A New York appeals court has reversed a lower court ruling and dismissed a lawsuit seeking damages for injuries suffered in a car accident.
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Read More »March 9, 2023 Comments Off on Car accident lawsuit dismissed
A New York appeals court has reversed a lower court ruling and dismissed a lawsuit seeking damages for injuries suffered in a car accident.
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Read More »March 9, 2023 Comments Off on Court denies latest challenge to Whole Foods plaza
A state Supreme Court Justice has ruled that the town of Brighton and developers of the Whole Foods Market plaza complied with state law regarding easements and parklands.
Read More »March 9, 2023 Comments Off on City revokes Main Street Armory license after deadly stampede
Rochester city officials have notified the owner of the Main Street Armory that his application to renew his license to operate has been denied.
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Read More »March 9, 2023 Comments Off on Visa pauses decision to track purchases at gun shops
Visa is pausing their decision to start categorizing purchases at gun shops, a significant win for conservative groups and Second Amendment advocates who felt that tracking gun shop purchases would inadvertently discriminate against legal firearms purchases. The decision is, at ...
Read More »March 8, 2023 Comments Off on Monroe County Conflict Defender adds resource attorney
Rochester attorney D. Scott Young has joined the Monroe County Conflict Defender’s Office in the newly created position of resource attorney.
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Read More »March 8, 2023 Comments Off on AG settles with mortgage servicer that failed to offer relief during pandemic
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a $350,000 settlement with a mortgage server that failed to offer mandated mortgage relief.
Read More »March 8, 2023 Comments Off on Daughter unravels decades-old mystery of disabled mom’s rape in Rochester
Magdalena Cruz grew up knowing she owed her very life to a horrid crime. Now she says she has solved the mystery of her father's identity herself.
Read More »March 8, 2023 Comments Off on Athletes sue Ivy League over its no-scholarship policy
A pair of basketball players from Brown allege in a federal lawsuit that the Ivy League’s policy of not offering athletic scholarships amounts to a price-fixing agreement that denies athletes proper financial aid and payment for their services. The lawsuit ...
Read More »March 7, 2023 Comments Off on Hochul to lawmakers: Give judges the tools to set bail for violent offenders
Gov. Kathy Hochul will ask the state legislature to rewrite bail reform language and require judges to set a bond for repeat offenders and perpetrators of gun offenses.
Read More »March 7, 2023 Comments Off on Insurance ‘inflection point’ affects coverage, premiums and more
The commercial insurance industry is at “an inflection point,” according to McKinsey’s Global Insurance Report 2023. From supply chain and labor issues to economic and social inflation, a myriad of challenges impacts coverage, premiums, deductibles, and other areas critically important ...
Read More »March 7, 2023 Comments Off on Hickey Freeman resolves issues with union, NLRB complaint withdrawn
The Rochester Regional Joint Board of Workers United has withdrawn a charge of unfair labor practices at Hickey Freeman.
Read More »March 7, 2023 Comments Off on US judge strikes down Missouri gun law as unconstitutional
A Missouri law banning local police form enforcing federal gun laws is unconstitutional and void, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Brian Wimes ruled the 2021 law is preempted by the federal government under the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy ...
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