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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...

Reasonable Person Standard in Negligence Cases The “reasonable person” or “reasonably prudent person” standard offers a useful metric for assessing the behavior of persons in a case. Whether or not we ourselves always behave in a reasonable way, most of us have an...

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...

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...

Here’s What You Need to Know Legally After a Slip and Fall at Work If you are injured in your place of work, one of the first things that may come to mind is workers’ compensation. In New York State, virtually all businesses are required to carry workers’ compensation...

Uncovering the Truth: How Our Lawyers Lead an Accident Investigation To an accident victim or an inexperienced attorney, certain details of an accident might be considered extraneous or even irrelevant. To us, all details are treated with precision and close...

New York City Sidewalk Accident Attorneys Most New Yorkers are sharply attuned to the dangers of navigating city streets. Coexisting with cars, trucks, bicycles, pedicabs, and scrambling fellow pedestrians is a demanding prospect, and reaching your destination safely...