If you’re lying in a hospital bed after a severe slip and fall accident, you may think about who can you sue if you fall in a parking lot? It would probably be the parking lot owner. There may be other parties responsible, too, depending on the facts of your case. Who can be sued for a fall in ...
If you’ve injured yourself because of an unsafe condition at a store, then you may have cause for bringing a slip and fall lawsuit. As public establishments, stores have a duty to keep people reasonably safe. If you suffer an injury because of a ...
The week before Christmas was a tragic one for six New York City pedestrians. In the span of just three days, 6 were killed on our city’s roads. As reported by the New York Times (2019), those deaths included…
New York may soon require all passengers in the back seats of motor vehicles to wear seatbelts. Current state law requires only people under 16 years old riding in the rear seat to buckle up. A bill that would make New York the 30th state to mandate back-seat safety belt use is currently ...
Summer is here, and the 100 deadliest days of the year are upon us again. Just what does this mean? For parents with teen drivers, it means that it is time to reinforce the importance of safety behind the wheel and set some driving ground rules to reduce the chances of tragedy occurring. For teen dr...
June is National Safety Month. Started by the National Safety Council more than 20 years ago, the month brings attention to the large numbers of injuries and fatalities throughout the country that are caused by workplace accidents, unsafe driving behaviors and other preve...
May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, which is intended to bring attention to the high rate of accidents, injuries and fatalities among motorcyclists. Per miles traveled, motorcyclist fatalities occur 28 times more often than fatalities of passenger car occupants in traffic accidents, according ...
Without skilled construction workers, we wouldn’t have sturdy roofs over our heads or the highways, bridges and other infrastructure that are necessary to our everyday lives. Construction is important work that unfortunately is filled with safety risks. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Sta...
Theatrics are common in UFC media events. Pushing, insulting and hurling water bottles are simply part of the hype one can expect in the build-up to a high-profile mixed martial art bout. But when Conor McGregor and several of his associates
When thinking of workplace safety, most of us envision a warehouse, factory or construction site. Few think of a business office as a dangerous place, but they can be far from safe. Many office workers are injured every year on the job, though not as dramatically as their blue collar counterparts. A...Safety Hazards That Might Be Lurking in Your Office