New York Personal Injury Blog

New Year’s Eve, parties and drinking can be a deadly trio when someone who has had too much to drink gets behind the wheel. If you’re hosting a party, you should always be conscious of your guests’ safety. However, are...

Even though cars are being made more crashworthy than ever, head-on collisions in New York and the U.S. almost always cause serious injuries or death. That’s because the human body is not built to withstand the violent impact of two...

A charge of vehicular homicide has been filed in a December 1 car crash that killed two high school students on Interstate 87 in Saratoga County. The defendant, Dennis Drue, is a 22-year-old Siena College student. At a January 7...

A pair of unrelated automobile accidents in New York State claimed the lives of a seven-month-old infant and a four-year-old child. The baby girl was killed November 27 when an alleged drunk driver crossed the center line in Irving, NY,...

Toyota has recalled 7.43 million vehicles worldwide – included 2.4 million in the United States – because a faulty power window switch can cause a fire eruption. The recall includes more than a dozen models manufactured between 2005 and 2010....

In New York, it is a primary offense if the driver or front seat passenger is not wearing a seat belt. New York law enforcement agencies frequently partner with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to enforce the state’s seatbelt...

Earlier this month a New York man died as he worked his trash collection route. According to news reports, the man was apparently “pinned under or between parts of the machinery” that picks garbage up and dumps it into the...

In January, we reported about a construction worker who suffered a head injury on the job. Unfortunately, a fatal construction accident last week in New York, once again raises awareness of the dangers construction workers face on a daily basis....

Two adults and two children lost their lives in a tragic automobile accident Saturday afternoon on Airport Road near Binghamton, NY. While police are continuing to investigate the cause of the accident, it appears that a minivan carrying three children...

A construction worker working on securing a concrete slab to a window façade, while standing on scaffolding three stories high, was struck in the head by a falling concrete slab yesterday. The Democrat and Chronicle reports the man was treated...