others.

According to the Associated Press, the tour bus reportedly blew out a tire shortly before veering off Interstate 390 and overturning about 50 miles south of Rochester. Officials are still investigating the accident to determine the exact cause of the crash. It has not been reported if anyone is at fault in the accident.