The New York State Trooper dutifully pulled his patrol car over for a distressed vehicle on the shoulder of the New York State Thruway in the Town of Brutus, Cayuga County, New York. He then got out, approached the car, and—– was struck be a flying wheel. A flying wheel?…
Central New York accident lawyers and victims, and such lawyers and victims everywhere, owe a big debt to Philippe Kahn. Who’s he, you ask? Kahn invented, on a whim, the camera phone about 13 years ago (while he was waiting for his wife to deliver a baby — read full…
How about this for a New Year’s resolution: “I’ll practice common sense safety rules to protect myself and my family from harm this year”. Pretty good one. And probably a lot easier to keep than the standard resolution of “I’ll go to the gym religiously and lose 20 pounds”. You…
This central New York personal injury lawyer was born and raised in Syracuse, New York. My law offices are in Auburn, Cayuga County. I reside in Geneva, Ontario County. I am therefore fully rooted in central New York and the Finger Lakes region. But I like to travel. In fact,…
I recently posted a blog entitled “Why Upstate New York Verdicts Are Much Smaller than Downstate” . I explained that New York City juries tended to be more generous than upstate juries because big-city dwellers generally tend to be “socially” oriented while rural people are more “self-sufficiency” oriented. One thing…
Central New York is anything but white so far this holiday season. In fact, it’s down-right green and balmy here in the Syracuse, Auburn and Geneva, New York regions! Many of us upstate New Yorkers are hoping for some snow right about now- at least to take us through the…
I feel a little uncomfortable telling people what to do if they are involved in an accident. Why? It seems odd to tell them that, just as they are stepping out of a wrecked car, or picking themselves up from the ground where they slipped and fell, they should start…
The New York Times recently reported that a Manhattan jury returned a $27.5 million verdict to a 45 year-old woman who had to have her leg amputated after a bus ran over her. While such a verdict for an amputated leg is considered high in New York City, such a…
Recently, in Ontario County, in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, a 14-year old student of a public middle school didn’t go home at the end of the school day. Instead he ended up in a hospital getting plates and screws installed to fix a severely broken elbow.…
Hurray! This week New York Governor Patterson signed a new law, which had wound its way through the New York legislature for months, which helps victims of personal injury in New York and New York personal injury lawyers, including Auburn and Syracuse personal injury lawyers like me! The law amends…