Breaking Down New York’s Complex Vicarious Liability Laws
This title might set a record for the most three-syllable words we’ve used in a sentence. However, it indicates just how messy these laws are. Understanding, and leveraging, these laws is often the key to maximum compensation in a car crash case. New York has one of the lowest auto insurance minimum requirements in the […]
Near-Fatal Motorcycle Wreck in Brooklyn
An 18-year-old man, who was allegedly riding the wrong way down a one-way street, lost his leg in a collision with an SUV. A motorcycle passenger also sustained a head injury in the Kensington crash, which happened near the intersection of McDonald Avenue and Avenue C. The two injured people were being treated at Bellevue […]
Top Ten (or Bottom Ten) Kinds of Employment Discrimination
Almost sixty years ago, despite stiff opposition, federal lawmakers approved the 1964 Civil Rights Act. This law set up a framework which, advocates hoped, would end job discrimination in the United States. Over the years, and again despite stiff opposition, lawmakers built on this framework. Today, most forms of disparate treatment and disparate impact employment […]
Hit-and-Run Driver Sends Manhattan Scooter Rider to Hospital
Very little information was available about a late-night hit-and-run in Harlem that left a 37-year-old man clinging to life in a local hospital. The man was driving a motorized scooter on Saint Nicholas Avenue near West 126th Street in Harlem when the driver of a sedan slammed into him just before 10 p.m. Investigators had […]
Why Is My Car Accident Settlement Taking So Long?
Sometimes, conflict is a good thing. If Jaimie is in conflict with her college roommate, the longer they wait to clear the air, the more difficult that process becomes. Usually, however, conflict breeds catastrophe. In the context of a personal injury claim, that claim might be a bit overblown. That’s especially true since victims win […]
Deadly Fireball Wreck in Orange County
Two people were killed in an early-morning wrong way wreck on the New York State Thruway in Orange County. According to New York State Police investigators, a 68-year-old man driving a black SUV was northbound on the southbound side of Interstate 87. When he collided with a 67-year-old man driving a white sedan, both vehicles […]
Top Ten OSHA Construction Violations
Statistically, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has done a bang-up job protecting worker safety, especially since this agency, which is one of the smallest in the federal government, has such limited resources. Since 1970, just before a federal law created OSHA, the number of fatal workplace accidents has dropped over 50 percent. The number […]
Bicyclist Killed in Brooklyn Crosswalk
A 44-year-old man is dead after a semi-truck hit him in a crosswalk and, according to a witness, dragged him under its wheels. The wreck happened in East New York near the intersection of Pennsylvania Ave. and Linden Blvd. “I saw the truck making the turn,” one witness remarked. “Those wheels ran over him. I […]
Q&A with Maurice Pianko About Insurance Company Defenses in Slip-and-Fall Claims
Every year, slip-and-fall incidents send over eight million Americans to hospital emergency rooms, making these incidents the leading cause of ER visits in New York. Almost all these victims are treated and released. That could be a good sign or a bad sign. In general, coming home from the hospital is almost always a good […]
Four Passengers Seriously Injured in Riverhead Crash
Authorities believe an 18-year-old man was intoxicated when he left the road and slammed into a tree, injuring four people. All four van passengers were seriously injured in the wreck that happened on Main Street in Riverhead. One victim was airlifted to a hospital. The others were transported by ambulance. Authorities arrested the driver, who […]