Wet leaves can make roads slippery enough to cause serious car accidents in Buffalo, New York, and surrounding Western New York communities. If you are injured in a crash involving wet leaves, liability depends on whether another driver, property owner, landscaping contractor, or government entity failed to exercise reasonable care and contributed to the collision. […]
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Taking cold medicine before driving does not automatically mean that you committed a drugged-driving offense in New York. Whether you can face a Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs charge depends on the active ingredients in the medication, whether a substance meets New York's legal definition of a "drug," and whether the prosecution can prove […]
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Yes. A Halloween party can lead to social host liability in New York in certain situations, especially when someone knowingly and unlawfully furnishes alcohol to a person under 21 and that person’s intoxication or impairment causes an injury. A private host is not automatically responsible simply because an adult guest drank alcohol at the party […]
The Long Term Care Community Coalition (LTCCC) released on October 7, 2026, its latest national nursing home provider data report, offering searchable, facility-level information for 14,690 federally certified nursing homes. The reports organize complex federal data into user-friendly Excel files that enable families, advocates, ombudsmen, attorneys, researchers, journalists, and policymakers to examine nursing home staffing, […]
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Summary Liability for a Halloween pedestrian accident in New York depends on how the collision happened and who contributed to it. A negligent driver may be responsible, but a vehicle owner, employer, commercial operator, property owner, or government entity may also bear responsibility in some cases. New York law requires drivers to use due care […]
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When a child is hit by a vehicle in a school crosswalk in Buffalo, New York, liability can depend on more than the driver’s conduct. A driver may be responsible for failing to yield, speeding, driving while distracted, or violating another traffic rule. Depending on the facts, a vehicle owner, employer, school transportation contractor, school […]