In a recent article in the New York Times, whether by choice or by circumstance, millions of Americans are renting rather than buying homes. According to the Rental Protection Agency, the United States has approximately 110,000,000 renters and approximately 23,000,000 landlords. There are more than 2,600 new renters every day. And, according to the New York Times, nearly half of all renters today pay more than 30% of their income on rent. In cases that involve a premises liability, either a property owner or an occupier can be held responsible. Who was in control of the part of the property where the injury occurred– or

Some may recall the tragic elevator accident that happened in New York City on New Year’s Eve of 2015. According to News Max, a 25-year-old man was crushed to death by a falling elevator at around midnight.  The deceased victim was in a building on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He heroically shoved a woman out of harm’s way, said “Happy New Year,” and was subsequently crushed to death. The horrible incident brought to light an issue that not many people think about when stepping onto an elevator. Elevators are common in buildings throughout New York City, but unfortunately, when elevators are not properly maintained, there

In fiscal year 2015, 10 workers died while doing their jobs on construction sites in New York City. This almost doubled the annual average number of fatalities over each of the prior four years.  There was also a 53 percent increase in the number of construction workers injured on New York City jobsites over the course of fiscal year 2015, with 324 workers left hurt after incidents on-the-job.  Equipment World reports that a significant number of the deaths were preventable but occurred anyway because job safety conditions on many New York City jobsites are “woefully inadequate.” Regulators are supposed to make sure that safety rules

In the United States, a large percentage of civil litigation is comprised of personal injury lawsuits. According to the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, in 2005, 60 percent of the 26,928 real property, contract and tort trials were related to some form of personal injury. Additionally, it was reported that over personal injury cases were heard in the state courts of the 75 most populous counties in the nation. If you are injured in an accident, Personal Injury Protection is one type of auto insurance coverage that may benefit you. Not all states have this insurance coverage, but it is a requirement