A Long Island motorist caused a chain reaction of fires and property damage when her car hit a utility pole and kept on going. Police said the 80-year-old woman complained of head pain and was taken to a local hospital, …
A top federal transportation official says a casino tour bus involved in a New York City crash that killed 15 people was barreling down the highway at up to 78 mph (125 kph). National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah A.P. …
New York’s top court says the estate of a man run down by a homicidal driver is entitled to make insurance claims for injuries caused by an accident. The Court of Appeals says that even though Ronald Popadich pleaded guilty …
A New York City police officer who was denied a tax-free injury pension after she was shot in the hand will get $325,000. The award settles a federal lawsuit filed by Officer Pamela Walker. Walker was shot during an annual …
A New York judge says the NFL must be limited in how much money it can recover when injured NFL players receive state workers’ compensation awards. Judge Paul Crotty wrote in a decision Friday that the NFL sometimes wants to …
A tanker truck carrying 9,500 pounds of liquid propane exploded into flames after rolling over an embankment Monday on Route 7 in the Rensselaer County town of Hoosick. The Record of Troy reports that the driver was flown to a …
An appeals court has thrown out a $5 million verdict awarded in 2008 to a former New York City police officer who accidentally shot himself in the knee. Anderson Alexander sued the city, claiming he accidentally shot himself in 2002 …
A citation and full penalty issued to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for inadequate crowd management following a November 2008 trampling death of a worker at one of the company’s retail locations in New York has been upheld by the Occupational Safety …
T.V. Carpio, who stepped in to replace another actress injured in Broadway’s “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” has now herself been sidelined after an accident on stage. Producers of the $65 million musical said Tuesday that Carpio was hurt March …