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Who’s Liable for Injuries Sustained on the Subway?

Oct 31, 2015

  Thousands of New York residents use the subway each day, making ours the busiest rapid transit rail system in the country. While the overwhelming majority of subway rides begin and end without a hitch, people do occasionally become injured on the subway. Subway accidents can include incidents on the train itself, or while waiting,...
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New York’s Statute of Limitations on Personal Injury

    The statute of limitations, as it pertains to personal injury law, is the amount of time after which a lawsuit can no longer be filed after the act that causes harm. It varies from state to state, and in some cases by the type of case. In New York, the statute of limitations...
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Guide to Accident Settlements

  One of the lesser-known facts about personal injury law is that most cases settle without going to trial. Many times, a fair settlement can be reached between the injured victim and the defendant’s insurance carrier without anyone appearing before a judge or testifying in court. Only if the parties can’t agree upon a settlement...
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Fatal Construction Accidents on the Rise in NY

  So far, the year 2015 has been an unusually dangerous time in the construction industry in New York City. Eight people have been killed in construction accidents so far this year—as many as in all of 2014. Not since 2008 have there been so many construction-related accidents in the city. Why? The answer could...
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Driver Killed by Mattress in the Roadway

A tanker truck driver was killed when his truck crashed into another vehicle and caught fire on the New Jersey Turnpike last month. The flames and billowing smoke caused a shutdown of the northbound western spur of the turnpike near Route 280. The driver of the other vehicle went to the hospital with minor injuries....
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