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New York Explosion Accident Lawyers While any accident that causes injury is traumatic, explosion accidents have a particularly remarkable power to throw victims and their loved ones off-balance, in part because they are so rarely discussed. People involved in...
How the Standard of Reckless Disregard Applies to New York Traffic Accidents Drivers of authorized emergency vehicles (e.g. police cars and ambulances) and hazard vehicles (that is, vehicles concerned with certain utilities, such as highway maintenance, towing, snow...
Your Legal Rights After an MTA Bus Crash in New York City For anyone reeling from an MTA bus crash, it is important to know your legal rights and what you can expect from a personal injury lawsuit against the MTA or NYCTA. Injury victims may be able to collect...
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...
What to Do if You Have Internal Injuries After Being in a Car Accident If you've been in a car accident, the aftermath can often be disorienting and overwhelming. Visible injuries are one thing, but what about the unseen, potentially life-threatening internal injuries...
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....
Labor Law 200 Explained New York City’s Labor Law 200, applying to laborers such as construction workers, describes the duty of employers and construction site owners “to protect [the] health and safety of employees” by assuring them of “reasonable and adequate...
NJ Transit Bus Accidents If a bus driver, a passenger, a driver of another vehicle, or even NJ Transit as an entity—behaved negligently and their actions led to injury, it may be possible for victims to bring a personal injury lawsuit against the negligent party. NJ...
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...
Client Who Sustained Ladder Fall Injury Shares Experience with Block O’Toole & Murphy Our client, a 22-year-old, non-union construction worker, was working from a provided portion of an extension ladder that didn’t have rubber...
