Following a 2002 accident in which the driver of a car committed suicide by pulling the car into oncoming traffic and directly into the front of a Volvo tractor trailer, the tractor trailer company has filed a property damage lawsuit seeking nearly $88,000 in damages. The car driver left a…
It is well known that car accidents are the single greatest cause of death in young adults age 16 to 24. To combat motor vehicle deaths, six Syracuse-area high schools received traffic safety lessons today at Onondaga Community College. This is third year that the one-day session has been held…
Defense medical examinations, also known as IMEs, performed by Central New York doctors working for insurance companies are were recently the subject of a statewide investigation conducted by the New York Times. According to a New York Times review of workers’ compensation case files, medical records, and patient interviews, “independent…
A portion of the New York State Thruway was closed earlier this week following a UPS trandem tractor trailer accident in which the UPS big rig crashed in the Town of Catskill, south of Albany, New York. The New York State Thruway was closed for several hours from exit 20…
Earlier today, a Syracuse area teenager was hospitalized after rear-ending a school bus on Kasson Road in the County of Onondaga. According to the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office, the school bus was stopped with red lights flashing when a seventeen (17) year old drove into the back of the bus.…
Earlier today, a plane crashed within Madison County, just off of Wescott Road in the Town of Eaton, New York. The crash occurred near Hatch Lake. One person was killed in the accident. Damage to the plane was significant. The aviation accident is under investigation. The trial lawyers at Bottar…
According to Dr. Elizabeth Murray, of the Golisano Children’s Hospital, soon coming to Syracuse, New York, children are safer in rear-facing car seats, even after they are old enough or large enough to ride in forward-facing car seats. It was once thought that children should be turned-around or moved into…
A portion of the facade of The Warehouse building collapsed today, leading to the closing of West Fayette Street, from West Street to Frankling Streets, in downtown Syracuse, New York. At one point in time, The Warehouse building housed the Syracuse University School of Architecture. It now houses departments for…
According to the Utica Regional Director for the New York State Department of Transportation, motorists should travel through roadway construction sites with care. Due to an increase in funding secondary to the economic recovery package, there will be more construction sites than usual during the Summer of 2009. The New…
At 3:00 p.m. today four Ogdensburg Railway freight cars carrying salt derailed approximately one mile off of Buck Road, on the New York and Ogdensburg Railway line. The train cars were carrying more than 800,000 pounds of salt from the CSX Interchange to the Port of Ogdensburg. According to investigators,…