Easy Way To Save 10% On Your Car Insurance, Says NY Accident Attorney

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Jim Reed

An online driving course in New York State offers motorists many benefits.

Online driving courses make sense for all motorists. Successfully completing a course (on your schedule) in New York State will lower your insurance premiums a minimum of 10 percent for three years, may reduce four points on your license (if you have violations) and will refresh your skills.

Like most people, I took the online course to lower my insurance premiums, but I found the course very informative and educational.

Insurance.com says that if you’re between 16 and 25, you can save about 15 percent each year on your auto insurance for taking a defensive driving class, and those over the age of 55 can get a discount of 5 percent.

According to the blog Lifehacker, online courses are about $35, depending on the type of class you have to take, and they usually take four to eight hours. They often give you several weeks to finish the course. Each time you sign in, you’re returned to where you last worked.

The New York Department of Motor Vehicles has a great website about its Point & Insurance Reduction Program. Please check it out.

Also check out the state’s list of approved courses.

Drivers in Elmira, Corning and the Twin Tiers can save some money – and make our roads safer for everyone – by taking an online course. It’s that easy. Save money and save lives. That’s a great combination!

Have you taken an online driving course? What tips do you have for my readers? Did you find the course challenging? Please share your thoughts with your neighbors!

Thanks for reading.

Jim
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James B. Reed
NY & PA Injury & Malpractice Lawyer
Ziff Law Firm, LLP
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At Last! Texting While Driving Tickets Soar in NY, says NY and PA Accident Lawyer

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Jim Reed

If you are caught texting while driving now in New York, you could face much stiffer penalties than in the past.

Police officers are cracking down across New York State on texting motorists, and the number of tickets issued to distracted drivers has soared across the state in recent months.

Have you gotten the message yet and stopped texting while driving?

As you probably know, the Ziff Law Firm has repeatedly encouraged state officials to toughen the law and then urged police to enforce it. You can see what we’ve said here and here and here.

Here are some of the findings reported in a Gannett News Service story this week in the Elmira Star-Gazette on the increase in the number of texting-while-driving tickets issued in New York State:

The number of tickets soared 43 percent through mid-September, compared with all of 2010, an increase from 3,248 tickets in 2010 to 4,634 tickets so far in 2011.
Outside New York City, the number of tickets issued for texting totaled 1,617 in 2010 and 2,777 tickets in 2011 as of Sept. 17, a 72 percent increase.
The number of tickets more than doubled in 33 counties, including in Chemung and Monroe, and more than tripled in other counties downstate.

The big increase comes after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a new law in July that allows police to pull over drivers specifically for texting. That law took effect on July 12.

The initial law approved in 2009 only made texting a secondary infraction, so police could only ticket a driver if they were pulled over for another offense, such as erratic driving.

Talking on a cell phone while driving is still a more common infraction, according to Gannett. Police across the state have issued 181,400 tickets so far this year after about 332,000 were issued in 2010!

A texting while driving violation will now cost you a fine of up to $150 and three points on your license, which is the same as a speeding ticket. (Remember what THAT last speeding ticket did to your insurance bill?)

Drivers iilegally using a cell phone to talk could be issued a ticket for a traffic infraction and a $150 fine!

See this New York State website for more about the new texting while driving law. Also see this website about the state’s law on drivers using cell phones.

Anyone seeking a license in New York State must now attend a class on the dangers of distracted driving.

In the first full month of the new law, a record 1,082 tickets were issued statewide. The previous record was in April, with 689 tickets, but a special enforcement period in Syracuse drove up the numbers, Gannett reported.

“It’s a great success story,” John Grebert, executive director of the New York Police Chiefs Association, told Gannett.

The number of tickets issued in Chemung County jumped from 15 to 34 since the new law was approved. Chemung County Sheriff Christopher Moss told Gannett that the texting lookouts are now part of distracted driving enforcement funded by the state. And the county also meets with students to talk about the dangers of texting while driving!

