The Housing Authority entered into a contract with a general contractor to improve the grounds of a housing projects owned by the City of New York. The general contractor entered into a subcontract with a company that performs concrete work. The grounds of the housing project abutted a sidewalk. On…
A mother and on behalf of her deceased daughter, sued three doctors, two nurses and a hospital for medical malpracticeand for her daughter’s wrongful death. However, the hospital together with one of the doctors and one of the nurses separately move for a decision without a trial to dismiss the…
In New York, civil lawsuit policy is dictated through case law that determines what if any compensation that a person is entitled to. In the case of an infant who is stillborn due to medical malpractice, the standard of policy is determined by Broadnax v Gonzalez 2 N.Y. 3d 148,…
Occasionally, a situation will arise that causes a personal injury to a person in which it is difficult to determine who holds the liability for the specific situation. In New York, according to a New York Injury Lawyer, most delivery companies have liability insurance that covers the delivery of their…
A 72 year old lady lived in an apartment complex where there was a “no pets” policy in the lease. One of the residents violated his lease and kept a pit bull as his pet. On August 8, 1995, the 72 year old lady was walking down a pathway when…
A woman was walking along a sidewalk on Leonard Street in Brooklyn. She passed a house with a garage that abutted a sidewalk. The position of the garage door indicated that the residents of the house passed the sidewalk when they bring their cars to and from the garage. A…
The appellant is State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. Jacques Laguerre et al. Are listed as defendants and Petter A. Gozzi is named as a respondent. Results The initial order from the original suit was reversed as was appealed for in regards to the portion of the original complaint. The…
On January 15, 2006, a woman left her home in Queens, New York. She was walking and it was snowing in a heavy fashion. She stated that she had seen five inches of snow on the banister of her home’s steps when she walked down them. A New York Injury…
On 1 August 2009, the complaining witness, respondents’ neighbor, was washing his car in his own driveway when his next door neighbor exited her home. As she exited, three adult Rottweilers ran out of the house and chased a male who had apparently been visiting the woman next door. A…
A man moves to dismiss the personal injury action filed against him on the ground that the action is barred by the law of limitations. A New York Injury Lawyer said the complainant cross-move the action to consolidate it against the man with another pending action arising out of the…