Very few venues in our society can top the sports arena as sites of accidents resulting often in serious injuries. The subject of the injury may be either a participant in the sport, or an observer of a sporting event : The race car driver, the wide receiver, the baseball player sliding into third base, [...]
“Ignorance is no excuse”! How often have we heard that expression. And nowhere is that expression more appropriate, and often times more painful, than when applied to cases that require, as a condition to beginning a lawsuit, the proper filing of a “Notice of Claim”. If, for almost any reason whatsoever, you do not file [...]
Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress While exposure to the HIV virus, and subsequent contraction of the Aids virus, is no longer, thankfully, a death sentence, it is nevertheless a frightening and life altering event that, without proper and constant lifelong medication could, eventually , lead to a premature death. Consequently, being exposed to the HIV [...]
Official proceedings to remove Anthony Abbate from the Chicago Police Department began this week. On Monday, Novermber 16, city attorneys aired lengthy recordings to highlight how the events unfolded at Jesse’s Short Stop Inn on the afternoon and evening of Feb. 19, 2007. During two visits to the Northwest Side bar, Abbate consumed large quantities [...]
How Bankruptcy Affects the Ability to Sue for Injury in New York It is absolutely essential that an individual contemplating a lawsuit for an injury inform his or her lawyer of any bankruptcies, past or present. If there is a pending bankruptcy, then any potential lawsuit becomes an asset of the bankrupt person. As such, [...]
LAWSUITS BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES vs. LAWSUITS BY EMPLOYEES OF PRIVATE EMPLOYERS In every lawsuit based on a party’s “negligence”, in addition to a recovery for “pain and suffering”, the injured party is entitled to recover for the amount the injured party paid for medical costs and for the loss of future earnings. A person with [...]
ELEVATOR ACCIDENTS in New York City| NYC | Attorney In New York City tens of thousands of buildings utilize elevators for their tenants. Among these are 340 public housing complexes, mostly composed of multiple buildings, each of which usually has an elevator. The New York City Housing Authority, the City’s largest landlord, incorporates 3,338 elevators [...]
As Reported by the New York Times, “For the second time in five weeks, a New York City police officer has been arrested on charges of killing a pedestrian while driving drunk, this time in the Bronx, officials said on Friday. Drana Nikac, 67, was killed. The scene, Kingsbridge Avenue at West 232nd Street in [...]
The firm of ORLOW, ORLOW & ORLOW, PC has been practicing NEW YORK PERSONAL INJURY law since 1981. While currently composed of a father and two sons, the firm is about to expand by merging with the firm of ORLOW & ORLOW, PC, a PERSONAL INJURY law firm since 1966. ORLOW & ORLOW, PC consisted [...]
New York School Roof Collapse Injures Two; One Seriously The roof of a Pelham elementary school collapsed Saturday afternoon, injuring two construction workers. According to Pelham Police Chief Joseph Benefico, Colonial School at 315 Highbrook Avenue in Pelham was in the process of an addition when a front wall gave causing a roof collapse and [...]
