Often personal injury lawyers advertise “No fees unless you win,” but what does that really mean? Most personal injury lawyers will speak, at no cost, with the injured person to answer their question about whether they have a legal claim. If the lawyer believes that there is a case, and…
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Updated September 8, 2014 It's shocking that already this year, 165 people have been killed in New York City as a result of car accidents. Thousands more have survived serious car accidents, but have suffered critical injuries and fractures. Many people injured by careless drivers have not been able to…
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New York still has strong laws to protect construction workers, despite a recent push by insurance and construction interests to weaken them.   Scaffold Safety Law Since the 1920s, New York’s “Scaffold Law” has protected construction workers, who work at heights, from falls. It does that by placing the burden…
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If you’ve been injured from a fall on a property defect, and want to bring a legal claim, the owner must have had known about the defect, before you fell. It’s a common, but false assumption, that just because you’re injured on someone else’s poorly maintained property, you automatically have…
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With this winter’s heavy snow and extreme cold, slippery sidewalks are still a major safety concern for pedestrians. After a snowfall, New York City law requires property owners to remove snow and ice from their sidewalks. If the property owners fail to do so within a certain period of time,…
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“Last winter, I fell on an icy walkway in front of my apartment building and broke my elbow. Can I still file a claim against my landlord?” “My mother’s in a nursing home and her hip was broken when she was transferred from her bed to a chair in 2010?…
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