Mar 11, 2020 | Injury Law
New York State will likely soon require all adults in vehicles to use seat belts after New York senators recently voted to toughen the state’s seat belt law. The Assembly previously passed it and the legislation has been sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has...
Feb 26, 2020 | Injury Law
Our hearts go out to the family of Marge Butler, who tragically died Tuesday night when she was struck by a car while crossing South Main Street in Horseheads near Hanover Square. The Horseheads Village Police Department said Butler, 81 years old, was crossing...
Feb 19, 2020 | Injury Law
The damages from losing a loved one can be emotionally and financially catastrophic. Thankfully, NY lawmakers are revising the state’s current wrongful death statute toward increasing compensation for emotional damages, including support from losing a loved one...
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...
