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New Yorkers love dogs. But living in a large urban area where many residents have dogs has a potential downside- dog bites. Sometimes a dog will escape an apartment or leave a property and, whether being frightened or simply aggressive, ends up biting someone. Unfortunately, many of the dog owners in NYC are renters, do not carry insurance
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We represent many individuals who have been injured in motorcycle accidents. Time and time again, cars fail to notice motorcyclists driving lawfully upon the road and cut in front of them, merge directly into their lane or force them off the road. Time and again, it is the motorcyclist alone who suffers injury from the other driver’s
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For nearly 200 years, the law of New York has been that the owner of a domestic animal who either knows or should have known of that animal's vicious propensities will be held responsible for any harm the animal causes as a result of those propensities. See e.g. Vrooman v Lawyer, 13 Johns 339 ; Hosmer v Carney, 228 NY 73, 75 ; see also,
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At MSG, we have a special empathy for motorcycle accident victims for one simple reason- we all ride. And as any rider knows, cars simply do not see you on the road. As a consequence, even the safest rider realizes that a negligent driver could cause an unavoidable accident. The most typical accident scenario is a driver taking a
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As trial lawyers, we know that proving liability is often more than half the battle. Without liability, damages become moot. So, it is welcome when we are presented with a strong liability case. One of the soundest is the “pedestrian knock-down” in a crosswalk. The defendant driver must yield the right of way to the pedestrian in the
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