Tragedy at the Parade

By |2019-06-14T16:15:21+00:00June 14th, 2019|General News, Negligence & Wrongful Death, Personal Injury|

An evening dedicated to the memory of those who sacrificed for our country was marred by tragedy on May 22, as a Glenville woman was struck and killed by a minivan while marching in the annual Scotia Memorial Day parade. Charlene Pomichter, 69, was with a group staging on a side street while preparing to enter the [...]

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New York Courts Get Serious About PTSD

By |2019-04-18T16:35:38+00:00April 18th, 2019|General News, Personal Injury|

Albany Personal Injury Attorney Explains Recent New York State Court PTSD Decision  Following an automobile crash in July 2015, Joanne Vergine claimed that she suffered injuries to her cervical spine, which in turn triggered several categories of “serious injury” under New York state Insurance Law § 5102 (d). Mrs. Vergine and her husband commenced an action, Vergine v. Phillips, that was [...]

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Hit-and-Run Crash Injures Bicyclist—Who Pays?

By |2018-12-28T16:41:33+00:00December 28th, 2018|Automobile Accidents, General News|

As of this posting, Queensbury Police and the Warren County Sheriff’s Office were still searching for clues on the vehicle that struck bicyclist Aron J. Steves shortly before 6 pm on December 18. Steves, 52, of Whitehall, was hit while biking on Corinth Road near Pinello Road. He suffered serious internal injuries requiring surgery, and although [...]

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Bystander Death in Police Pursuit

By |2018-11-26T16:46:54+00:00November 26th, 2018|General News, Negligence & Wrongful Death, Vehicular Manslaughter|

Albany Pedestrian Injury Lawyer Explains Cobleskill Bystander Death in Police Pursuit A pedestrian death during a police chase in Cobleskill underscores the inherently risky tradeoff between bystander safety and police exemption from speeding laws during criminal pursuit and other emergencies. At around 10 PM on Friday, November 9, 2018, two Cobleskill Police officers in separate vehicles began pursuit [...]

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Deadly Adenovirus Outbreak in New Jersey

By |2018-11-02T19:57:11+00:00November 2nd, 2018|General News, Negligence & Wrongful Death, Prevention, Safety|

Albany Personal Injury Attorney Explains Wrongful Death Law in Adenovirus Outbreak A ninth child has died as a result of an outbreak of adenovirus at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Haskell, New Jersey. According to health officials, the outbreak started on September 26, when a child in the ventilator unit was diagnosed with a [...]

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Beekmantown Helicopter Crash Tragedy

By |2018-11-02T16:54:28+00:00November 2nd, 2018|General News, Negligence & Wrongful Death, Prevention|

Clifton Park Personal Injury Lawyer Explains How Wrongful Death Claims May Bring Compensation to Victims’ Families Investigators are looking into what caused a helicopter to crash into power lines and burst into flames in northern New York on October 31, 2018 killing two utility workers and injuring two others. The crash occurred in Beekmantown, NY about 20 miles south [...]

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Evanovich Honored as Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyer

By |2018-10-26T16:59:33+00:00October 26th, 2018|Criminal Defense, General News|

The National Trial Lawyers is pleased to announce that Nicholas Evanovich of LaMarche Safranko Law, PLLC in Clifton Park has been selected for inclusion into its Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in New York, an honor given to only a select group of lawyers for their superior skills and qualifications in the field. Membership [...]

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After the Tragedy, Assessing the Liability

By |2018-10-15T17:22:14+00:00October 15th, 2018|Automobile Accidents, General News|

The LaMarche Safranko Law family wishes to extend its deepest sympathies to all those affected by the devastating limousine crash of October 6, 2018. Here we offer some information on the legal issues that inevitably arise from a tragedy of this magnitude, as investigators try to determine what went wrong, and victims’ loved ones struggle [...]

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Apple Vs. Law Enforcement On iPhone Privacy

By |2018-06-26T17:30:17+00:00June 26th, 2018|Criminal Defense, General News|

As law-enforcement agencies find ever-more-sophisticated ways to hack into iPhones, Apple finds equally sophisticated ways to block them and protect its customers’ privacy. And it doesn’t appear this smartphone tug of war is likely to end soon. The issue came under public scrutiny after a 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., which killed 14 [...]

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Get Out Of Jail Free?

By |2018-05-21T17:35:05+00:00May 21st, 2018|General News|

In January, New York State bail laws came under scrutiny when Governor Andrew Cuomo joined a growing chorus of voices calling for the end of bail as we know it. As part of a larger package of criminal-justice reforms, Cuomo proposed eliminating the cash bail requirement for those in the state facing misdemeanors and nonviolent [...]

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