Yesterday’s tragic bus crash in Syracuse has been the focus of nationwide news coverage, including our blog entries entitled Syracuse Tour Bus Accident Involving CSX Train Bridge Causes Injury To Dozens, and Syracuse Bus Crash Lawyers Review New York CSX Bridge Accident In Onondaga, as well as a press release…
At 2:30 a.m. this morning, a double-decker bus heading from Philadelphia to Toronto, with stops in Syracuse, New York, and Buffalo, crashed into a CSX railroad bridge located over County Route 370, also known as the Onondaga Lake Parkway. The Syracuse bus crash caused the death of four passengers. Several…
Early this morning the passengers of a Megabus tour bus headed from Philadelphia to Toronto, with scheduled stops in Syracuse, New York and Buffalo, were injured in yet another accident involving the low-clearance train bridge that crosses over Onondaga Lake Parkway. According to the Syracuse roadway accident lawyers at Bottar…
Contrary to what you see on television or hear on the radio, not all accidents involving a car and bicycle can be blamed on the driver of the car. According to Syracuse accident lawyer Michael A. Bottar, Esq., you cannot sue a car driver for personal injury just because there…
Earlier today, a scaffolding collapsed in Binghamton. Several Syracuse roofers were injured. Pursuant to the New York State Labor Laws, namely section 240(2), all “scaffolding” or “staging” more than twenty feet above the ground must be equipped with a safety rail or suitable material properly attached, bolted, braced, or otherwise…
Two tractor trailers crashed on the New York State Thruway just north of the city of Utica, in Schuyler, New York (approximately 60 miles east of Syracuse and 200 miles northwest of New York City). Both truck drivers were injured. According to Utica New York tractor trailer accident lawyers Bottar…
The New York State Thruway Authority recently announced that 2009 was the safest year in the history of the interstate highway that runs from Buffalo to Albany, through Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Herkimer and Schenectady. According to New York State Thruway accident lawyers Bottar Law, PLLC, in 2009 there were more…
A Watertown man was arraigned earlier this week after ramming his vehicle into the side of his wife’s car in a parking lot. The crash caused extensive damage to her car. Fortunately, the Fort Drum soldier’s wife was not injured in the North Country collision. After he was arraigned in…
The New York State Department of Transportation announced last week that a portion of Route 81 within downtown Syracuse, New York, would be closed in order to prevent a car accident on Route 81. According to Central New York building collapse attorneys Bottar Law, PLLC, an abandoned building located on…
Over the past few months, the Syracuse New York product liability lawyers of Bottar Law, PLLC, have fielded many calls seeking our help to investigate whether a Toyota gas pedal defect was responsible for a car accident. Initially, Toyota told the public that gas pedals jammed by defective floor mats…