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A 69-year-old driver who was in diabetic shock crashed his vehicle into a gas station off of the Hutchinson River Parkway in White Plains in June 2014. The elderly man, who was incoherent at the time of the accident, was pulled from his burning car by an off-duty state trooper before it was engulfed in flames. The […]
Motor Vehicle Accidents
NY Cardiologist Charged with DWI after Car Crash Kills Mother of Three
Thomas Stavola, a 54-year-old cardiologist, was arrested and charged with a DWI in June 2014 after he crashed into a vehicle driven by Monica Peterman, a 45-year-old mother of three. Peterman was taken by ambulance to St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. Stavola was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital where he was […]
Federal Report: Motor Vehicle Crashes Cost U.S. Economy $871 Billion Per Year
According to a May 2014 report released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), automobile crashes cost the U.S. economy $871 billion in 2010. The costs include lost productivity, property damage, and medical and rehabilitation care. The economic impact also includes court and legal costs, emergency services costs as well as costs associated to insurance premiums. […]
Self-Driving Cars Raise Safety and Legal Questions
In May 2014, Google introduced its first prototype of a self-driving car. The vehicle doesn’t contain a steering wheel, brake, or accelerator petal. Occupants of the car simply enter their destination into a computer and then hit a button to be driven to their destination. The vehicle is directed by multiple sensors and cameras linked […]
Crash Avoidance Technologies Can Prevent Crashes or Mitigate Injuries Caused by Car Accidents
According to a study conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, if all passenger vehicles were equipped with front crash prevention, lane departure warning, blind spot detection and adaptive headlight systems, one in three fatal crashes could be avoided and one in five crashes resulting in an injury could be prevented or mitigated. While […]
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Accuses General Motors of Knowing about Faulty Ignition Switch for 10 Years
According to a lawsuit filed in March 2014 on the behalf of several Minnesota families of three teenagers severely injured or killed in a 2006 crash linked to a faulty ignition witch, General Motors knew about the switch’s defect for over a decade but never took action to solve the problem. Since February 2014, after […]
Second Department Reverses Summary Judgment in Nassau County Car Accident Case
Last week, the Supreme Court Appellate Division, Second Department reversed a Nassau County Supreme Court finding of summary judgment for a defendant driver in an accident involving a pedestrian. The appellate Court found that the defendant had not established a baseline prima facie case for entitlement to summary judgment, rendering the plaintiff’s opposition to the […]
Driver Facing Numerous Charges after Brooklyn Car Accident
The driver responsible for a multi-car accident in Brooklyn that injured several people will face a variety of charges, according to ABC News. The accident occurred as the driver was attempting to evade police early Wednesday morning. The police car that had been chasing the suspect was also involved in the crash, as was another […]
Chappaqua Teen Found to Have Been Texting During Fatal Crash
A New Windsor, NY judge has ruled that a teen was texting while driving, leading to a fatal accident that killed his nineteen year old friend, reports USA Today. The driver, also nineteen from Chappaqua, NY, claimed that he had fallen asleep at the wheel. The decedent’s family subpoenaed phone records from the driver during […]
New Study Finds Elderly More Likely to Die as Result of Pedestrian Accidents
A study released by the Centers for Disease Control in late April found that elderly individuals are more likely to be killed in pedestrian accidents than younger members of the population. The study used data compiled from 2001 through 2010, and based its results on a per-100,000 person standardization. The highest death rates found in […]
Bronx Car Accident Report: 70 Year-Old Dies in Tragic Williamsbridge Car Accident
In August 2012, a car accident occurred at the intersection of Bronxwood Avenue and Williamsbridge Road in the Bronx. Tragically, a 70 year-old passenger in a 2000 Mitsubishi was killed and the driver of the same car, an 86 year-old male, was in critical condition at Jacobi Medical Center. Another passenger in the Mitsubishi, a […]
Second Department Affirms Plaintiff’s Summary Judgment in Nassau County Car Accident Action
On November 14, 2012, the Supreme Court Appellate Division, Second Department, affirmed the Supreme Court’s finding of summary judgment for the plaintiff in an automobile collision action from Nassau County. The facts surrounding the case are simple. The plaintiff’s vehicle was stopped when it was struck from behind by the defendant’s vehicle. Quoting Volpe v. […]
White Plains Personal Injury Attorney Report: Second Department Rules in Favor of Plaintiff in Rear-End Collision Case