Too many young people are not getting the message. Look at other drivers as you drive in Elmira, Corning and the Twin Tiers — too many are still texting and putting us all in danger.

Put down the distraction and DRIVE before you cause an accident that could change your life — and the lives of others — forever.

Please! Let’s be safe on the road. For yourself, for your passengers and others on the road — INCLUDING pedestrians and bicyclists!

Thanks for reading. Please drive safely!

Jim

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Elmira Crosswalk Accident A Reminder Of Dangers Facing Pedestrians, Bicylists, NY Injury Lawyer Says

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Jim Reed

Too often motorists fail to watch for pedestrians and bicyclists.

This pedestrian car collision happened Tuesday on the very corner where our office is located in Elmira.

Police told the Star-Gazette that Verlyn Fortner, 41, was crossing a street in downtown Elmira Tuesday afternoon when he was struck by a car driven by Richard D. Matson, 61, of Elmira Heights. Police said Mr. Matson’s mirror struck Mr. Fortner as Mr. Fortner was in the crosswalk.

Mr. Fortner was hospitalized with possible broken bones and bruising, police said.

Mr. Matson was cited for Failure to Yield the Right of Way to a Pedestrian.

This is another in a long line of pedestrian and cyclist cases in Elmira in the last year where pedestrians/cyclists have been badly injured by inattentive motorists.

I am currently handling three of these cases where all three of the motorist defendants have the same excuse that they were looking the other direction for cars and simply did not look the other way to see if there were any bikes or walkers coming the other direction. I appreciate that motorists tend to look for BIG objects — other cars and trucks — but they have to also be looking out for smaller objects — walkers, runners, bikers, etc.

Driving is a privilege and one of the legal obligations that goes along with that privilege is the requirement to be attentive to ALL traffic conditions including motorcycles, bicyclists and pedestrians.

Here, the driver will not only face the penalties of the traffic ticket but will also face the potential civil lawsuit if the victim, Verlyn Fortner, consults with an injury lawyer. Quite frankly, Mr. Fortner would be smart to immediately consult with a lawyer who can advise him of his legal rights and help him navigate the complexities of who will pay what are likely to be huge medical bills and other expenses he will incur. I hope Mr. Fortner will be OK and quickly recover from his injuries.

Thanks for reading.

Jim

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NY Car Accident Lawyer

Ziff Law Firm, LLP

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Wider Access To “Black Box” Data Will Change Car Crash Lawsuits In Big Ways, Says NY Accident Lawyer

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Jim Reed

The use of event data recorders starting in 2013 will lead to big changes in car accident reporting.

Everyone has read about event data recorders (EDR) — usually called “black boxes” — that investigators find at the scenes of plane crashes. They are valuable tools for investigators in learning the exact details of what happened in the moments before and right up to the time of the crash itself. Black box data reveals speed, braking, angle of forces, timing and a whole host of other valuable information.

My Westchester County colleague, Mark A. Siesel, recently pointed out that black box data will be more widely available in car accident cases starting in 2013. Starting in 2013, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will require that all vehicles capture the same data in the same format. There will also be a tool available to access all the data.This will be a huge change because it will allow a treasure trove of information to be available to those people investigating how a crash occurred.

My recent blog post on bicycles with GPS-enabled computers, coupled with the news about vehicle black boxes, provide cold, hard, objective proof of issues that historically been tough to prove — speed of a vehicle before impact, speed at impact, braking times and so on.

For now, the data from the black boxes in vehicles is not easily accessed by third parties such as insurance companies and litigants in car accident cases, even though between 65 percent and 90 percent of vehicles now made have EDRs, according to government figures from 2008.

Among the information available — the change in forward speed of the vehicle; the maximum change in speed; speed prior to impact; whether the driver applied the brake; seat belt use; the number of crashes and much more.

In New York and 12 other states (not Pennsylvania), privacy concerns led to laws requiring an owner’s permission to download the data. In New York, the owner is the person with the title to the vehicle. Because of these laws, a vehicle owner, particularly one who felt that they might be at fault in causing a collision, could legally withhold permission to download their vehicle’s data.

