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Negotiating an Injury Claim with an Insurance Provider
If you suffer an injury in a car accident and need to file a claim with the at-fault party’s insurance provider, you can negotiate the settlement you receive. You’ll also want the assistance of a personal injury attorney to do so. During the first call with your assigned insurance adjuster, you will discuss the strengths… Read More »
Driver in Fatal DUI Accident Gets 6 to 18 Years in Prison
A judge has sentenced a Bohemia man convicted of driving under the influence (DUI) and causing a fatal accident that killed a Medford couple to six to 18 years in prison. The judge handed down the sentence January 20 in a case stemming from an accident that occurred last April. The 23-year-old man slammed into… Read More »
Police Officer Hospitalized After Accident During LIE Traffic Stop
A police officer from Suffolk who was making a routine traffic stop on the Long Island Expressway had to be hospitalized after a pickup truck reportedly rear-ended his vehicle. According to Suffolk County police, the officer was stopped along the right shoulder of the westbound section of the highway between exits 63 and 64 when… Read More »
Investigators Probe Train Operator’s Actions in LIRR Accident
In the days and weeks following a Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) accident that injured about 100 people, federal investigators continued to scrutinize the behaviors of the engineer, including his sleep pattern, whether he was texting, what he had been eating and various other factors that may have played a role in the crash. According… Read More »
Speeding a Possible Cause of Major LIRR Train Accident
The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) has been in the news over the last several weeks after a train slammed into the end of the line at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn, injuring more than 100 people. Now, authorities say the train in question was traveling well above the speed limit before the accident occurred. Federal… Read More »
Man Charged with Fleeing Scene of Deadly Pedestrian Accident
Homicide detectives in Nassau, New York, recently arrested a man from Hempstead and charged him with fleeing the scene of a fatal accident he allegedly caused the morning of January 10. According to police, the 21-year-old man was arraigned in Hempstead’s First District Court and held on $15,000 bail or $30,000 bond. The man reportedly… Read More »
Rabbi Hospitalized for Brain Injury After Hit-and-Run Accident
A 70-year-old rabbi suffered a serious head injury in an early December Long Island car accident involving a driver who left the scene without stopping. According to local law enforcement officers, the rabbi was walking across the street in front of the Young Israel Jewish Center in West Hempstead at approximately 7:30 p.m. when a… Read More »
How to Make Sure Your Child Custody Evaluation Goes Well
If you and your former spouse or partner are in a conflict regarding who will assume custody of your kids, you may need to go through a child custody evaluation otherwise known as a forensic evalution. This process involves one or more meetings with a third-party evaluator, who must determine your fitness to support and… Read More »
Wrong-Way Accident in Brookhaven Kills 2, Injures 1
A wrong-way crash on Long Island led to the deaths of two drivers and critical injuries to a passenger. The accident reportedly occurred in the early morning hours of November 27 in the Suffolk County town of Brookhaven. According to law enforcement authorities, a 23-year-old man was driving his sedan the wrong way on Sunrise… Read More »
Do Mothers Have an Advantage in Child Custody Proceedings?
It’s a common assumption that mothers have an inherent advantage over fathers when it comes to asserting child custody rights. This is because, statistically, more mothers receive full custody over their kids than fathers. However, it’s important to understand that courts do not favor one gender over another in these proceedings. There are no laws… Read More »