New York Personal Injury Attorney Blog

Christopher T. McGrath, Senior Partner at Sullivan Papain Block McGrath Coffinas & Cannavo PC (SPBMCC) recently obtained a settlement totaling $3,050,000 for a plaintiff who was struck in an intersection by a driver who ran a red light.  Plaintiff Suffered Injuries After Being Struck by Driver in an Intersection A Nassau County Police Inspector was…

On October 24, 2014, an 8-year-old girl was killed outside of her school, Luisa Pineiro Fuentes School of Science and Discovery, when a parked vehicle reversed onto the curb and struck her. Nine other pedestrians were injured, including a 9-year-old girl who had just walked out of an after-school program on campus. Although traffic fatalities…

Our New York City personal injury attorneys have obtained a $580,000 settlement for an insurance salesman that was pulled over by a police officer and told to come over to the car.  While the salesman was standing by the police car, the defendants’ vehicle hit the police car, knocking our client to the ground. Our client…

In such a busy state as New York, car accidents are all but uncommon. Distracted driving often plays a significant role in many of these wrecks; on average, nine people are killed each day due to distractions on the road. This amounts to over 3000 fatalities in 2012, notably a decrease from the previous year.…

Our client (plaintiff), age 57, was operating his motorcycle on a through street at a “T” intersection, in Bernardsville, New Jersey, when the operator of another motor vehicle pulled out past a stop sign, on the cross street and to plaintiff’s right, and attempted to make a left turn in front of our client. In…