OBTAINING BLACK BOX DATA QUICKLY CAN BE CRITICAL!

A big concern should be about the time limit on the access to the data. The data is only stored temporarily, for six to eight weeks of normal use of a vehicle.

This is another reason why it is critically important that injured parties promptly contact an experienced accident lawyer because there are many complex issues regarding preserving, analyzing and presenting the scientific data. Sad to say, it is never a good idea to try to perform your own brain surgery. Same goes for trying to handle your own injury case in Elmira, Corning and the Twin Tiers ….

Thanks for reading.

Jim

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NY Car Accident Lawyer

Ziff Law Firm, LLP

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Drunk Driver Who Killed 5 In Yates County Crash Has Long Criminal History, NY Accident Attorney Says

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Adam Gee

Steven Eldridge (Courtesy of WHEC-TV)

The Penn Yan man accused of drunk driving, reckless driving and criminally negligent homicide who triggering a horrific crash Tuesday that killed five Amish farmers in Yates County has a long criminal history, including this incredibly hazardous event: He stole a Rochester police car in 2006 and led officers on a 13-mile chase through the city and onto Interstate 490 in the wrong direction!.

And he was free on parole after two years!

The Rochester-area news media has been digging into his background and the Democrat and Chronicle newspaper discovered:

The August 2006 third-degree grand larceny conviction involved stealing the police car, the shotgun inside the police car, resisting arrest and driving the wrong way on I-490!

After he was arrested, he admitted to police that he was high on crack cocaine at the time of the crime. He even asked police if they were impressed with his evasive driving, claiming he became skilled at it because he was a drug runner!

He was also charged with first-degree reckless endangerment, fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, resisting arrest and reckless driving, but the newspaper said it appeared those charges were DISMISSED!

He was sentenced to just two to four years in prison in August 2006 and PAROLED in December 2008 — TWO YEARS LATER.

His parole ended in April 2010, so he was a free man when police said he attempted to pass a large farm tractor and caused a crash that killed five Amish farmers and injured 10 other people.

WHAM-TV in Rochester discovered that Eldridge was arrested in 2003 in Montgomery County, Ohio, after police said he assaulted an officer and tampered with evidence when he swallowed some crack cocaine. He was convicted of just tampering with evidence and received probation!

NOW he’s charged with five counts of criminally negligent homicide and driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, unsafe passing, speed not reasonable and prudent, and failure to keep right after passing.

He is being held on $125,000 bail. He is due back in Benton Town Court on Friday.

Law enforcement is reporting that despite being uninvolved in the crash and uninjured, there is nothing to indicate Eldridge called 911 or any emergency responder despite the horrific crash he caused.

See the court documents from his 2004 arrest and conviction in Ohio, his 2006 arrest and conviction in Rochester, and his felony offender record from WHAM-TV.

WENY-TV identified the five people who were killed: Melvin Hershberger, 42; Sarah Miller, 47; Melvin Hostetler, 40; Anna Mary Byler, 60; Elizabeth Mast, 46.

Among the injured: van driver Lyn Oles of Greenwood, 41; Martha Hostetler, 36; Enos Iller, 32; Rose Anna Miller, 31; Emery Miller, 47; Evia Hershberger, 38; John Mast, 47; Tim Labarr, 44. Two others suffered minor injuries.

The Democrat and Chronicle newspaper has also written about the impact of the accident on first responders and how the neighbors in Steuben County are rallying to help their Amish.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those injured and killed in Tuesday’s senseless tragedy. The Amish in that van were all from Woodhull and Jasper in Steuben County. They were our neighbors and our friends and we mourn their loss.

Thanks for reading,

Adam
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Drunk Driver Killed 5 in Yates County Crash, NY Accident Lawyer Says

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Adam Gee

Police say a careless driver caused a crash involving a van and a farm tractor that killed five people Tuesday in Yates County. (Courtesy of WHAM-TV.)

