16 The Courier sun • january 16, 2014 for breaking news visit www.couriersun.com Obituary Ira Cohen Respected Photographer BY MAGIE HAYES mhayes@queenscourier.com Ira Cohen, local photographer and Queens fixture, passed away on Friday, January 10. He was 66 years old. Cohen spent about 15 years as a photographer for the Queens Tribune, covering everything from politics to breaking news. A friend to all, people called him a “character” and “a great man.” “Sad to learn about the death of Ira Cohen,” said Congressmember Grace Meng via Twitter. “He was a fixture at the paper. Terrific photog and great human being. He will be missed.” In January 2013, Cohen traveled to Washington, D.C. to photograph Meng’s inauguration into Congress. State Senator Mike Gianaris said he was “an institution for all of us in Queens civic life.” Cohen was also a Vietnam War veteran, a retired MTA employee and a member of the Police Auxiliary. He lived in Kew Gardens Hills. WESLEY HITNER, CPA F r e s h M e a d o w s , N Y 1 1 3 6 6 718-465-3466 This tax season, have your taxes prepared in the comfort of your home. I make house calls. I am a CPA with over 25 years of experience. Other services include small business/corporation accounting and taxes. NO JOB IS TOO SMALL. CALL ME FOR A FREE CONSULTATION OTHER SERVICES: • Laser Hair Removal • Laser Vein Treatments • Cavi-Lipo/High Frequency • Facials • Chemical Peels • Underarm Whitening • Glutathione Infusion • Sclerotherapy • Botox • Dermal Fillers MANILA NEW YORK Under the supervision of Dr. Dalmacio H. Francisco, M.D., P.C. LOCATIONS: 86-35 Queens Blvd., Suite 1 A Elmhurst, NY 11373 57-18 Woodside Ave., 2F Suite 101 Woodside, NY 11377 718.898.8800 www.pielacneskinclinic.com (Closed Sundays and Mondays) Legally Speaking By: Scott Baron, Attorney at Law AN OFFICER’S FAILURE TO SIGNAL Advertorial Q: I am a police officer and was driving my marked police vehicle north on a twolane road. A southbound vehicle moved into my lane and then back into its own. I slowed my vehicle, pulled to the right shoulder and activated my emergency lights. I started to make a U-turn, in order to pursue the lane switcher, but my car was hit by a northbound car behind me. I had failed to activate my directional signal. A: The northbound driver cannot have been following you too closely, as no one at all was following you – once you pulled off the roadway onto the shoulder. She also did not fail to yield to an emergency vehicle, because you gave her no time to yield. Even if she believed that you intended to turn your vehicle around and pursue the southbound driver, a reasonable person in her position would have thought that you were planning to turn around after the traffic cleared. It sounds like your sudden and unannounced U-turn into the flow of traffic need not have been anticipated. Your case, if any, is against the southbound driver, but only under General Municipal Law § 205-e. In a section 205-e action, and assuming that the southbound driver was violating a provision of law, even though the connection between your accident and this violation is indirect, he is liable to pay you not less than one thousand dollars. Your comparative fault is not an obstacle. However, you appear to lack a common-law negligence claim against the southbound driver. Your accident and his reckless driving, if any, do not have a proximate connection. Seemingly, the appearance of the northbound vehicle, along with your failure to signal your intention and your failure to notice the new vehicle constitute intervening, superseding events, severing the ties that are necessary for proximate causation. The law responds to changed conditions; exceptions and variations abound. Here, the information is general; always seek out competent counsel. This article shall not be construed as legal advice Copyright © 2014 Scott Baron & Associates, P.C. All rights reserved. 159-49 Cross Bay Boulevard, Howard Beach, New York 11414 1750 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY 10710 718-738-9800, 914-337-9800, 1-866-927-4878
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