I am representing – not for the first time – a personal injury plaintiff who was struck and injured by a falling tree. Very strong case. But when I tell non-lawyers I am representing a falling-tree victim, they blurt out something like this: “Wow, a tree falls and you can…
Articles Posted in Premises Liability
Drunken Student’s Dash Into The Gorge Will Go To Trial
I came across an article recently in the New York Law Journal titled “Drunken Run Could Leave Cornell Liable for Fatal Fall”. It’s about a case judge Ramsey (Ithaca, Tompkins County) recently decided where a drunken, and possibly stoned, Cornell University student suddenly bolted from the friends he was walking…
“Beam Me Up Scotty” — Central NY Injury Lawyer Discusses Courtrooms of the Future
Next Tuesday I’ll be jumping on a plane to Central America. But I won’t be on vacation. I’ll be representing my Guatemalan clients as they get deposed, remotely, by video, from Syracuse, NY. There’ll be an interpreter with us. How did I end up in Guatemala on a case? That…
It’s a Small Case After All.
Sometimes when I read newspaper accounts of other personal injury lawyers’ cases I wonder why those lawyers bothered to take them. While I wouldn’t call them frivolous, they just don’t make economic sense. How can you make a living taking those kinds of cases? Case on point. Disney World’s “It’s…
NY Health Clubs Must Have But Need Not Use AED’s, New York’s Highest Court Rules
Last year I blogged about a case (Miglino v. Bally Total Fitness) where one of New York’s intermediate appellate courts (the Second Department) held that health and fitness clubs in New York State must actually use automated external defibrillators (AEDs) when necessary, and not just have them available. If not,…
Central NY Trip-And-Fall Lawyer Takes Advantage Of Poorly Drafted Village Law
Life is full of surprises. I got one yesterday. A client suffered a very bad injury from tripping on a sidewalk defect in a village near Geneva, New York (I won’t name names!). Normally, trip-and-fall on sidewalk cases are nearly impossible to win because of a special law that protects…
Lawyers Who Handle Buffalo NY Sidewalk Trip-And-Fall Cases, Take Note!
This blog post is directed to my fellow New York personal injury lawyers who might have trip and fall cases from Buffalo, New York, but also it is worth reading if you have been injured by a defective sidewalk in the City of Buffalo, NY. As my regular readers know,…
“New York Times Slip-and-Fall Reporting Sucks”, Says Central NY Injury Lawyer
The New York Times just published a story titled, “A Fatal Slip on the Stairs Cuts Short a Life at 29“. Deaths in slip-and-fall cases are rare. Especially in someone that young. Usually you get fractured wrists or knees. So, an article with a title like that piqued the interest…
Thanksgiving and Black Friday Accidents
Thanksgiving is this Central New York injury lawyer’s favorite holiday. Why? Because I love good food, and good company, but don’t like the complicated and expensive business of gift giving. Although Thanksgiving is a holiday, unfortunately, it is not a holiday from accidents. In fact, there are more accidents on…
Central NY Injury Lawyer Discusses New York Statute Of Limitations In Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Yesterday I blogged about whether a “governmental immunity ” or “sovereign immunity” defense would bar a claim by child sex abuse victims against the State University of New York (“SUNY”) if something like what happened at Penn State (State university football coach sexually abuses children on campus) happened in New…