Recent Blog Posts
Scaffold Accidents During High Winds in New York City: Who Can Be Held Liable?
High winds and severe storms can turn scaffolding on New York City construction sites into a serious safety hazard. Strong gusts may cause an improperly secured scaffold to sway, shift away from a building, or collapse. Workers can fall from elevated platforms, while unsecured tools, building materials, and scaffold components may strike pedestrians or… Read More »
Subway Platform Gap Injuries in New York City: When Can the MTA Be Held Liable?
The space between a subway train and the platform can become a serious hazard for passengers boarding or exiting a train. A misplaced step may send someone’s foot or leg into the gap, causing a fall onto the platform or leaving them trapped between the train and platform edge. These accidents can result in… Read More »
Pedestrian Injuries Caused by Delivery E-Bikes on New York City Sidewalks and Crosswalks
Delivery e-bikes have become a regular part of New York City’s streets, particularly in neighborhoods with heavy restaurant and commercial activity. These vehicles help businesses move orders quickly, but pedestrians can suffer serious injuries when delivery riders use sidewalks, disregard traffic signals, or fail to yield at crosswalks. A collision can happen without warning,… Read More »
Rental Car Accidents in New York and the Limits of Rental Company Liability
Rental car companies are not automatically responsible when their vehicles are involved in accidents in New York. Although state law generally holds vehicle owners liable for collisions caused by drivers operating with permission, federal law provides rental companies with significant protection. That protection has limits when the company’s own negligence contributed to an accident…. Read More »
Religious Discrimination During Hiring and Job Interviews in New York
A job interview is supposed to focus on an applicant’s qualifications, experience, and ability to perform the work. Religious discrimination can enter the hiring process when an employer instead focuses on an applicant’s faith, religious practices, clothing, schedule, or perceived need for an accommodation. Applicants in New York City are protected against employment discrimination… Read More »
Black Ice and the Storm in Progress Rule in New York City Slip-and-Fall Cases
New York winters rarely deliver one clean storm followed by a dry week. Snow melts in the afternoon sun, runs across a sidewalk or building entrance, and refreezes overnight into a thin, nearly invisible sheet. Freezing rain can glaze a walkway in minutes. Many of the most serious winter falls in New York City… Read More »
Recurring Potholes in New York City: What Happens When a Defect Is Repaired and Reopens?
A pothole that keeps coming back can be more dangerous than a defect that has never been touched. Drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians may assume a patched section of pavement has been made safe, only to encounter a new depression, broken patch, or reopened hole in the same location days or weeks later. A tire… Read More »
Falling Masonry and Façade Debris Injuries Near New York City Construction Sites
Façade work is common throughout New York City, particularly on older buildings where brick, stone, terra cotta, concrete, and decorative exterior materials require repair or replacement. Much of that work takes place directly above sidewalks, apartment entrances, storefronts, and other areas that remain in daily use while the project continues. Removing damaged masonry or… Read More »
Overtime Violations When Salaried Employees Are Improperly Classified as Exempt
A steady salary can make long workweeks feel like part of the job. An employee stays late to finish reports, answers messages after dinner, joins an early call the next morning, and works through part of the weekend without seeing any change in the paycheck. The employer may simply describe the position as “exempt”… Read More »
Pedestrians and Bystanders Injured by Unsafe Construction Site Operations in New York City
Construction work often unfolds only a few feet from everyday pedestrian traffic in New York City. Someone walking to work, entering an apartment building, visiting a store, or passing through a neighborhood may find the sidewalk narrowed by fencing, crossed by construction vehicles, or directly beneath active work several stories above the street. Problems… Read More »