If you’ve read the stories about slip and fall lawsuits, you may be under the impression that if you take a tumble in a store, restaurant or other business, the establishment will have to pay up for your injuries. In reality, it is far from being that simple. In fact, New York slip and fall cases ...
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How is BAC Determined in a DUI?
Blood alcohol content (BAC) is one of the most critical factors in a DUI case. It’s usually the number that leads to an arrest, and it is used by the prosecution to prove that you were in violation of the law. If your BAC was over .08, you were over the legal limit. But how is BAC determined, and ...
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Understanding the “Pain and Suffering” Part of Your Lawsuit
Lawsuits involving serious injuries almost always have a pain and suffering component. You have probably heard of it, but you may not know what it means to you. Pain and suffering refers to both your physical pain and your mental and emotional pain. It goes into the deep and long-lasting harm that ...
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Can I Recover Compensation for My Car Accident in Adverse or Severe Weather?
When hazardous weather conditions are a factor in car accidents, victims are often led to believe that it was an unavoidable accident or an “act of God” and that they cannot get paid for their injuries.
However, nasty weather does not relieve drivers of their duty to drive responsibly. In fact, ...
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Attacked at Home: Is Your Landlord Liable?
If you have been injured in a criminal assault or attack in your New York apartment, you may be able to recover compensation for your medical expenses, lost income and your pain and suffering. Although the criminal who hurt you can be held responsible, they have to be caught first, and then have the ...
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Hurt by a Drunk Driver: Can I Sue the Bar?
You have probably heard stories about bars getting sued over patrons getting drunk and causing accidents, but are these tales true? Even if they are, does anyone really win money in that kind of lawsuit?
Yes, it’s true that in most states you can sue the bar or establishment that served the drunk ...
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Avoiding Winter Weather Truck Accidents and What to Do After a Crash
Winter weather makes for treacherous road conditions, for any driver. Large commercial trucks come with heightened challenges for truck divers due to their vast size and weight and can pose challenges for other drivers on the road, as well. You may find yourself coming up suddenly on a slow-moving ...
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Types of Defective Product Claims
Considering the large number of products we buy over the course of our lifetime and the small number of products recalled each year, most products we buy do what they claim to do and are safe for consumers. Even though rarely a week goes by that we don’t hear about a major product recall, the ...
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Do Older Truck Drivers Cause More Accidents?
While there’s really no maximum age limit regarding commercial truck drivers, there are physical requirements that go along with these demanding jobs that require men and women to sit behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler for hours on end. The life of a truck driver is a difficult one, already, and when ...
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Cognitive Tasks While Driving May Not Distract Drivers
We are all aware of the danger associated with distracted driving, and many states are in the process of revising texting while driving laws to include other distracting behaviors that could lead to car crashes. But new research has shown that while there are many ways a driver can become distracted ...
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