Raymond Knox, the former owner of The Paddock in Patterson, New York, has commenced a federal lawsuit claiming false arrest and malicious prosecution arising out of a tragic fatal DWI accident case on Super Bowl Sunday in 2007 involving his bar manager. The background is that on February 4, 2007,…
Last month, two members of Gov. Cuomo’s state security team with the NYS Police were involved in car accidents with pedestrians on consecutive days in Mount Kisco. First, on January 18, 2012, Dolce Perez, 22, was stuck as she was crossing Main Street by a vehicle operated by Sgt. Joseph…
Several of the surviving passengers of the Costa Concordia cruise ship have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Miami, Florida, where the parent corporation of Costa Cruises, Carnival Cruise Lines has its headquarters. According to the lawyers for the plaintiffs in the Miami lawsuit, the case could soon be amended…
On January 1, 2011 the Move Over Act was made the law of New York State. Although the statute has been in effect since January 1, 2011, many motorists are unaware of its existence. The Act requires that motorists who observe emergency vehicles with their lights flashing on the side…
According to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City set a new record in 2011 for the fewest fatal traffic accidents in the last 100 years. There were 237 deaths in 2011, a reduction from the 267 who were killed in 2010, which was the previous record for fewest fatalities on…
In a very important decision for the safety of bus passengers, the New York Court of Appeals recently held in the case of Doomes v. Best Transit Corp. that a bus company could be found responsible for a failure to install passenger seat belts. Under New York State statutes, there…
Earlier this month, 12 former NFL players who played in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s instituted a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey, contending that the league failed to inform players of the risks and side effects of the pain killer (and blood thinner)…
In an analysis of fatal car crashes across the United States for the years 2009 to 2010, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that 19 states had an increase in fatalities. However, there were a total of 32,885 traffic deaths in 2010, which was actually a decrease of…
On December 14, 2011, 41 year old advertising executive Suzanne Hart was tragically killed in an elevator accident at 285 Madison Avenue in Manhattan. Apparently, as Ms. Hart was stepping into the elevator, the car suddenly accelerated upward with the door still open, pinning her along the wall between the…
In the first in what is likely to be a litany of civil lawsuits, a 29 year old man has filed a personal injury civil lawsuit against former Penn State assistant football coach, Jerry Sandusky, the Second Mile, (the charity for “at risk children” that Sandusky founded) and Penn State…