A few weeks ago, Breonna Taylor’s family received $12 million in settlement for their wrongful death case against the City of Louisville, Kentucky and its police department for their botched “no-knock” warrant raid in which Ms. Taylor was killed. When
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New York’s New Buckle-Up-In-Back-Seat Law to Take Effect November 1.
Governor Cuomo recently signed into law legislation requiring passengers in motor vehicles over the age of 16 to buckle up in back. This is a change from the current law which requires them to wear seat belts only when in…
My Road to Becoming a Syracuse New York Personal Injury Lawyer
It just occurred to me that after so many years of blogging, I’ve never blogged about how I ended up becoming a Syracuse New York personal injury lawyer. That’s actually a pretty interesting question because you can ask a thousand…
Liability Rules for Animal Attacks in New York. Lions and Tigers and Bears (and dogs) oh my!
New York Boating Injury Lawyer: “Learn from Other Boaters’ Mistakes So You Don’t Have to Learn from Your Own”.
I took in yet another boating accident case the other day. In many ways, it was a typical Finger Lakes boating accident that boating injury lawyers are bound to come across from time to time: Unbeknownst to the boat operator…
How Syracuse NY Personal Injury Lawyer Gets Great Settlements
I’ve been settling my New York personal injury cases here in the Syracuse area for what some of my colleagues see as larger than normal numbers. It seems I don’t have to try as many cases these days because the…


