Month: August 2016

Gen Zhan, 81, was hit and killed by an FDNY ambulance as he was walking across a street in the East Village section of Manhattan. Zhan was walking north on East 14th Street at the intersection of Second Avenue. He was reportedly in the crosswalk and was hit by an...

A Sunday crash in Manhattan involving a bus carrying several defenseless, disabled patients and two other vehicles injured as many as 18 people. The crash took place late afternoon on the busy FDR Drive, causing massive logjams for weekenders trying to make their way...

In our previous post, we began looking at the issue of drowsy or fatigued driving. As we noted, drowsiness can be a significant source of impairment and all drivers have a responsibility to ensure they are adequately rested before they get behind the wheel. All...

Roadway safety is an issue that concerns everybody who regularly drives a motor vehicle, and that is most of us. There are a great many risks involved in getting behind the wheel. Some of the major ones include drunken driving, distracted driving, and aggressive...

Sometimes it's not good to be among the top 10. Despite the fines, safety consequences and legal consequences taking cellphone pictures while driving can yield, some drivers in the state just can't seem to resist going for the selfie when behind the wheel. In fact, a...

We began looking in our last post at the topic of comparative negligence. As we noted, New York uses the minority approach known as pure comparative negligence, which does not bar a plaintiff from recovering damages based on how at fault he or she is determined to be...