Yearly Archives: 2019
New York Personal Injury Law Blog
Food service workers often face harassment. Many are teens.
A recent lawsuit settlement with a sports bar franchise highlights a sector that has one of the highest rates of workplace sexual harassment. Female employees in the bar, restaurant and…
Will Future Technology Put Slip-And-Falls In The Past?
In movie lore, famous robots have battled everything from homicidal criminals to planet-destroying empires. Marty is a robot whose enemies may not be as dangerous as emperors and murderers. Yet,…
Survivors of child sexual assault earn major victory
Legislation extends statute of limitations on sexual abuse After a long and bitter battle for legislation that would allow New York sex abuse victims to sue the Roman Catholic Church…
Can I collect injury compensation if I was partly at fault?
A woman suffered a serious leg injury at a Disney resort. A Florida jury awarded her thousands of dollars in compensation — even though it determined she was primarily at…
New laws helping protect NYC renters with Asthma
Over 25 million individuals in the United States suffer from Asthma, a common lung disease that causes a person to experience difficulties breathing. Unfortunately, for many people, the quality of…
Mother’s fatal fall exposes the shame of the NYC subway
People around the world were heartbroken when a young mom died falling down the stairs of a Manhattan subway station. But New Yorkers with small children or disabilities were hardly…
Robots being placed in grocery stores to prevent slip and falls
There are millions of slip and fall accidents in the United States each year. Some reports suggest over 300 thousand injuries and around 15 thousand deaths occur as a result.…
New York law neither authorizes nor prohibits ‘granny cams’
In the past, the New York attorney general has authorized secret recordings to catch nursing home personnel suspected of abusing patients. Suspicious families have similarly taken matters into their own…
Llegó el invierno, a conducir con cuidado
Hace pocos días, en Estados Unidos, empezó oficialmente el invierno. Temperaturas bajo cero, lluvia, hielo, nieve y aguanieve es algo muy común que veremos en los próximos meses. Recientemente, en…
Landlords in New York required to provide heat and hot water
This past Christmas Day was one of the coldest New York has seen in a few years. However, it was even colder for some residents living in Harlem. Residents at…
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