The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed more than $155,000 in fines against a Utica company that employed a 24-year-old worker killed when he was buried in a cottonseed silo. Craig Bernier died May 11 after sinking into the …
New York courts specializing in the state’s 4,000 medical malpractice cases filed each year have begun expanding following the success of a Bronx judge in settling cases early. The approach, shown to cut court backlogs and save money, has been …
Police in Niagara Falls are investigating a reported assault with a bowling ball. Authorities tell The Buffalo News that a man told police he was at the Rapids Bowling Alley on Saturday night when two highly intoxicated men in the …
Firefighters have pulled three workers out of the rubble of a New York City construction collapse. The Fire Department of New York says five people were injured in the collapse at the five-story building in Brooklyn. One person is in …
A former used car dealer has been sentenced to five years in prison for arranging an arson fire at a New York motor vehicles office. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Buffalo says 59-year-old Robert Vernon had a dispute with a …
A man who’s been staying in Ireland while his lawsuit claiming half ownership of Facebook is argued has been told to come home. The Buffalo News reports that a federal judge ordered Paul Ceglia on Wednesday to return to New …
Authorities say a woman was critically injured when kids pushed a shopping cart off a fourth-floor walkway, hitting her on the head. Police said two 12-year-olds were in custody following the incident Sunday night outside a Target store in East …
An 80-year-old man who went to retrieve the morning papers on his lawn sank into an 8-foot hole on New York’s Long Island. Michael Ciron’s screams on Sunday morning soon woke up his daughter, who summoned police and firefighters to …
A midlevel New York court says the township that owns and operates a dam shares liability with its contractors for its 2005 collapse. A Washington County jury last year found a construction company and design firm mostly at fault for …
New York’s highest court has dismissed a 4-year-old lawsuit against Marijane Reilly of Onondaga County and her Labrador-husky mix Mollie, citing a legal precedent known as “first bite.” John and Lisa Smith sued because Mollie broke her leash and ran …