There are between 300 and 400 snowmobile accidents in New York State each year, with about 25 fatal ones. Two more snowmobile accidents were reported in recent days. I previously blogged about safety rules for snowmobiling. These recent snowmobile crashes remind us of the do’s and don’ts of snowmobiling: Snowmobile…
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The Basics of New York Negligent Road Design Cases by Central New York Injury Lawyer
I have blogged many times about Central New York auto accidents. I have discussed recent Central New York car accidents and shown how one or more of the driver’s would most likely be found at fault. Today I want to discuss another type of car accident case: Specifically, I want…
Geneva New York Snowmobile Injury Lawyer Blogs on Recent Wayne County Snowmobile Accident
The Geneva Finger Lakes Times reports today on a snowmobile accident last Friday in Farmington, Wayne County. Here’s what happened: Two snowmobilers were operating their sleds in an open field. One of the snowmobilers turned his sled into the path of the other, causing the second to be thrown, and…
Central New York Injury Lawyer Discusses Legal Issues in Recent Yates County New York Construction Accident
The Geneva Finger Lakes Times reports today that a construction worker fell 12 feet through an unfinished stairway of a house under construction in Yates County, New York yesterday, and landed on the gravel basement floor below. The worker, of Geneva, was brought by Mercy Flight to Strong Memorial Hospital…
New York State Trooper Struck by Tire Falling from Truck in Cayuga County Has Good Personal Injury Case
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?…
Syracuse New York Accident Lawyer Explains How Camera Phones Are a Game-Changer for Personal Injury Cases.
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…
Syracuse New York Auto Accident Lawyer: Cayuga County Car/Train Collision Teaches Lesson on Railroad Crossing Dangers
The Syracuse Post Standard reports on a Cayuga County car accident last Thursday, in Sennett, New York. On a snow-covered Hidden Valley Road (near Route 5, a/k/a Grant Ave), a motorist drove his SUV into the side of a Finger Lakes Railroad train, which was traveling at only about 9…
Wyoming County Slippery-Road Car Crash Discussed by Upstate New York Auto Accident Attorney
The Buffalo News reports today a fatal Western New York car accident in the Town of Perry, Wyoming County, New York at about 8 a.m on Route 20A, near Smith Road. Driver number 1 was heading west on 20A when she lost control of her pickup, police said. Her vehicle…
Central New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer Explains Five Medical Malpractice Myths
New York medical malpractice attorneys,, like medical malpractice lawyers all over the U.S., are often blamed for high health care costs and other woes. But are they really to blame? No! This past November 2009, the American Association of Justice (AAJ) published a bulletin titled “Five Myths about Medical Malpractice“.…
Syracuse New York Area Injury Attorney on the Under-Reporting of Accidents and Violations to OSHA.
From our perspective as lawyers representing Central New York’s injured construction workers in lawsuits against employers and construction site owners, it seems that there are a whole lot of OSHA scaffold, ladder and height-work violations in Syracuse and the surrounding areas. Every year without fail we file new lawsuits on…