In the early hours of Sunday morning, tragedy struck in Rockland County, NY, when a gray Honda Civic left the roadway on North Little Tor Road in New City and collided with a tree. The crash caused catastrophic damage and claimed the lives of all three occupants—two men and one…
A Brooklyn woman, 32-year-old Alexandra Huggins, was killed early Saturday morning after being struck by a Tesla while riding her bicycle in Williamsburg. The crash happened at the intersection of Meserole and Leonard Streets, a roadway with a painted but unprotected bike lane. According to the NYPD, the Tesla driver…
State Police have confirmed the tragic death of Gerald “Jerry” Cotter, an 80-year-old pilot from Milford, New Jersey, in a small plane crash on Saturday afternoon at Kobelt Airport in Wallkill, Ulster County, NY. Mr. Cotter, remembered by his community for his generosity and lifelong passion for aviation, was the…
A devastating hit-and-run crash in Midtown Manhattan has left one pedestrian dead and another critically injured, underscoring the dangers of reckless driving in New York City and the legal consequences that follow. According to police and prosecutors, 50-year-old Alexandra Sabine Lewalter Maric, a tourist from Hamburg, Germany, was fatally struck…
The New York City Comptroller’s Claim Dashboard provides real-time, continuous visibility into how the City spends taxpayer dollars on settlements and judgments. For Fiscal Year 2025 (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025), the dashboard data offers a detailed picture of the City’s personal injury liability—showing which agencies and claim…
Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf is pleased to announce that Managing Partner Ben Rubinowitz will be a featured speaker at DECISIONS 2025: Recent Developments in Tort Law, to be held in New York City. Widely regarded as one of the leading trial lawyers in the nation, Ben Rubinowitz has…
On September 19, 2025, tragedy struck at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue in Crown Heights, when a tractor-trailer fatally struck 69-year-old Deborah Koonce. According to the NYPD, the driver of the 18-wheeler fled the scene, leaving the pedestrian to be pronounced dead on site. Days later, police…
In a case highlighted by The New Yorker—“If A.I. Can Diagnose Patients, What Are Doctors For? Large language models are transforming medicine—but the technology comes with side effects,” by Dhruv Khullar—we’re reminded how a missed diagnosis can spiral into life-altering harm and how patients increasingly turn to A.I. for answers…
Partner Marijo C. Adimey of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf will be a panelist at the New York City Bar Association’s Medical Malpractice Conference on Friday, October 10, 2025. She will join Hon. Tracy Catapano-Fox, Supreme Court, Queens County, and Adam Dulgacz, Heidell Pittoni Murphy & Bach, LLP, on the panel Medical Malpractice:…
A tragic crash in South Richmond Hill, Queens left one woman dead and another seriously injured on Saturday afternoon, underscoring both the dangers of reckless driving and the complex legal issues that arise in pedestrian accident cases. What Happened at Van Wyck Service Road and Liberty Avenue According to police,…