$35M Verdict for NY Woman Injured by Shattering Glass Door

$35M Verdict for NY Woman Injured by Shattering Glass Door

Plaintiff Meghan Brown suffered a traumatic brain injury when the door of a commercial building shattered as she exited through it. She was awarded more than $35 million by a Manhattan, New York jury on March 28, 2024. The jury found Defendant 271 Madison Co. negligent and 100% liable for her injuries. They awarded her […]

Can You Be Sued For Your Parent’s NY Nursing Home Bill?

Can You Be Sued For Your Parents NY Nursing Bill?

Even if you signed your parent’s New York nursing home admissions agreement, you cannot be sued for their nursing home bill if you did not have access to their funds. Do not let the nursing home lawyers try to tell you otherwise by threatening “breach of contract” lawsuits. Nursing home lawyers have been sued for […]

Job Opening: Buffalo Litigation Attorney

Job Opening Buffalo Litigation Attorney

Friedman & Ranzenhofer, PC is hiring. Due to rapid growth in commercial litigation, landlord-tenant, personal injury, DWI/criminal defense, estate litigation, and family/matrimonial law cases, Friedman & Ranzenhofer, PC has announced the immediate job opening for a Senior Litigation Attorney Associate. Location: Williamsville, NY and Akron, NY Founded in 1955, Friedman & Ranzenhofer, PC is a […]

Bankers Healthcare Group Class Action Lawsuit

Bankers Healthcare Group Class Action Lawsuit

IMPORTANT BHG CLASS ACTION UPDATE In June 2024, the Dombrow Law Firm  voluntarily dismissed with prejudice the Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG) class action lawsuit. However, Friedman & Ranzenhofer, PC is still accepting clients who are being sued by BHG in Onondaga County, NY, Supreme Court FRIEDMAN & RANZENHOFER, PC HAS NOT AND IS NOT HANDLING THE […]

Amazon Sued for $8 Million for Injuries Due to Delivery Quotas

Amazon Sued for $8 Million for Injuries Due to Delivery Quotas

Amazon requires its drivers to deliver as many as 250 packages in an eight-hour shift, which is a pace of less than two minutes per package, according to a personal injury accident lawsuit. Amazon has been sued in a Newark, New Jersey federal court for $3 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive […]

U.S. District Court Rules Corporate Transparency Act is Unconstitutional

U.S. District Court Rules Corporate Transparency Act is Unconstitutional

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (“USDC”) held on March 1, 2024 that the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), which requires most reporting companies (corporations and LLCs) to file a beneficial ownership information report (“BOIR”) with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”)—is unconstitutional. The USDC rejected the government’s argument that Congress had […]

Landlord Sexual Harassment of Section 8 Tenants

Landlord Sexual Harassment of Section 89 Tenants

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducts independent audits, evaluations, investigations, and other reviews of HUDs programs to protect against fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, and misconduct. HUD OIG’s oversight responsibilities include making timely recommendations to improve the economy and efficiency of HUD programs and operations. In March […]

NY Bus Accident Victim Awarded $72.5 Million

NY Bus Accident Victim Awarded $72.5 Million

Aurora Beauchamp was crossing E. Houston Street at Avenue D in Manhattan, NY when a Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“MTA”) bus struck her, dragged her for approximately 20 feet and then came to a stop on top of her legs. Her pelvis was crushed and the nerves to her leg were severed from the spinal cord […]

NY Landlord Attorneys Pay $650k for Frivolous Lawsuits

NY Landlord Attorneys Pay $650k for Frivolous Lawsuits

New York Attorney General Letitia James  secured more than $650,000 from debt collection law firm, Tromberg, Morris, & Poulin, LLC (TMP), and its subsidiary, Stephen Einstein & Associates, P.C. (SEA), for filing frivolous lawsuits. An investigation by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) found that TMP and its subsidiary often sued tenants on behalf […]