Police say a drunk driver caused a crash involving a van and a farm tractor that killed five Amish farmers Tuesday in Yates County. (Courtesy of WHAM-TV.)

Police said a drunken driver who passed a farm vehicle in a no-passing zone on a curve triggered a van-tractor accident that killed five Amish farmers Tuesday afternoon in Yates County.

Ronald Spike, the Yates County Sheriff, told the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle newspaper that a large, slow-moving farm tractor with spray equipment attached was traveling north on Pre-Emption Road at about 12:45 p.m. Tuesday when Steven Eldridge, 42, of Penn Yan, the driver of a vehicle behind the tractor, decided to try to pass.

Police said Eldridge veered into the path of a minivan full of adult Amish farmers. “(When the driver) collided with the van, it drove the van over into the path of the farm tractor and the van actually went underneath the tractor,” Spike said.

“This was a horrific accident scene,” said Sheriff Spike. “I’ve been in this business 40 years and it’s the worst I’ve ever seen.”

Eight more people in the van were injured. Eldridge and the driver of the tractor suffered minor injuries, Spike said. There was a driver and 13 Amish people in the van, authorities said.

Eldridge has been charged with five counts of criminally negligent homicide, driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, unsafe passing, speed not reasonable and prudent, and failure to keep right after passing.

Signs near the intersection urge drivers to slow down and warn of slow-moving farm vehicles on the road, the newspaper reported.

Spike said the farmers were from Jasper and Woodhull, in Steuben County. They were traveling to look at farm operations, Spike said. Some of the farmers were part of the same family, he added.

It was the area’s second mass casualty crash in three days. A tour bus crash Sunday on Interstate 390 in Steuben County killed two people and injured 35 others.

See more news reports from WETM-TV and Rochester’s WHAM-TV.

Our hearts go out to the Steuben County Amish farmers and the families of those who were killed or badly injured in the horrific collision.

This collision is so sad on so many different levels but it is doubly so because it is a collision that should have never occurred! Per the police investigation, this collision was caused when the drunk driver of the car made the idiotic (and illegal!) decision to pass a slow moving farm vehicle in a no-passing zone and on a curve.

We live in the beautiful Finger Lakes area of Upstate New York where farming is a way of life. Farm vehicles are to be expected and respected on the local roads. Most times the farm vehicles are only going a short distance on the road so there is absolutely no good reason to hurry to pass them. Only pass when you can do so safely. It is the law.

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NY Accident Lawyer Asks: Could Tragic Tour Bus Crash Have Been Avoided?

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Adam Gee

A front tire blowout appears to have triggered a tragic tour bus crash Sunday in northern Steuben County that left two dead and injured about 35 people.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of all the passengers.

Authorities said at a news conference Monday that the tour bus, which was traveling from Washington, D.C., to Niagara Falls, was traveling north on Interstate 390 near Avoca at about 4:15 p.m. Sunday when it veered off the highway and down an embankment about 55 miles south of Rochester.

The bus was carrying Indian nationals, according to The Associated Press report from Monday’s news conference. The bus was owned by Bedore Tours of the Buffalo area.

One of the dead was identified as Sakina Kiazar, 51. The name of the other, a 66-year-old woman, was not released pending notification of family. Twenty other passengers remained hospitalized Monday.

Dan Ronan of the American Bus Association, speaking for its member Bedore, told the AP that the driver called the owner of Bedore after the crash.

“The driver does not know what happened,” Ronan told the AP. “He was going along and the tire blew and he lost control.”

The investigation into the cause continues, state police said.

Ronan told the AP that a federal inspection report completed in February 2010 gave Bedore a satisfactory rating, the top of three grades.

The front tires on the bus were replaced a few months ago, Ronan said.

Investigators plan to interview the driver and passengers and inspect the vehicle to determine if there were any mechanical problems, the AP said.

So far this year, 32 people has died and 323 have been hurt in 17 tour bus accidents, according to Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. The AP said 30 people were killed and 272 were injured in 28 crashes in 2010.

