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Questionable slip and fall insurance claims rose in 2019

On Behalf of The Law Firm of Connors & Connors, P.C. | Jan 21, 2021 | Insurance Coverage Defense

Business and property owners must keep their property safe for customers and guests. But a recent report by the National Insurance Crime Bureau indicates that dubious slip and fall legal claims continued to increase in 2019. Property owners should take precautions so...

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What’s it Worth? January 14, 2021

On Behalf of The Law Firm of Connors & Connors, P.C. | Jan 14, 2021 | What's It Worth?

What a week! Looking at the glass half full it appears that everyone agrees that the vaccine needs to be distributed more quickly to more people in more places. Places like Yankee Stadium and Citi Field. Everything else is a bit of a mess unless you are a fan of...

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How can landlords protect themselves when renting property?

On Behalf of The Law Firm of Connors & Connors, P.C. | Jan 11, 2021 | Negligent Security Defense, Premises Liability Defense

Being a landlord can be incredibly difficult, but it can also be incredibly rewarding. After all, the New York rental market is the most expensive in the entire world, with the only exemptions being San Francisco and Hong Kong. And, these prices are often the reason...

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What’s it Worth? January 6, 2021

On Behalf of The Law Firm of Connors & Connors, P.C. | Jan 6, 2021 | What's It Worth?

Welcome to 2021! We hope you enjoyed your Holidays and look forward to a year in which the vaccines are widely distributed and get a sense that the suffering will soon come to an end. Let’s choose to be hopeful rather than fearful, careful rather than cavalier and...

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Lawsuit blames property owner for sidewalk collapse into rat den

On Behalf of The Law Firm of Connors & Connors, P.C. | Dec 24, 2020 | Premises Liability Defense

There are certain aspects of living in a large city like New York that can be worrisome. While it might sound like a nightmare for a person to fall through the sidewalk and land on a nest of rats, it did happen, leaving a man injured and traumatized. After this type...

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What’s it Worth? December 9, 2020

On Behalf of The Law Firm of Connors & Connors, P.C. | Dec 9, 2020 | What's It Worth?

‘Tis the Season. The tree is up in Rockefeller Center. Shoppers are shopping, some in person, most online. Houses and apartments are decorated for the holidays. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is the musical guest this coming Saturday on SNL. All this must...

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Comparative fault can protect store from slip-and-fall liability

On Behalf of The Law Firm of Connors & Connors, P.C. | Dec 8, 2020 | Premises Liability Defense

Retail store owners, and other types of property owners have a duty to take reasonable steps to protect invitees (e.g. customers) who have entered their property legally from hazardous conditions. Generally, this requires store owners to: Regularly inspect the...

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What is duty to defend?

On Behalf of The Law Firm of Connors & Connors, P.C. | Dec 7, 2020 | Liability Defense

All insurance companies in New York are responsible for paying benefits when their clients have been involved in accidents resulting in personal injuries where the client is apparently at fault to some degree. Sometimes, insured parties are totally at fault, partially...

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What’s it Worth? November 18, 2020

On Behalf of The Law Firm of Connors & Connors, P.C. | Nov 18, 2020 | What's It Worth?

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the...

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What’s it Worth? November 11, 2020

On Behalf of The Law Firm of Connors & Connors, P.C. | Nov 11, 2020 | What's It Worth?

Seven days after “election day” it appears that the winner of the elderly man contest is the older of the two elderly men. Given his age it is no wonder that the older elderly man wants the younger elderly man to concede. Locally, for the first time in recent memory,...

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