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Liability in Personal Injury Lawsuits Liability is the legal responsibility, or in lay terms “fault”, for an accident, an essential factor in personal injury cases. It determines who is accountable and enables victims to seek compensation. Once liability is...
Boom Lift and Aerial Lift Accidents Boom lifts, which can reach heights of over 17 stories, can be as dangerous as they are helpful. If owners, general contractors, employers, operators, and those on the ground are not cautious and vigilant, tragedy can strike....
What is Burden of Proof in Civil Cases? How Does It Apply to Personal Injury? When a party in a case makes an allegation, we say that that party has the burden of proof, or the legal responsibility of producing evidence which backs the claim they have made. In a...
Assumption of Risk in Personal Injury Lawsuits No matter how good your judgment is or how much caution you take in your actions, you understand that there is some risk involved in just about everything you do—engaging with life would be impossible otherwise. However,...
Doctrine of Res Ipsa Loquitur in Personal Injury Cases The legal doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, meaning the thing speaks for itself, addresses situations in which the presence of negligence is obvious, even if the specific incident of negligence is difficult to...
Manhole Explosions: Legal Rights in New York City While hardly exclusive to New York City, manhole explosions are a problem to which the structure of the city uniquely lends itself. The City of New York contains as many as 350,000 manhole covers across its five...
New York Paralysis Injury Attorneys Paralysis is often the devastating result of spinal cord injuries (SCIs). According to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, there are approximately 300,000 people living with SCIs in the United States. Falls and vehicle...
On Wednesday, July 26 just before 7:30 A.M., bystanders on Manhattan’s West Side beheld a terrifying sight: a crane on fire, forty-five stories high, issuing a thick black rope of smoke into the sky. The crane, holding a construction worker, was stationed at 550 10th...
Premises Liability Law Premises liability is a legal concept that is typically associated with a personal injury case. And like most personal injury cases, premises liability involves negligence on the part of at least one of the parties. What is Premises Liability?...
Struck-By Accidents Struck-by accidents are a tragically common occurrence in the workplace. Swinging, falling, flying, and rolling objects pose a serious danger to those working on construction sites. Despite their frequency and severity, accidents such as these are...
