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Syracuse Personal Injury Lawyer on How to Present a Trip or Slip and Fall Case to a Jury

Here is a rough summary of your New York slip-or-trip-and-fall lawyer’s tasks: Gathering Evidence The first step in presenting a trip or slip and fall case starts long before trial.  It is to gather evidence, including photographs and videos of the accident scene and the specific hazard that caused the…

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MICHAELS & SMOLAK HAS CHANGED! (and other news)

It’s been quite a while since this Central New York Injury Law blogger has posted anything.  In fact, almost a year.  It was a busy year and blogging gave way to serving our clients’ pressing needs, always our number 1 priority.  But to quote Arnold Schwarzenegger (sort of), “we’re back!”…

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Liablity in Upstate New York for Failing to Shovel or Salt or Otherwise Clear Snow and Ice from your Walkway

Holy Kamoli!  The weather gods sure dumped a lot of that white fluffy stuff on us last night here in Geneva NY!  I measured almost a foot and a half in my backyard this morning. But it’s not just Geneva – the whole State is blanketed, including New York City. …

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The Amazing Story about How Mel Gibson Was Thrust to Stardom by a New York Personal Injury Lawyer (and other good stories about personal injury lawyers)

Mel Gibson was born in Peekskill, New York.  But somehow he got his first big acting gig (in the movie Mad Max, his break-through role)  in Australia in 1978 at age 22. But why was this Peekskill, New York-born US citizen in Australia? Because his parents decided to emigrate there…

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Who Can You Sue For Your Slip and Fall on City Sidewalk? Probably No One, Says Syracuse Injury Lawyer

  The City this Central New York personal injury lawyer calls home, Geneva, New York, recently amended its sidewalk law.  Many local homeowners are concerned about the effect this might have on their “liability” for snow and ice on sidewalks. Before the amendment, the City Code had said, and continues…

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