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$2,300,000 Award For Infant That Suffered An Injury To Large Colon Due To Negligence Of Pediatrician To Result In $18,074,933.08 Payout Over Infant's LifetimeCOURT AND COUNTYSupreme Court, Suffolk CountyAGE AND OCCUPATION OF PLAINTIFFInfant Plaintiff is now four years...

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...

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...

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....

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...

Personal Injury Claims Against Landlords Every year, hundreds of people across the United States are injured on the premises they rent and consider their home. The landlord-tenant relationship is a relationship that is governed by a contract, and, therefore, if one...