LaMarche Safranko Blog
Pedestrian-Motor Vehicle Accidents
Recently, the Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) released a report for pedestrian-motor vehicle accident statistics for the year 2015. Unfortunately, the GHSA estimates a 10% increase in the number of pedestrians killed in motor vehicle crashes in 2015 (compared to 2014 numbers). Specific to New [...]
Clear Off Your Windshield
Recently, an 80-year old man in Canada was pulled over for driving his car like this. He explained to officers that he was simply too weak to clear the 8 inches of snow off his vehicle before driving. Fortunately for this man nobody was hurt [...]
Animal Abuse Response Vehicle
A few days ago, the Albany County District Attorney’s office in conjunction with Mohawk Hudson Humane Society announced a new animal abuse response vehicle that will be used to assist the Animal Cruelty Taskforce (ACT) during responses and investigations into hoarding and animal abuse cases. [...]
Rejecting the Plea Deal
Earlier today, one of the two men charged with the murder of local hairdresser Jacquelyn Porreca rejected a plea deal that was made by the District Attorney’s office. In a criminal prosecution, it is common for the District Attorney’s office to offer to reduce the [...]
Farmer’s Charges Dismissed
Last March, our client Joshua Rockwood – a farmer who pasture-raises all of his animals – was charged with 13 different misdemeanor crimes. On Tuesday, 12 of those charges were dismissed, and the remaining charge will be dismissed in 6 months. We are proud of [...]
Canadian Man Gets Cell Phone Ticket for Texting in Drive-Thru Window
A man in a Tim Horton’s drive-thru got a little more than TimBits™ and coffee when he was idling in his car waiting to pay for his food. A police officer issued a distracted driving ticket (equivalent of cell phone ticket) to the man for [...]
Wrongful Death Case From A Motorcycle and Truck Crash Results In A Large Verdict
Last week, a Florida Jury awarded $15 million in the wrongful death of a motorcyclist who was killed when he collided with the negligent driver of a tractor trailer. The truck’s driver was fatigued, and had been driving in excess of his daily service limit of 11 [...]
Fingerprint Security Not So Secure
A Virginia Circuit Court has just ruled that fingerprints are not protected by the Fifth Amendment. This decision has clear privacy implications for anyone with a newer iPhone or iPad using fingerprint security. This ruling comes after a case involving a man accused of crimes against his girlfriend. [...]
Bicycle Sharing in the Capital District
Recently, the Capital District has been making moves to provide more opportunities for bicycle use within its cities. In July 2015, the Capital District Transportation Committee (CDTC) reached out to companies to obtain information regarding the implementation of a bike-sharing program within the cities of [...]
Entering Canada with Criminal and Non-Criminal Offenses
If you were like us, we watched and cheered along with our fellow countrymen a few weeks ago as our U.S. Women’s National Team won the World Cup defeating Japan 5-2. Since the World Cup was hosted in Canada this year, many Americans went to [...]
