Some Car Accidents Cry Out Negligence
In the vast majority of personal-injury cases arising out of a car accident, the question of whether a given driver acted negligently must be decided at trial by a jury. It cannot be decided before...
View ArticleWater Bottles Recalled After Possible E. Coli Contamination
Consumers could be facing some risks when they take a drink from a cold bottle of water this summer, as the Niagara Bottling Company has issued a recall of some of its products upon discovering a...
View ArticleSerious Injury at a Mercedes-Benz Service Center
Sometimes, the very happening of an accident raises an inescapable inference that a defendant was negligent. Just such a case recently came before a New York County court. In Levin v. Mercedes-Benz...
View ArticleReport: 60 Percent of State’s Pedestrian Deaths in New York City
A recently released report shows that more than 60 percent of pedestrians who were struck and killed in traffic accidents in the state of New York were hit in the five boroughs of New York City. A...
View ArticleChild Accidentally Drives Over a Toddler on Staten Island
A five-year-old reportedly got behind the wheel of a running van on Staten Island, put it into reverse and backed over a toddler. The two-year-old child was critically injured and was taken to Richmond...
View ArticleArbitration Clauses are Commonplace and Usually Enforceable
Litigations can get tied up for years in the courts and are often expensive. Arbitrations, in contrast, typically require much less time, and because the rules of evidence are often relaxed, end up...
View ArticleJaywalker Hit and Killed in Manhattan
Two separate vehicles struck two pedestrians in Upper Manhattan after the individuals reportedly jaywalked across 207th Street and 9th Avenue, leaving one seriously injured and the other dead. A 1999...
View ArticleConstruction Managers Facing Homicide Charges After Accident
Earlier this year, a construction worker died in Queens after a wall at a worksite collapsed. Now, two managers of the project have been charged with homicide. The two individuals are accused of...
View ArticleBus Driver Involved in Fatal Accident Faces Criminal Charges
A 23-year-old bus driver from New York has been charged with careless and reckless driving and misdemeanor death by motor vehicle after a fatal accident in early August. All this is happening as the...
View ArticleManhole Cover Rips Into New York City Bus
An iron manhole cover reportedly flew up through the floor of a Metro Transit Authority (MTA) bus August 4, lodging directly below a passenger’s seat. The cover ripped through the plywood lining the...
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