Environmental Pollution Knows No Boundaries

Flint Water Crisis: Four More Officials Charged

December 21, 2016

The situation in Flint can be called a disaster, with officials ignoring health problems, financial red flags and warnings regarding the readiness of the city’s water treatment plant. Now with four more officials facing charges of felonies of false pretenses and conspiracy, misdemeanors of misconduct in office and willful neglect of duty, the finger pointing…Read the article

Winning Damages In Car Accident Cases

April 10, 2017

The first thing to know about liability in car wreck cases is knowing what to call them, because the right language sets the proper tone for the jury. In 2014, New York City joined San Francisco and several other major municipalities in replacing “accident” with “crash” when discussing vehicle collisions. After all, the reasoning goes,…Read the article

Common Issues In Alcohol-Related Car Crashes

July 4, 2017

Since the early 1990s, state legislators have passed strict anti-DUI laws, while at the same time, courts and law enforcement agencies have developed aggressive anti-DUI procedures. Yet despite this crackdown, alcohol is still a factor in about a third of the fatal car crashes in New York. Victims in these cases are usually entitled to…Read the article