Check out the news report from YNN, too.

While the investigation continues, one has to wonder if anything could have done to prevent this crash. The exact age of the tire that blew, its date of manufacture, its inspection and maintenance history, the number of miles driven on it, and its recommended usable life are all things that should be considered in determining what happened. Forensic examination may also be required to determine whether the bus struck a foreign object, or if a manufacturing defect contributed to the failure.

The State Police will also be looking into the history of the Bedore Tours to determine their history of compliance of with federal and state mandates, as well as their mechanical maintenance and record keeping regarding their buses. At this point, we can only hope the State Police find out what really happened, as a properly maintained and inflated tire under normal usage and in good condition is not expected to suffer a blow out. The State Police will also be looking into the speed of the bus at the time of the crash, and whether that played a role in the driver losing control.

Thanks for reading,

New Campaign Reminds Us – Don’t Be Distracted When You Drive, Walk Or Ride A Bike!

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Jim Reed

A new campaign aims to cut down on accidents caused by unnecessary distractions.

We live in a world of distractions, and a new campaign launched this week in the Southern Tier aims to remind everyone – pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists – about the dangers of not paying attention.

The traffic safety boards of Chemung and Steuben counties kicked off “Be Alert, Distraction Kills” in hopes of curbing accidents.

“We had a spate of bicycle and pedestrian deaths in Elmira, but that alone was not the reason for this initiative,” Jay Schissell, vice chairman of the Chemung County Traffic Safety Board and director of the Elmira-Chemung Transportation Council, told the Star-Gazette newspaper at a news conference.

“If there’s one commonality to the crashes we’ve been having recently, it’s distraction,” he added. “Distraction on the part of all users in the transportation system.”

He’s right! We all have the potential to get distracted when we walk, ride or drive – too often by cell phones and other devices.

But it is OUR JOB (and our legal obligation) to pay attention! Failing to do so needlessly endangers other people and it just is NOT right that we should put someone else at risk of serious injury (or death) just because we don’t care enough to pay attention!

Schissell listed some all-too-common distractions – cell phones, CD players in cars, eating, putting on makeup, wearing headphones and using illegal drugs.

We forget how dangerous distractions can be until someone gets hurt!

Law enforcement will be involved in getting the message out, too.

The Elmira Police Department used a grant to buy a distracted driving simulator to be used in classrooms.

“We don’t want it to be just a video game,” Police Chief Michael Robertson told the Star-Gazette. “We want it to be an educational tool.”

Corning Police Chief Salvatore Trentanelli said they also plan an educational campaign, adding, “However, there will be some enforcement maintained by the police agencies.”

The campaign will also include portable message signs along some roads and YouTube videos, according to news reports, but in the end, it is up to all of us to STAY FOCUSED!

“It’s not for bicyclists, it’s not for pedestrians, it’s not for motorists,” said Schissell of the campaign. “It’s for everybody.”

Let’s remember that – and BE SAFE!

To see the news reports:

Elmira Star-Gazette

The Leader in Corning

WETM-TV

WENY-TV

YNN

Thanks, Jim

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James B. Reed

NY & PA Injury & Malpractice Lawyer

Ziff Law Firm, LLP

Mailto: jreed@zifflaw.com

Office: (607)733-8866

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NY and PA Injury Lawyer: “Get distracted drivers off the road now!”

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Jim Reed

Distracted drivers are a danger to everyone. Are you one?

An Elmira high school track coach was right on target this week when he targeted distracted drivers, who pose a huge danger to his runners.

I’ll take Southside High School Coach Greg Grund’s plea one step further – texting drivers are a HUGE danger to EVERYONE — runners, cyclists, walkers, kids playing near the streets, other vehicles and so on.

Grund told WETM-TV that some of his runners have had to jump into ditches to avoid getting hit when they are training on area roads.

Most of the time, the coach said, his runners are almost hit because the drivers are using their cell phones to make a call or text.

