Slips, Trips & Falls – Common, but Potentially Deadly
Sometimes these things are out of your control, like when you’re at a store or at work. These places have a duty to keep their premises safe. If you’ve fallen due on someone else’s property, they may be liable. Injuries from a fall can cost a lot of money and take a long time to heal. Having an attorney to guide you through this recovery process can be vital.
There’s a Good Reason Toddlers Are Taught about Burns
With Thanksgiving around the corner and turkey being put in the oven, on the grill or into a deep fryer, everyone should be careful about burns. It goes without saying that one of the first things we teach children as they begin to walk is the risk of all things hot....
Car Accident While Riding in an Uber?
Ridesharing apps like Uber and Lyft are an affordable, convenient, and usually safe way to get around. However, just like riding in any car, there’s a chance that an accident could occur. In a lot of ways, the legal proceedings surrounding a car accident are the same...
Google is Changing Its Policy, and It Affects You
Google Workspace, formerly known as G Suite, the name used for Google-related services like Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Drive, recently updated its policy regarding how long items that have been placed in the trash are retained. Google used to allow items in the...
Hunting Safety: Don’t Overlook The Basics!
By now, summer is a distant memory. Shorter days, cool weather, and leaves on the ground are here. Some people will be sad about the changing seasons, but for New York hunters, these changes mark hunting season. With plenty of wooded areas filled with deer, turkeys,...
Halloween Safety – Tips and Tricks (but only good tricks, we promise)
While Halloween may look a little different this year due to COVID-19, anyone with little ones, or excited adults for that matter, knows that Halloween still is on. Every Halloween, you need to make sure you’re safe, but this year has some added safety precautions due...
New Seatbelt Law Requires Everyone to Buckle Up
In 1984, New York became the first State to enact a mandatory seatbelt law. Now, 36 years later, that law is being strengthened. For adults and those over the age of 16, current law requires that only front seat passengers wear seatbelts. An adult in the back seat is...
Look at the Leaves, But Not While You’re Driving
It's the anniversary of the October Storm this week. Remember that unsettling time in 2006? This year, we're lucky to be enjoying a beautiful, mostly-sunny autumn. So before the heavy snow and cold wind hits New York, we'll get to experience the gorgeous leaves....
Apartment Fires – You Have a Right to Safety
A fire in your home is scary for anyone. If you live in an apartment with multiple units, though, it can be especially frightening. Where can you turn for your recovery?
Wrongful Death – Who Can Sue and For What?
Losing a loved one is always difficult. When a loved one dies sooner than they should have and someone else is at fault, then it’s even more difficult. In New York law, this is called wrongful death. A wrongful death action is a type of civil lawsuit that certain...
The Coppola Firm Announces 2 Super Lawyers
Coppola Firm founder, Lisa A. Coppola, Esq., was named a Super Lawyer for personal injury work and was ranked among the Top 25 female attorneys in Upstate New York in the 2020 Super Lawyers rankings. She has been named a Super Lawyer every year for at least the past...
Torts? A Personal Injury, Not a Cake
If you’re like most people, when you hear the world “torte” you think of the many varieties of wonderfully delicious cakes. In the legal field, though, “torts” are something completely different. A tort is a civil wrong, different than criminal liability, that causes...
Nursing Home Negligence
We place our elderly loved ones in nursing homes with the assumption that they can be better taken care of there. Unfortunately, elder abuse and neglect is all too common in the United States. The National Center on Elder Abuse has found that around 95% of nursing...
Why Are There So Many Accidents in the Summertime?
Living in Western New York, you may imagine that wintertime would hold the record for the most number of car accidents. You might think that ice-covered roads, excessive wind, and cars covered in snow not properly cleared off would result in more accidents. While...
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