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Car, Truck and Motorcycle Accidents
- Teen Crash Victims in Steuben Likely Face Insurance Problem
- Tragedy for Motorcycle Rider and Driver
- Dump Truck Accident on Thruway Leaves Many Questions, But Reveals Answers, Too
- Distracted Driver Causes Bad Crash
- Bus Crash Verdict Not the Last Word
Construction Accidents
Product Liability
- Another Hunter Injured in Fall from Gander Mountain Tree Stand
- Gander Mountain Treestand Recall Due to Legal Action by Injured Hunter
- Injury lawyer advises farmers, farm workers about common farm accidents.
General
- Did the Woman Killed at Drag Race Assume the Risk of Being Struck by Crash Debris?
- Lawsuit Abuse Article in NY Daily News Raises Interesting Questions
- Woman Attacked by Chimp Has Reasonable Argument for Large Award Against State of Connecticut
- Lawyers Are Not the Problem With Our Health Care System
- Dram Shop Case Against Waterfront Bars May Be On Target
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Car, Truck and Motorcycle Accidents
- How long do I have to sue the person for my injuries who caused my car or motorcycle accident?
- I was injured in a car accident as a passenger in my husband's vehicle. He was at fault. Can I sue him for my injuries?
- I was injured in a car accident. What are the "no-fault" benefits I keep hearing about? Who pays those benefits?
Construction Accidents
- Can I sue my employer for my serious injury I received while on the job?
- What protection does the law provide New York construction workers who are injured on the job?
- Why should I hire an attorney to help me with my construction accident case?
Product Liability
Can I sue my employer for injuries I received while using a piece of equipment/tool while at work?
- I have been injured by a defective product purchased at a retail store. How important is it to preserve the product as evidence for use on my case?
- Why should I hire an attorney on my product liability case?
General
- I have been injured while skiing and feel that the resort where I hurt myself is responsible. Can I sue the resort for my injuries and medical expenses?
- How much money can I get for pain and suffering as part of my injury case?
- Why Does It Take So Long For An Injury Case to Be Resolved?
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Car, Truck and Motorcycle Accidents
- Having the Right Lawyer Key to Finding Insurance Coverage
- Don't regret going cheap on your car insurance. You WILL regret it.
- Injury Attorney Explains Why Driver is Responsible for Crash
- Without Critical Coverage, Right to Sue Spouse Is Probably Worthless
- Taking Case to Trial to Secure Large Verdict Is the Only Way to Send a Message About Recklessness.
Construction Accidents
- Alternative Court Exhibits MAXIMIZE Recovery for Clients
- Right out of "The Sopranos"
- Are we the Best injury attorneys in western New York? This client thinks so.
- Why We Must Protect New York's Construction Workers
- Protecting Construction Workers
Product Liability
- The Truth About the Extreme Danger and Risk of Death Caused by Hunting Treestands- What You Need to Know To Protect Yourself
- Injury Lawyer and Author Warns Against Use of Hunting Stand
- Hunting Accident Products Liability- The Good and Bad About Lawyers and Lawsuits
General
- Why You MUST Get a DNA Test if You Might Be the Father
- New York Injury Attorney Gives Advice that Could Save Your Life- And Your Case
- What's Fair AND What Isn't
- Slippin' On the Dock of The Bay
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- Construction Accidents
- Car, Truck and Motorcycle Accidents
- Teen Crash Victims in Steuben Likely Face Insurance Problem
- Tragedy for Motorcycle Rider and Driver
- Dump Truck Accident on Thruway Leaves Many Questions, But Reveals Answers, Too
- Distracted Driver Causes Bad Crash
- Bus Crash Verdict Not the Last Word
- Another Car Accident With Massive Injuries Involving a Disabled Vehicle in the Roadway
- Trucker Who Killed Woman in Crash Was Watching Porn on Laptop
- Fatal Car Accident in Perry Teaches Harsh Lesson
- Mother, Baby Killed in Bad Weather Accident
- Another car accident and another fatality caused by drinking and driving
- Allowing Police to Draw Blood At Roadside on Suspected DWI Cases is a Horrible Idea
- Livingston County teen killed in drunk driving accident
- Livingston County Man Dies After Being Struck by Car at Demolition Derby
- Monroe County DOT worker hit by car at worksite
- Canadien hockey team accident case moves forward
- Product Liability
- Another Hunter Injured in Fall from Gander Mountain Tree Stand
- Gander Mountain Treestand Recall Due to Legal Action by Injured Hunter
- Injury lawyer advises farmers, farm workers about common farm accidents.
- General
- Did the Woman Killed at Drag Race Assume the Risk of Being Struck by Crash Debris?
