New York Personal Injury Attorney Blog

Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo P.C. is pleased to announce that 19 members of the firm have been recognized in the 27th edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. 15 attorneys have been recognized as Best Lawyers, while four attorneys have been recognized in the inaugural Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. The Best…

Sullivan Papain partner Vito Cannavo will be featured in what the New York Trial Lawyers Association describes as an “all-star panel of attorneys” to lead a CLE webinar on business interruption claims on Thursday July 9th. The webinar will be held between 12:30PM-2:00PM and help guide listeners through the “ins and outs” for the path…

The Hempstead Town awarded Long Island food bank Island Harvest $2.1 million to create a new food delivery program for homebound seniors, veterans and quarantined families. Town board members on Wednesday agreed to pay for the program using some of the $133 million in federal CARES Act funds the town received to cover pandemic-related costs. The town previously gave $2 million…

We have great respect for our construction workers. They perform extraordinarily important and essential tasks. Construction workers work long and hard hours. Their jobs are often profoundly demanding and they certainly run the risk of serious injuries. They deal with heavy machinery, dangerous and unsafe workplace conditions, and on a daily basis they place their…

Are self-driving automobiles the face of the future? Some people believe that driverless cars will someday be very popular. Others think that self-driving automobiles are accidents just waiting to happen. Not long ago a self-driving vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian. Other recent accidents involving severe injuries and death have also been attributed to cars…