Category: Premises Liability
January 29, 2019
Upper East Side, NY: Woman In Hospital; Stuck in Elevator for 2 Days
Upper East Side, Manhattan, NY (January 28, 2019) – A woman was rescued and taken to the hospital on Monday morning, January 28, after being...
January 25, 2019
Orangeburg, NY: N.J. Man Killed in Accident: Icco Cheese Co.
Orangeburg, NY (January 24, 2019) – Police in Orangeburg have stated that a worker at Icco Cheese Company was tragically found deceased inside one of...
November 10, 2018
Auburn, NY – Hazardous Materials Situation on Orchard Street
Auburn, NY (November 9, 2018) – A mishap concerning hazardous and toxic materials took place Friday morning, November 9, and resulted in the closure of...
November 25, 2016
NY woman takes Starbucks to court over spilled coffee at airport
New York resident Jessica Pyne filed a lawsuit against coffeehouse chain Starbucks Corp. in the Harris County 215th District Court on October 12, 2016. In...
September 28, 2016
City of New York awards $2.5M to slip and fall victim
A Bronx Supreme Court jury in New York awarded $2,500,000 to James Register, who slipped and fell over a 2-inch rise in the sidewalk in front...
January 20, 2015
Gas drilling company not liable for contaminated well water
United States District Judge Charles Siragusa in Rochester, New York, denied a claim put forth in December by nine southern New York homeowners that their...
October 22, 2013
Contractors ask for New York law revision
The General Contractors Association (GCA) of New York has asked Albany government officials to craft legislation that would incorporate comparative negligence standards in the assessment...
September 23, 2013
Filing Deadlines for Bringing A Claim Against Municipalities and Public Authorities
It’s almost common knowledge that if you or a loved one has been seriously injured by a municipality or public authority, you may be able...
July 19, 2012
Unsafe Subway Steps Revealed in Viral Video
Recently, a short, documentary-like video of the 36th Street subway stop in Brooklyn has been circulating online. The filmmaker, Dean Patterson, had been tripping up...