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Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens, killing more than 5,000 each year. More than 7,000 people nationwide were killed in…

Holding a municipality liable in negligence for personal injuries sustained as a result of a third-party is often a difficult task because the plaintiff must…

A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report this past spring, concerned about childrens' safety and welfare, highlighted allegations of abuse and the potentially deadly consequences of…

This past summer a bill was introduced in the United States Senate to require states to adopt federally set minimum penalties for writing, sending, or…

In Cherry v. Time Warner, Inc., --- N.Y.S.2d ----, 2009 WL 2497974 (1 Dept. August 18, 2009), the plaintiff was securing sheet rock to the…

Yesterday morning an advertisement for smoking cessation drug Chantix came on my television. The ad featured a man extolling how much better his life is…

Beginning on Thursday, August 6, 2009, Nassau County on Long Island initiated a red-light camera program, with cameras placed above two intersections to videotape motor…

A Dallas Cowboys scouting assistant paralyzed and a special teams coach whose neck was broken in the May 2, 2009, collapse of the teams practice…

Sidewalk sheds are typically wooden structures (nowadays usually painted blue) built over public space to protect pedestrians during construction activity. Walking around Manhattan while trying…

On August 18, 2009, the Sullolk County Legislature voted to ban electronic cigarettes from public indoor spaces where 'traditional forms of smoking are already disallowed,'…