In a recent New York State Supreme Court, Appellate DIvision, Second Department decision, Delyons v. MTA., 2012 NY Slip Op 06060 (8/29/12), an award of summary judgment to the defendants was reversed in an action stemming from a rear-end car collision in Brooklyn. The plaintiff, Nakisha Delyons, was a passenger in Defendant’s “Access-a-Ride” vehicle owned […]
Westchester County Personal Injury Attorney Case Report: Summary Judgment Reversed in Queens (NYC) Motor Vehicle Accident Case
On Wednesday, September 12, 2012, the Second Department reversed summary judgment that had been granted to the plaintiff in an accident in which a tractor-trailer collided with a stopped car on a Queens street. Although the Supreme Court initially granted summary judgment for the plaintiff, the Second Department found that triable issues of fact did […]
New York Personal Injury Attorney Report: School Bus Driver Involved in Queens Hit and Run
A Queens school bus driver was apprehended shortly after colliding with an MTA bus in Corona yesterday afternoon, according to a Daily News report. Fortunately no children were on the school bus at the time. However, sixteen people in total were injured. A driver involved in a car, bus or trucking accident that hits another […]
Homicide Charges Dismissed in Long Island DWI Case
A Suffolk County judge has dismissed all charges that had been pending against a teenager in Long Island following a crash that led to the death of a passenger in his car. The accident occurred in the Hamptons last year, and was at first suspected to be a DWI. The DWI charge was dropped when […]
Long Island Man Pleads Guilty to Several Charges after Motorcycle Crash
A Manorville resident has pleaded guilty to several charges, including second degree manslaughter, in a May, 2010 motorcycle accident that occurred as the man was speeding away from police. The crash resulted in the death of the man’s pregnant fiancee when she was thrown from the back of his bike in East Hampton. New York […]
Notice of Claim Against New York City in Bronx Zoo Crash
In April of this year, a minivan carrying a family jumped a barrier on the Bronx River Parkway and plummeted over the side, into the Bronx Zoo. Seven family members were killed in the crash, leaving behind mourning loved ones. The husband of one of the victims of this crash has filed a notice of […]
Sister of Mercy Killed in Hamptons Hit and Run
Sister Jacqueline Walsh, a Sister of Mercy in a Long Island parish, was killed by a hit and run driver after spending a day of retreat in the Hamptons with fellow nuns, the NY Post reports. When she was struck, Sister Walsh was walking along the road outside the estate where the nuns were staying. […]
Massachusetts Teenager Faces One Year in Prison after Homicide Conviction in Texting While Driving Case
Aaron Deveau, an 18 year old Massachusetts teenager, is facing one year in prison after being convicted of vehicular homicide in a case involving texting while driving. In February of 2010, Deveau’s car struck another vehicle, leaving the other driver and passenger seriously injured. The driver eventually died from his injuries. Deveau had been texting […]
Plea Deal Reached in Long Island DWI Case
A Shirley, Long Island man standing trial for the death of a fellow motorist in a 2010 DWI crash has pleaded guilty in exchange for a sentence of 3-9 years in prison. Scott Tolar accepted this plea of guilty to vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated. Section 1192(2) of the New York Vehicle and Traffic […]
Supreme Court, Appellate Division Upholds Depraved Indifference Murder Conviction Stemming From Car Accident
Earlier this month, a Brooklyn appellate panel upheld the murder conviction of Franklin McPherson. McPherson was convicted of second degree murder after driving the wrong way for approximately five miles on the Southern State Parkway in October of 2007, eventually striking another car and killing its driver. Defense counsel argued that because McPherson had been […]
Brooklyn Jury Awards $36M to Boy Hit by Speeding Motorist
In May, a Brooklyn jury awarded over $36,000,000.00 in damages in a case involving a 12 year old boy on a bicycle struck by a speeding motorist. The victim sustained fractures of the skull and ankle, as well as brain damage after being struck by the defendant, who, according to investigators, was driving 24 mph […]
New York Firefighter Charged with DWI after Accident in Bronx
An off-duty New York City Firefighter is facing multiple charges, including DWI and leaving the scene of an accident, after crashing into another car in the Bronx (NYC) on Thursday night. The firefighter was apprehended by police after leaving the accident, which occured on the Grand Concourse at approximately 10:30 pm. The motorists in the […]
New York Car Accident Attorney Report: LA Lakers Forward Lamar Odom Is Passenger In Queens, NY Car Accident
LA Lakers star forward, Lamar Odom, was a passenger in a car that struck and seriously injured a motorcyclist and a pedestrian in his hometown of Queens, New York, on Thursday. A publicist for Odom’s wife, Khloe Kardashian, told the New York Post that Kardashian was not with her husband a the time of the […]
