New York Bus Firms Seek Damages Over Handling of Workers’ Comp Claim August 17, 2017 By Elizabeth Blosfield New York Bus Operators Compensation Trust (NYBOCT), a Bay Shore, N.Y.-based group self-insured trust created by a number of New...
Long Island Rail Road Riders Turn Complaints Over Delays into Lawsuit July 10, 2017 By Frank Eltman All aboard the lawsuit train. Even before this week’s start of a two-month track renovation project at New York’s Pennsylvania...
Q&A: How Driverless Car Technology Could Impact New York and Other States July 6, 2017 By Elizabeth Blosfield New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in May signed a budget bill into law allowing self-driving and self-parking cars to be...
Report Details Death, Panic in Deadly Ghost Ship Warehouse Fire June 22, 2017 By Jocelyn Gecker Voices screamed out, “Fire!” Suddenly, the lights went out and it got harder to breathe. Many of the 36 people...
California Man Bit by Dog While Rescuing Cat Awarded $1M June 16, 2017 A California man who was bitten by a police dog while trying to rescue a friend’s cat at a construction...
Former Vermont Homeowners Hope to Recover $4M After Evictions May 24, 2017 A group of former homeowners from a Vermont lakeside neighborhood hopes to recover some of the nearly $4 million they...
$173K Settlement Revealed in Utah State Student ‘Slack Line’ Death May 22, 2017 Utah State University has agreed to pay $172,500 to the parents of a student killed four years ago when he...
Utility Sued by Relatives of Oakland Warehouse Fire Victims May 19, 2017 By Paul Elias Relatives of 18 of the 36 people who died in the Oakland, Calif. “Ghost Ship” warehouse fire added Pacific Gas...
Families of Oakland Warehouse Fire Victims Sue May 17, 2017 Attorneys representing the families of people who died in an Oakland, Calif. warehouse fire that broke out during an unlicensed...
Woman Burned by Connecticut Bible Camp Heater Awarded $1.4M May 10, 2017 A woman who was severely burned by a propane heater at a Connecticut bible camp has been awarded $1.4 million...