The husband of a woman whose wrong-way driving killed eight people on a New York parkway says the road’s warning signs were insufficient. Daniel Schuler of West Babylon has filed a lawsuit against the state on behalf of a daughter …
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, following a recent rash of tour bus crashes, on Monday said he will suspend the operating licenses of eight charter and tour bus companies and their 100 buses after repeated failures in safety inspections. “The frequent and …
The New York man who was bitten by a police dog will receive $90,000 from the city of Mount Vernon. Carlos Garcia filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city in 2008. According to court papers, police were searching for …
Neighbors have buried a teenager who died when a motorcycle collided with a vehicle carrying Los Angeles Lakers player Lamar Odom and hurtled onto a New York sidewalk. Odom, who stars in a reality TV show with his wife, Khloe …
A suspect in a brutal anti-gay attack in the Bronx last year is suing the city for injuries he says he sustained in a prison bus crash. The Daily News reports that Idelfonso Mendez broke his wrist and injured his …
The boat that slammed into a concrete footing on New York’s Hudson River, killing four people, was moving so fast the collision ripped the inboard-outboard motor from its mounts and threw it into the boat, police said Monday. The 19-foot …
The hotel maid at the center of the now-teetering sex assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn filed a libel lawsuit Tuesday against the New York Post after the tabloid reported she was a prostitute. The woman’s lawyer, Kenneth Thompson, filed the …
A U.S. Postal Service truck driver accidentally struck and killed a retired state Supreme Court special referee who was the sister-in-law of prominent lawyer Alan Dershowitz, police said Sunday. Marilyn Dershowitz, 68, died after being hit by the truck while …
New York’s top court says Canada’s limit on damages for pain and suffering applies to claims against the Canadian charter bus company and driver deemed 90 percent liable for the 2005 crash that killed three passengers traveling with an Ontario …
A Staten Island woman injured in a car accident involving a police emergency vehicle has settled her lawsuit with the city for $400,000. According to court records, Ashley McNeely suffered a ruptured spleen and hip and rib fractures in the …