Jul 11, 2019 | Injury Law
The summer travel season is shifting into high gear and one question I often get is: Do I need to buy the rental car company’s extra insurance when I rent a vehicle this summer? The short answer is: “Maybe … but probably NOT.” The longer...
Jun 25, 2019 | Bike Accident, Injury Law
This has already been a tremendously sad summer for the local bicycle riding community. First, a drunk hit-and-run driver kills a bicyclist in Elmira, and now a second drunk hit-and-run driver kills 16-year-old Constance Mazzarese of Owego, NY. So, so sad …....
Jun 17, 2019 | Injury Law
Ziff Law Attorney Mike Brown was in a mediation hearing recently where an insurance company accessed his client’s wife’s Facebook page to develop ammunition to hurt her husband’s injury case. Unfortunately, her privacy settings were all set to...
Jun 17, 2019 | Injury Law
It’s back to school time soon for all New York State boat owners and operators. Starting in 2020, assuming the Governor signs a bill already passed in the Assembly and the Senate, NY will require all owners and operators of motorized boats – from small...
Jun 5, 2019 | Injury Law, Uncategorized
If you’re a back-seat passenger in a vehicle in New York State, get ready to buckle up every time you ride, regardless of your age. It’s not the law yet … but soon everyone will have to use seat belts and restraint systems, so get in the habit of...
May 21, 2019 | Injury Law, Uncategorized
Twin Tiers communities should follow the example set by the city of Fremont, Ohio. The northern Ohio city is threatening to ticket property owners who blow or dump their grass clippings in the road. Government leaders in the Twin Tiers should issue a similar warning...
May 15, 2019 | Injury Law
School districts in New York State may soon be allowed to install cameras on their school buses’ swinging stop-sign arms in hopes of catching motorists who pass stopped buses. Here is a staggering statistic for parents: The state’s Operation Safe Stop...
May 14, 2019 | Injury Law
Do you know a military veteran or active-duty military service member home on leave you’d like to see honored in your community this summer? The Ziff Law Firm is the proud sponsor of the popular Veteran of the Game Program that will honor military veterans and...
Apr 30, 2019 | Injury Law
A GoFundMe account has been established for a Schuyler County man who was critically injured on April 18 when his vehicle was struck head-on by another driver who crossed the center line on State Route 13 in Schuyler County, just north of Alpine Junction. Douglas...
Apr 29, 2019 | Injury Law
The owner of a Town of Elmira landscaping company is facing two felony charges in the death last May of a Big Flats woman. Brian Demark, 32, the owner of the Premier Landscaping Co. on State Route 352, was recently indicted by a Chemung County grand jury on charges of...
Apr 23, 2019 | Injury Law
The Northern Tier truck driver accused of striking and killing a New York State Department of Transportation employee last month in Tioga County, N.Y., has been charged with Criminally Negligent Homicide. Lawrence E. Faucett, 37, of Ulster, Pa., pleaded not guilty on...
Apr 19, 2019 | Injury Law
Thursday’s three-vehicle crash on State Route 13 in Schuyler County that killed a Steuben County woman and critically injured a Schuyler County man hits home for me – I commute to and from my Schuyler County home to Elmira office on Route 13 and I have...
Apr 10, 2019 | Injury Law
A federal judge recently ripped a subsidiary of the nation’s largest insurance company for caring more about its bottom line than its patients’ health, and accused its medical directors of being deceptive under oath during a 10-day trial. This judge saw...
Mar 21, 2019 | Injury Law
New York State Police have identified 23-year-old Kayanna Lehman of Addison as the driver of the sedan who was killed Wednesday morning when her car crossed the center line on a Steuben County highway and struck an Addison Central School District bus head-on. Lehman...
Mar 20, 2019 | Injury Law
The New York State Department of Transportation worker who was seriously injured on March 13 when his truck was hit by a tractor-trailer on state Route 17 in Tioga County, NY, died Monday. Police said the driver of the tractor-trailer failed to obey the state’s...
Mar 14, 2019 | Injury Law
A tractor-trailer driver is accused of violating New York State’s Move Over Law after police said his truck struck a New York State Department of Transportation vehicle, injuring a DOT employee, Wednesday morning in a work zone on State Route 17 in the town of...
Feb 28, 2019 | Injury Law
A new national study of pedestrian safety has reported just how unsafe it is to be a pedestrian in 2019. According to “Dangerous By Design 2019,” published by Smart Growth America, the number of people struck and killed while walking has increased by 35...
