A jury has awarded a Westchester County woman $825,000 for injuries she sustained when her car was struck by a firefighter en route to a crash. The jury ordered the former fire chief, Henry Mohr, and the town of Harrison …
Verizon has been fined more than $140,000 for safety violations in connection with the electrocution death of a technician in Brooklyn, N.Y. Douglas LaLima was working in a lift bucket while installing cables when he came into contact with a …
Sixteen people were hurt when a limousine in a funeral procession hit the wall of a Queens, N.Y., bodega after the driver swerved to avoid another car. The procession was on Guy R. Brewer Boulevard around 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Witnesses …
Fire officials in Niagara Falls, N.Y., say a marijuana-growing operation appears to be the source of an early morning electrical fire at an apartment building. Fire crews were putting out the fire at 3:40 a.m. Monday when they discovered about …
A federal judge in western New York has ruled that Facebook’s lawyers are entitled to $76,000 in legal fees from a man suing for part ownership of the social networking giant. The lawyer for Paul Ceglia of Wellsville had argued …
OSHA cited Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for a total of 24 alleged repeat and serious violations of workplace safety and health standards at its supercenter store No. 2859 in Rochester, New York. The Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer faces a total of $365,500 …
New York and 10 other states filed a lawsuit Friday designed to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to issue new regulations on soot pollution. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in …
The U.S. Labor Department has recommended fining Wal-Mart $365,500 after inspectors say they found 24 workplace safety violations at an upstate New York store. The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it received a complaint about a Rochester …
The federal government should help police departments nationwide obtain the tools and training needed to attack a rising scourge of driving under the influence, two U.S. senators said Sunday. Sens. Charles Schumer of New York and Mark Pryor of Arkansas …
A New York appellate court affirmed a $420.4 million ruling in favor of insurer Travelers Cos , handing it a victory in one of the longest-running and most complex asbestos-related litigations in history. The dispute has to do with the …