How can you read a story like this and not want to weep? The Post-Standard reports that a couple and their 4-year old son were returning home via Route 31 in Elbridge, New York Saturday evening when their Chrystler PT Cruiser left the road and hit a tree, killing the…
I was in Court the other day on a Central New York motorcycle accident lawsuit we filed some time ago. The motorcycle accident happened when a car, which was parked on the side of a highway in Lansing, New York, suddenly pulled out across the highway to make a u-turn,…
As a Central New York auto accident lawyer, I know first hand what kind of automobile insurance people should buy, but don’t. Yesterday I blogged about the BIGGEST MISTAKE people make when choosing auto insurance. Today I am addressing the SECOND BIGGEST mistake they make. What is it? They don’t…
Most people I represent in Central New York auto accident cases have made a big mistake. (No, it’s not hiring me, really!). They did not buy the right insurance. I blog on this subject in the hopes that some of my readers will avoid this mistake. Let me explain. I…
Cover-ups. Personal injury lawyers here in Syracuse, Central New York, and everywhere, love them. We play them for all they are worth. Think about those big tobacco lawsuits. Would those smokers have rung the bell with those big pain and suffering verdicts without evidence that the tobacco industry had covered…
Yesterday, as I have done just about every Wednesday this winter (and for the past few winters), I took a van full of Boys & Girls Club kids to the Geneva, New York municipal ice rink for a skate. I pick them up at the Boys & Girls Club of…
The Syracuse Post-Standard reports that a Syracuse University student was driving home to Albany in the dark hours of the morning (about 4:30 a.m.) when her car slid off the Thruway and onto the median. She then apparently got out of her car and tried to cross the westbound Thruway…
I abhor frivolous lawsuits. I try to bring my New York personal injury lawsuits only against companies and people whom I feel are truly liable for my clients’ injuries. But once in a while I am forced to sue “iffy” claims against those who probably are not responsible for my…
Yesterday New York’s Appellate Division, Fourth Department handed one of our clients, a motorcycle accident victim, a great victory. Here’s the story: Our client was riding his motorcycle in a rural area of Ontario County when a farmer in a pickup truck failed to see him, failed to yield to…
The Syracuse Post Standard today reported that a sleepy tractor trailer driver on the Thruway, near Bethlehem, was dozing at the wheel when he crashed into the back of a second big rig at 1:20 a.m. Only twenty minutes later, when police and rescue workers were on the scene to…