Law Firm Ronemus & Vilensky Represents Injured Passenger in Subway Derailment
At least twenty-six people were injured when a northbound No. 1 train collided with an out-of-service train near West 96th Street on January 4, 2024, at about 3:00 p.m., causing the passenger train to derail. The northbound subway train was carrying 300 people. “All of a sudden, we just felt, like, a loud boom. Everybody Read More »
Commuter Train Derailment: Injured Man Claims Settlement
Train Accidents Caused by Vehicles
There are approximately 600 railroads, hundreds of thousands of miles of tracks, and over 209,000 railroad crossings in the United States, and according to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), which is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, 2016 was ranks second in the least number of train-automobile accidents, down from the highest in 1981. Read More »
NYC Train Accident Attorney Robert Vilensky is Interviewed by NBC News
Robert Vilensky is committed to helping victims of train derailments. After yesterday’s train derailment in Harlem, Mr. Vilensky was interviewed today by NBC News. On Tuesday, June 27th, 2017, two cars of a Brooklyn-bound A train struck a piece of replacement rail that was on the tracks just outside the 125th St. station in Harlem Read More »
What To Do If You Are In An Amtrak Train Accident
In the wake of the recent derailing of an Amtrak train in Philadelphia that killed seven and injured more than 200, it is important that the family and friends of those injured and killed take immediate legal action. The most important first step is to find a competent and experienced lawyer specifically in the area Read More »
5 Important Steps To Take When You Are In A Metro North Train Crash
Every day, thousands of commuters board Metro North trains out of New York City to make their way home, trusting that they’ll be carried there safely by the MTA. That feeling of safety was rattled in yet another accident this week that has residents of Westchester County shocked and concerned. Six people were killed and Read More »
Retired Cop Sues MTA For Fatal Train Crash For $10 Million
Julia Marsh from the New York Post reports this week that attorney Robert Vilensky from the law firm of Ronemus and Vilensky has filed a $10 million lawsuit on behalf of his client, Eddie Russell, one of the survivors in the Metro North train crash which killed four and injured more than 63. Marsh reports Read More »
Bronx Venue May Prove Costly For Train Crash Defendants
Pete Brush, reports on the website Law360 that the first of what may be many “aggressive” filings was brought this week by attorney Robert Vilensky on behalf of his client, police officer Eddie Russell. Given the fact that the accident occurred in the Bronx, long considered a “plaintiff-friendly borough, Brush writes that this is likely Read More »
Retired NYPD Cop Sues Metro-North for $10 Million Following Last Year’s Bronx Train Derailment
Dareh Gregorian reports for the Daily News that New York City attorney, Robert Vilensky, has just filed a $10 million lawsuit on behalf of his client, retired NYC cop, Eddie Russell, one of the survivors of the Metro North train crash last December. Gregorian said Vilensky is seeking unspecified compensatory damages for his client’s injures, Read More »
Victims Sue Metro North For Fatal Train Derailment
Heather Yakin of the Times Herald reported that Robert Vilensky, lawyer for the NYC cop who was injured in the Metro North train derailment victim has filed a suit on behalf of his client for $10 million in punitive damages. The lawsuit has been filed in Supreme Court in the Bronx naming the Metropolitan Transportation Read More »
