These New York products liability lawsuits were filed in September, 2025: DEFECTIVE BUICK ENCORE EXPLODED: General Motors is a defendant in in a products liability lawsuit filed on September 22, 2025, in New York Southern U.S District Court. The plaintiff alleges that a defective 2020 Buick Encore vehicle caught fire and exploded following a rear-end collision. […]
Author Archives: Friedman & Ranzenhofer
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Heidi Jordan was awarded over $4 million in damages after slipping on water in a Publix supermarket produce department. She claimed that the supermarket’s negligence caused her to suffer significant injuries, including herniated discs in her neck and back; and severe bruising and hematomas on her arm. The accident required cervical fusion surgery and years […]
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The New York LLC Transparency Act (NYLTA), which is modeled on the federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), takes effect on Jan. 1, 2026. As originally written, LLCs formed or authorized to do business in New York were required to provide information about each beneficial owner. However, on March 26, 2025, the Treasury Department removed the […]
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The New York Human Rights Law (Executive Law article 15) was amended in 2019 to make it an unlawful discriminatory practice to refuse to rent or lease housing accommodations to any person, or group of persons, based on their “lawful source of income “ The law defines “lawful source of income” to specifically include any […]
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Lead is a highly toxic metal that can cause serious and irreversible health problems, particularly for children under the age of six. Even low levels of lead in blood can affect brain development, causing learning disabilities, attention deficits, and long-term harm. Buffalo, NY has one of the highest rates of childhood lead poisoning in the […]
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This NY case answers the question: Can Parents Be Criminally Charged for Their Son Causing his Passenger’s Death? An 18-year-old was sentenced to 1 1/3 to four years in prison for causing the death of Fortune Williams, a 14-year-old passenger in the BMW he was driving when he was 16 years old. The defendant pleaded […]
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Rochester, NY stores have become more aggressive in dealing with losses caused by shoppers cheating on self-checkout devices. Many shoppers avoid long lines by using self-checkout at Target, Wegman’s, Tops, Dash’s, BJ’s, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Costco, or Walmart? If you were distracted and forgot to scan one of the items in your cart or you […]
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The Appellate Division of NYS Supreme Court, Fourth Department reinstated a lawsuit challenging the validity of a will after the case was dismissed. Monroe County Surrogate’s Court Judge Christopher S. Ciaccio (“Ciaccio”) issued an order and decree granting a motion filed by Mayra Rodriguez (“Executor”) for summary judgment, dismissed all will objections, and admitted to probate the will […]
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A tour bus owned by M&Y Tour Inc. of Staten Island, NY was involved in a serious crash on the New York State Thruway between Rochester, NY and Buffalo, NY on August 22, 2025. The tour bus was returning to New York City from Niagara Falls, NY with 54 people aboard when it crashed and […]
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Can NY Sentences be Reduced Even if Defendants Waive The Right to Appeal? Yes, the Supreme Court of the NYS Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department on July 25, 2025, significantly reduced a defendant’s sentence from 25 years to only five years in prison, despite the defendant having waived her right to appeal. The groundbreaking decision […]