New York Legal Blog

April is Distracted Driving Month, when organizations and advocates nationwide raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving. The National Safety Council calls distracted driving an epidemic, noting it causes more than 3,000 deaths and 400,000 injuries in the United States each year. Almost 80% of crashes and 65% of near-crashes involved a driver looking…

The insurance industry likes nothing more than discrediting the notion that a personal injury case can provide real justice to injured parties. They'll mock legitimate cases in the media, back restrictive "tort reform" measures, and basically do anything else in their power to swing the pendulum of power as far toward big business as they…

It was no Willy Wonka story. Earlier this week, a chocolate factory exploded. After the explosion, one woman sustained serious injuries such as cervical, lumbar, hip, and leg injuries. When she filed her case, she alleged she suffered a significant wage loss and impairment to her earning capacity or potential.  Such claims are common in…

Many accidents don't result in injuries. They result in the death of the victim. When that happens, a wrongful death suit allows the survivors to recover some damages.  Right now, wrongful death suits are in the news. For example, Malcolm X's family is filing a $100 million wrongful death suit naming the NYPD, New York…