- Lawsuit Abuse Article in NY Daily News Raises Interesting Questions
- Woman Attacked by Chimp Has Reasonable Argument for Large Award Against State of Connecticut
- Lawyers Are Not the Problem With Our Health Care System
- Dram Shop Case Against Waterfront Bars May Be On Target
- Justice Served Again In Case Involving Death of Geneseo Student
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- Car Accident Attorney | New York |Livingston County
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- New York Products Liability Attorney
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Case Results
- Car, Truck and Motorcycle Accidents
- $300,000 for a woman who suffered a broken leg in a car accident
- $6,300,000 Ralph L., a 35-year-old truck driver from Buffalo, New York, suffered a brain injury when the tractor-trailer he was operating went out of control
- 5,800,000 Michelle S., a 28-year-old truck driver from Henrietta, New York, was paralyzed from the waist down when she opened the back doors of her tractor-trailer and several boxes weighing 300 lbs. a piece fell on her
- $3,600,000 Brad S., 35, of Leicester, New York, suffered numerous broken bones and a significant closed head injury in an auto accident on Route 20, just outside of Avon, New York
- $1,665,000 for a 40 year old bricklayer-mason from Avon, when he sustained a serious neck injury in an auto accident in Rochester
- $2,500,000 for a woman from Canandaigua, New York, who suffered numerous broken bones and scars when a Federal Express truck ran a stop sign and struck the car she was driving
- $100,000 for teen injured in a car accident
- Pedestrian from Mount Morris receives $100,000 settlement for knee injury.
- Injury Lawyer Obtains $100,000 for client
Awarded: $100,000
Awarded: $100,000
- Construction Accidents
- Ironworker from Avon, Livingston County Awarded $2.25 Million in Westchester County
- $2,500,000 for a man from Reading Center, New York, when he was seriously burned in an explosion inside a septic tank he was repairing at a cheese manufacturing plant in Campbell, New York
- $2,400,000 for a Greece construction worker who accepted a $2,450,000 settlement for serious injuries he suffered while helping to build a prison in Seneca County
- $2,100,000 for a man from Mt. Morris, New York, who was an apprentice bricklayer working on a State University of New York dormitory in Buffalo, New York, when he was hit on the shoulder by a 20 lb. piece of cable that had fallen 10 stories
- $1,700,000 for a man from Batavia, New York, who had both hands severely crushed by a punch press he was operating when it malfunctioned
- $2.6 million dollar settlement for a construction worker who fell off a roof
- $1,500,000 for a 36-year-old, African-American, union bricklayer, from Rochester, New York, when he suffered severely torn ligaments in both of his wrists and a significant knee injury when he fell from a makeshift scaffold while laying brick
- $1,500,000 for a 38-year-old, Hispanic, bricklayer-mason, when he fell off a plank from which he was performing his work, landing on his head and shoulder
- $1,500,000 for a man from Groveland, New York, who suffered two fractured wrists when he fell from the roof of a local high school while performing renovations to the roof
- $1,500,000 for a 43-year-old union painter, from Rochester, New York, who was injured when a single plank scaffold he was standing on collapsed
- $1,325,000 for a 56 year old laborer, from Rochester, New York, who was seriously injured when he fell through a broken catwalk he was repairing
- $1,300,000 for a 25-year-old roofer from Nunda, New York, who was injured when a gust of wind blew him off a barn roof he was installing
- $1,200,000 for a man from of Rochester, New York, who was a non-union carpenter
- $1,200,000 for a man from Dansville, New York, was struck by lightning while working as a laborer on a construction site in Attica, New York
- $3,500,000 Bob U., 40, of Canadice, New York, sustained a mild brain injury when he fell off the roof of a crane he was servicing at a bridge demolition site supervised by the State
- $3,400,000 for a 38-year-old electrician from Avon, New York, when he sustained serious leg injuries when he fell 10 feet from a platform he was standing on while at work
- $2,900,000 for a 40-year-old ironworker from Oschweken, Ontario Canada when he sustained injuries to his back, knee, ankle and finger when a steel beam he was standing on, while performing construction work, collapsed because of a defective weld
- $2,800,000 for a man from Olean, New York, when he lost a leg when the brakes on a log skidder he was using malfunctioned
- $3,800,000 Bob W., 38, of Alexander, New York, suffered a closed head injury leaving him with severe migraine headaches on an almost daily basis, when he was struck in the head by a steel lever while at work on a State construction project
Awarded: $2,250,000
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- Car, Truck and Motorcycle Accidents
- Having the Right Lawyer Key to Finding Insurance Coverage
- Don't regret going cheap on your car insurance. You WILL regret it.
- Injury Attorney Explains Why Driver is Responsible for Crash
- Without Critical Coverage, Right to Sue Spouse Is Probably Worthless
- Taking Case to Trial to Secure Large Verdict Is the Only Way to Send a Message About Recklessness.