The law is clear on this – no texting while driving, and only hands-free devices if you are talking on a cell phone while driving in New York state and Pennsylvania.

How many more people have to get injured or killed before our distracted drivers get the message?

Everyone should see this!

Keep an eye out for a very effective public service announcement about the dangers of distracted driving. It was written by a 15-year-old Oswego, N.Y., high school student.

Lauren Daniels made a 30-second spot that won the second annual Drive2Life PSA Competition, sponsored by The National Road Safety Foundation Inc. with National Organizations for Youth Safety. The PSA is airing nationally during National Youth Traffic Safety Month in May.

The spot shows two teens walking and talking. One of the girls is texting, the other is putting on makeup and she walks into a pole, which knocks her down. Her friend says, “Sarah, that’s so funny.”

The scene shifts to a car driving past, and the viewer hears the same dialogue between the girls. We see the driver texting as she’s driving and the screen fades to black as we hear the sounds of a crash and one of the girls keeps repeating her friend’s name, with no response.

To read more about the PSA, click here.

“Distracted driving is an epidemic on America’s roadways, and young people are among the most at risk,” said U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. “When you’re driving, your attention should always be on the road — not on a phone. And I applaud Lauren for creating such an effective video to drive this message home to teens.”

As high school graduation season arrives in the Twin Tiers, let Lauren’s PSA serve as an important reminder.

It is a matter of life and death.

Thanks for reading,

James B. Reed, Elmira Injury Attorney

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NY & PA Injury & Malpractice Lawyer

Ziff Law Firm, LLP

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Sheer Stupidity Causes Pedestrian Death Says Elmira Car Accident Lawyer

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Jim Reed

Elmira Accident Lawyer Jim Reed says a driver high on marijuana and texting while driving was careless when she struck and killed a pedestrian.

Talk about stupid ….

Driving while high on marijuana?

Driving while texting?

Driving while high on pot AND while texting? What stupidity!

Stupidity is one thing when you are only exposing yourself to danger but stupidity takes on a whole different and repugnant perspective when you get behind the wheel of a big, powerful piece of metal that is capable of killing other innocent people.

A very tragic Elmira pedestrian death case illustrates the idiotic and lethal combination of driving while both high and while texting!

A 27-year-old Elmira woman pleaded guilty last month to a misdemeanor charge of driving while ability impaired by drugs in the Sept. 3 car-pedestrian death of a 71-year-old Elmira woman.

The District Attorney is urging that the driver, Kelly Boston, be sentenced in August to three years of probation, random drug and alcohol screening, community service, a substantial fine and attendance at a victim impact panel, according to the Elmira Star-Gazette newspaper report. Frankly, I wish the penalties were even more severe…..

We have written many times before about the dangers of driving while impaired (either drunk or high) and distracted driving (talking or texting on a cell phone) but this case involved both types of impairment/distraction.

A pedestrian, Mary C. Klugo of Scio Street, was lost tragically. The driver’s life will never be the same. The next time you think about driving impaired or texting while driving, I hope you will remember this case.

Here is another local news report on the driver’s guilty plea:

Elmira Woman Pleads Guilty in Pedestrian Accident

By Stacey Minchin
WETM-TV
Elmira, N.Y. - An Elmira woman has admitted to smoking pot the night she hit and killed an elderly pedestrian.
Chemung County District Attorney Weeden Wetmore says 26-year-old Kelly Boston has pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while impaired by drugs.
On Sept. 3, Boston was driving on Hoffman Street when she struck and killed 71-year-old Mary Klugo of Elmira.
Besides being high on pot, officials say Boston was reading a text message right before the crash.
In exchange for her plea, Wetmore is only seeking a sentence of three years probation.
Wetmore says there wasn’t enough evidence to charge her with vehicular homicide.

Thanks for reading,

James B. Reed, Elmira Injury Attorney

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NY & PA Injury & Malpractice Lawyer

Ziff Law Firm, LLP

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Office: (607)733-8866

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