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What to Do if You’re Injured in an Airbnb in New York State

Airbnbs have become incredibly popular in the Hudson Valley. There are thousands of Airbnbs already operating in our community, and more on the way. What happens when someone is injured in a slip and fall in a Kingston, NY Airbnb, and wants to recover damages? If an injury occurs in a hotel, premises liability law… Read More »

Who is Liable for Slip and Fall Accidents by Gig and Delivery App Workers?

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, gig work was on the rise as a way for people to make money, both in our community and nationally. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicted that approximately 43% of the U.S. workforce would be independent workers by 2020. It’s hard to say how many of those people use mediated… Read More »

7 Takeaways from a Kingston NY Study on Uptown Traffic and Personal Injury Accidents

The City of Kingston recently commissioned a study about traffic safety along the Schwenk Drive and Clinton Avenue corridors between Washington Avenue and Albany Avenue in Uptown Kingston. Studies like this aim to understand how roadway design can reduce the number of personal injury vehicle accidents, as well as the severity of the accidents. The… Read More »

What to do if you get injured by a drone in the Hudson Valley

On December 28, the Federal Aviation Administration announced that drone pilots can fly small drones over people, provided they meet certain terms and conditions. Previously, drone operators could only fly drones over other people if they were located under a “covered structure, or inside a stationary vehicle.”  The report says, “Although the FAA expects the… Read More »

Redesign Hopes to Reduce Poughkeepsie Car Accidents On Route 9 and 44/55

Injured in a car accident in Poughkeepsie? There’s a good chance that one of these roads are part of the story: Route 9 and Route 44/45. According to a recent report published by the Dutchess County Transportation Council, the area around the Route 9 and Route 44/55 interchange and intersections along Route 44/55 had a… Read More »

Car Accidents to Blame for Most Hudson Valley Accident Deaths

According to the latest data from County Health Rankings, Ulster and Dutchess County have more fatal accident victims than the average New York county, while Orange County is slightly better than average. The data tracks the number of deaths resulting from accidents between 2014-2018, for people residing in these counties. Hudson Valley Car Accident Deaths… Read More »

Over 2.2 Million New York Vehicles Have a Safety Recall

As a personal injury firm that represents the victims of vehicle accidents in the Hudson Valley, we know that no two accidents are alike. Every accident has thousands of factors that contribute to them. These factors lead to untold amounts of damage and trauma to people’s lives, and if they’re lucky, they can recover some… Read More »

How much is a personal injury claim worth?

One of the most common and important questions that we get from people is about money. How much can someone recover in a personal injury lawsuit? Everyone who contacts us for a free personal injury consultation has experienced some kind of loss: the loss of past and future income, the loss of enjoyment of life,… Read More »

Ulster County Motor Vehicle Traffic is Now Up 80% Year over Year

In June, we shared vehicle traffic data from Streetlight, a company that uses smartphone locations to estimate how many miles are being traveled on every road in America. The data estimated that at the peak of the COVID-19 virus in New York State, traffic in the Mid-Hudson Valley decreased by as much as 75% year… Read More »

How Many Workplace Safety Violations were in Newburgh, Poughkeepsie and Kingston from 2015 to 2019?

Businesses and governments have a duty to create a safe work environment for their employees to do their jobs. Businesses and government entities in Kingston, Poughkeepsie and Newburgh, NY, and the surrounding area, are not exempt from this duty. Unfortunately, we tend to only find out about unsafe work environments after an accident has occurred… Read More »