- Injury Lawyer Is Reminded by Client What Life Is All About
- To Many Teens and Others Killed by Drunk Drivers
- A Good Start, But A Long Way to Go To Protect New York Drivers
- Best injury attorneys know how to battle insurance companies for you.
- Smart Lawyer Tells How Pedestrian Hit By Car Can Make Claim Against His Own Insurance Company
- Discusses Books He Has Written Designed to Help Protect New Yorkers From Drunk Drivers
- Texting and Driving- The Dangers Are Not Worth The Risk
- Accident Victims Can Look to Their Own Auto Policy for Coverage
- In Accident Case, Small Law Office Defeats Mega Firm in Fee Dispute on Appeal
- When a Loved One Has Been Killed in a Car Accident, What Can You Expect?
- Good for the Lawyer, Bad for the Client
- Construction Accidents
- Alternative Court Exhibits MAXIMIZE Recovery for Clients
- Right out of "The Sopranos"
- Are we the Best injury attorneys in western New York? This client thinks so.
- Why We Must Protect New York's Construction Workers
- Protecting Construction Workers
- In Construction Accident Case, Small Law Office Defeats Big Firm in Fee Dispute
- Product Liability
- The Truth About the Extreme Danger and Risk of Death Caused by Hunting Treestands- What You Need to Know To Protect Yourself
- Injury Lawyer and Author Warns Against Use of Hunting Stand
- Hunting Accident Products Liability- The Good and Bad About Lawyers and Lawsuits
- General
- Why You MUST Get a DNA Test if You Might Be the Father
- New York Injury Attorney Gives Advice that Could Save Your Life- And Your Case
- What's Fair AND What Isn't
- Slippin' On the Dock of The Bay
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
- Injury Lawyer Explain Why You Should Run Away From Big Box Mega Firms
- She Who Signs the Contract Gets Stiffed
- At Least We Are Not the Swiss
- Assumed Risk? You Decide.
- Personal Responsibility Is In the Eye of the Beholder
- What Are We Teaching Our Children?
- You Can't Blame the Lawyer's Alone
- Author of Books on Injury Cases and Insurance Issues Reveals Insurance Company Tricks
- Who We Are
- Why Local Personal Injury Attorney Can Out Perfom Mega Firm- Smaller is Better
- Who We Are NOT
- FINALLY FAIR FEES- Personal Injury Lawyer Changes the Way Fees Are Charged
- Construction Accident Attorney Tells the Truth About New York's Scaffold Law
- I Hate Giving People Bad News
- Athlete and others and assumed risks in sports
- When a Loved One Has Been Killed in a Car Accident, What Can You Expect?
- Personal Injury Lawyer Advises Against Jury Duty Scam
- In Construction Accident Case, Small Office Defeats Mega Firm in Fee Dispute
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Car, Truck and Motorcycle Accidents
- How long do I have to sue the person for my injuries who caused my car or motorcycle accident?
- I was injured in a car accident as a passenger in my husband's vehicle. He was at fault. Can I sue him for my injuries?
- I was injured in a car accident. What are the "no-fault" benefits I keep hearing about? Who pays those benefits?
- I received a minor injury in a car accident. Can I sue the person responsible for causing the accident?
- I was injured in a car accident when a truck travelling in the opposite direction hit black ice and spun out, entering my lane of traffic. Is the other driver responsbile?
- Why does the doctor for the insurance company get to examine me after I was injured in a car accident?
- While making deliveries for work, I was injured in a car accident. Who will pay my lost wages and medical bills?
- What should I do if I am in an automobile/motorcycle accident?
- Do I need to hire a lawyer on my car accident case?
- I am a pedestrian that was struck by a car. How will my medical bills get paid?
- Why should I hire an attorney to help me with my car accident?
- Construction Accidents
- Can I sue my employer for my serious injury I received while on the job?
- What protection does the law provide New York construction workers who are injured on the job?
- Why should I hire an attorney to help me with my construction accident case?
- Product Liability
Can I sue my employer for injuries I received while using a piece of equipment/tool while at work?
- I have been injured by a defective product purchased at a retail store. How important is it to preserve the product as evidence for use on my case?
- Why should I hire an attorney on my product liability case?
- General
- I have been injured while skiing and feel that the resort where I hurt myself is responsible. Can I sue the resort for my injuries and medical expenses?
- How much money can I get for pain and suffering as part of my injury case?
- Why Does It Take So Long For An Injury Case to Be Resolved?
- What is a personal injury case anywaya/
- What should I do if I am injured in an accident or a fall at work?
- What is a personal injury case anyway?
- Do I need to hire a lawyer?
- How much is my case worth?
- How do you find out in your local community who is the best for your case?
- How long will it take for my case to be finished?
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