May 26, 2020 | Injury Law
The great folks living in the Twin Tiers have listened to the medical experts and stayed home for months, making personal and professional sacrifices to protect themselves, their family and friends, and ultimately, everyone else from the pandemic. I have been so...
May 6, 2020 | Bike Accident, Injury Law
So sad and so horrible. A respected Cornell University professor who was highly regarded by her students for tirelessly giving her time to them was killed by a hit-and-run drunk driver Sunday evening in the Tompkins County Town of Groton as she was riding her...
Apr 18, 2020 | Injury Law
An 84-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a car while walking April 14 in Sayre, Pa., the latest victim in an endless series of pedestrian crashes that have soared in recent years. According to a recent study by the Governors Highway Safety Association,...
Apr 14, 2020 | Injury Law
A 17-year-old who was driving a vehicle involved in a fatal crash on March 4 in the Steuben County town of Avoca has been charged with Driving While Ability Impaired By Drugs, a misdemeanor, and more charges are likely, according to Steuben County Sheriff Jim Allard....
Apr 13, 2020 | Injury Law
It is nice to know that our decision to heavily invest in top-of-the line technology years ago is now helping us weather the storm of the mandatory shutdown of our office during the coronavirus crisis. It is hard to believe now, but when I first started practicing law...
Mar 26, 2020 | Injury Law
It is 5 a.m. and I am at my home computer. For more than a week, my law office has been closed and our dedicated team of lawyers and paralegals has been working remotely. Despite the fact that our office is closed, we still can easily be reached by calling...
Mar 18, 2020 | Injury Law
President Trump, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf have declared states of emergency to contain the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and health officials have strongly recommended “social distancing”. To do our part in...
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...
