FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com APRIL 11, 2013 • THE COURIER SUN 51 Get PAID to help find a cure! Participate in local clinical trials at www.ZipTrials.us Eleventh Annual TOP WOMEN IN BUSINESS An event honoring influential women in business whose major achievements and whose participation in many community activities throughout the years has helped the borough grow. Legally Speaking By: Scott Baron, Attorney at Law LIGHTS! LIGHTS! Advertorial Q: More than an hour after sundown, we were struck by an automobile coming in the opposite direction. That car was rounding a curve toward the left. My husband had forgotten to turn on our lights. Suddenly, it came upon our buggy, emerging from the gloom. A: Your husband’s unexcused omission of lights mandated by law establishes his own negligence. Lights are intended for the guidance and protection of other travelers on the highway. Even heedlessly, for your husband to omit the safeguards prescribed by law for the benefit of others, in order that they be preserved in life and limb, is to fall short of the standard of diligence to which people who live in an organized society are under a duty to conform. As Justice Cardozo once said, “A statute designed for the protection of human life is not to be brushed aside as a form of words, its commands reduced to the level of cautions, and the duty to obey attenuated into an option to conform.” Nevertheless, the courts are on their guard not to confuse the question of negligence with the question of the causal connection between the negligence and the injury. Perhaps your traveling without lights was not the only cause of this disaster Can you show that the driver was in your lane, ran into you purposely, was driving while intoxicated, or was going at such a reckless speed that few things could have aroused and guided his sight? If so, a jury may be able to conclude that he was at fault, too. 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 © 2013 Scott Baron & Associates, P.C. All rights reserved. 159-49 Cross Bay Boulevard, Howard Beach, New York 11414 1750 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10710 718-738-9800, 914-337-9800, 1-866-927-4878 Our job is making sure no longer goes that waste to waste. Find out more at ThinkGreen.com Energy creation. Recycling programs. Closed-loop solutions. Those are just a few of the innovations we’re delivering for customers and communities alike. We live in a world where things can no longer go to waste. That’s why Waste Management is working to get the most from resources. It’s good for business and the environment. ©2012 Waste Management, Inc. SAVE THE DATE THE QUEENS COURIER & QUEENS BUSINESS ULTIMATE NETWORKING EVENT Thursday May 9, 2013 6p.m. - 7:30p.m. Networking Business Expo 8pm Awards Dinner Terrace On The Park, 52-11 111th Street, Flushing Meadow Park, NY 11368 For Sponsorship/participation opportunities or to purchase dinner & networking tickets @$90 please contact Maria at 718.224.5863 Ext. 226 or [email protected] Purchase Tickets online at www.queenscourier.com/events sponsors: PHOTOgraPHers WanTed! The Queens Courier is looking for a talented pair of eyes to join our team. experienced, knowledgeable Photographers should contact Toni Cimino at [email protected]
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