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Employer Succeeds in Having Injured Employee’s Scaffold Law Claim Dismissed
New York’s Scaffold Law imposes financial liability on employers who do not provide safe conditions or safety equipment to employees injured while working at a height on New York construction sites. While the law has been applied to a broad array of injury types and job sites, plaintiffs filing claims under Labor Law §… Read More »
Court Grants Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Claim Based on a Failure to Yield
In a recent ruling by the Appellate Division of New York, the court determined that a trash truck driver who entered an intersection without yielding sufficiently bore 100% of the legal responsibility for an ensuing accident where the other driver had no duty to yield. Collision in an intersection with a two-way stop The… Read More »
Drivers Must Avoid Emergency Personnel by Changing Lanes
A recent case before the New York Appellate Division highlights a law that many New York drivers might not know about that affects how they should react when passing emergency personnel pulled over along the side of the road. You may not realize that the law requires you to give stopped emergency personnel, such… Read More »
Absolute Liability for Employers Who Do Not Provide Safety Equipment
A recent decision by the New York Appellate Division has granted a plaintiff’s request to find his employer liable for failing to provide necessary safety equipment under Labor Law § 240(1). The worker was injured by a fall after a defective ladder slipped out from under the worker as he tried to move to… Read More »
The Threat of Infection to Hospital Patients
When you or someone you love is going into the hospital for a serious procedure, you may have concerns about whether the procedure will be successful or how quickly recovery will come. However, there is another serious threat faced by those who will spend time as an inpatient in a hospital: whether or not… Read More »
Court Finds City Shares Liability for Bicyclist Injury
In a ruling by New York’s highest judicial body, the Court of Appeals, the justices have concluded that the failure of New York City transit officials to properly research the effects of speeding on a particular Brooklyn roadway resulted in partial financial responsibility for an injury accident lying with the city. The case of… Read More »
Report Reveals Rise in Workplace Deaths
A recent report has revealed that workplace deaths hit a six-year high in 2015. While official data on workplace deaths for 2016 will not be released for some time, a recent rash of deaths on construction sites in New York City make it seem as though the rates of workplace injury & death have… Read More »
Doctor Faces Liability after Failing to Explore All Possibilities for Saving Accident Victim’s Leg
When more than one person is at fault for a victim’s injuries, lawsuits for money damages based on those injuries can quickly become complex. If one or more of the responsible parties (known in the legal world as “tortfeasors”) either settles the claims against them or is no longer part of the lawsuit for… Read More »
Injured Plaintiff Permitted to Pursue Claim against City for Missing Signal Light
When turning left at a busy intersection that lacked an arrow signal, or making a turn where you were blind to oncoming traffic, you’ve probably wondered why the city hasn’t taken steps to make that intersection safer. In fact, the local government does have an obligation to ensure that the roads aren’t unreasonably dangerous,… Read More »
Queens Crane Accident Kills 2 Workers
An accident on a job site in the Briarwood neighborhood of Queens has left two workers dead. The reason for the accident is still under investigation, but preliminary results appear to point to equipment failure as the cause. The accident occurred mid-day on November 22, 2016. A crane was hoisting a 6,500 lb. I-beam,… Read More »