Nov 22, 2019 | Injury Law
Our highways can be very dangerous, and one of the biggest dangers motorists face every day is navigating around tractor-trailers. So this week’s police report of a drunk truck driver striking a New York State trooper’s car in Tioga County, N.Y.,should...
Nov 19, 2019 | Injury Law
The new Elmira roundabout – called the Elmira Cultural Connector – officially opened this week with a ribbon-cutting. The city did a fantastic job with the project, and coupled with its new artwork and landscape and sidewalk improvements, it’s a big...
Nov 18, 2019 | Injury Law
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating an early-morning head-on crash in Bradford County, PA, that left the two drivers seriously injured. A passenger in one of the vehicles was more fortunate and suffered only minor injuries. We hope that alcohol was not a...
Oct 31, 2019 | Injury Law
It looks like Halloween night in the Twin Tiers will be just like the Halloween nights in scary movies – dark, rainy, windy, and as always, dangerous for children. That’s why the Ziff Law Firm is giving Twin Tiers parents a quick, easy-to-remember...
Oct 30, 2019 | Injury Law
If you are the parent of young children in the Twin Tiers, especially if you have a child in a rear-facing car seat while driving, here is a timely reminder from the Ziff Law Firm: Starting Friday, Nov. 1, children 2 years old and under in New York State will be...
Oct 25, 2019 | Injury Law
A speeding motorist was ticketed after striking and injuring a young pedestrian in a dangerous crosswalk on Denison Parkway in Corning Tuesday afternoon. The boy suffered back and pelvis injuries and was airlifted to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. Police did...
Oct 24, 2019 | Injury Law
A Sayre woman was critically injured and a child in her car was killed Sunday evening when a tractor-trailer plowed into the back of her vehicle on state Route 17 in Tioga County, N.Y., while she was slowing down after striking a deer. The truck was driven by...
Oct 17, 2019 | Injury Law
Our deepest condolences go out this week to the families of the four young people killed early Saturday morning in a one-vehicle crash in Steuben County. We know all too well the devastating grief suffered by family and friends when a young person dies because of a...
Sep 25, 2019 | Injury Law
An unusual recent dog bite incident in Elmira is a good opportunity to remind dog owners about the dangers they face – but also about their liability if their dog injures a person or another animal. On Saturday, Sept. 21, local news media reported that the owner...
Sep 24, 2019 | Injury Law
Christina Sonsire has a simple goal with her weekly Counsel’s Corner TV segments: help viewers make sense of what’s happening in the fast-paced world of news from a legal perspective. Christina, a respected medical malpractice attorney and partner with the...
Sep 18, 2019 | Injury Law, Uncategorized
The roundabout in downtown Elmira – south of Elmira College on North Main Street and Park Place – is taking shape and should be open sometime this fall, so it’s a good time to get Twin Tiers drivers ready to safely navigate the circular...
Sep 18, 2019 | Injury Law
Everyone has heard — or lived — the horror stories about apartment rentals that end badly, or home improvement projects that end in disaster, or family loans that end in hard feelings and unfortunate estrangements. Sometimes, there is no way to avoid a...
Sep 11, 2019 | Injury Law
The lawyers at Ziff Law have been busy in the last few weeks helping our friends and neighbors in the Twin Tiers better understand the importance of having a robust car insurance policy. We evaluate car insurance policies FOR FREE and tell folks whether they have...
Aug 28, 2019 | Injury Law
We are still No. 1 in the Twin Tiers! Ziff Law is the Best Law Firm in the Twin Tiers for the seventh year in a row, according to Star-Gazette readers in the 2019 Readers’ Choice Awards. Being voted the Best Law Firm in the Twin Tiers for seven straight years...
Aug 26, 2019 | Injury Law
The lawyers and paralegals at Ziff Law see the tragic and heartbreaking results of drivers with inadequate car insurance coverage every day, so we are offering free car insurance reviews to help protect Twin Tiers drivers and their loved ones in case they are involved...
