Weinstein, Chase, Messinger, & Peters attorneys are proud to announce their big real estate success at appealing an unfavorable building sale contract at a price below current market value, leading to a 14 million dollar sale benefiting their client, Madeline C, one of the partners of Regent Associates. THE BACKGROUND In 2013, Regent Associates started […]
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The death of a loved one is obviously very emotional and trying time for people. But there are some basic steps that a person can take, the family members can take to ease the administration of someone’s estate. Among these are having mail forwarded (especially important when someone lived alone and may not know so […]
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Many people have heard the word probate, when a love one has a will and dies they believe that that will govern the distribution of a person’s estate and that is basically true. One thing that is necessary though is probating the will that means taking the will to the court house, the surrogate’s court in […]
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New York City has many cooperative apartment units and perhaps more private houses in terms of people coming to me looking to purchase a new home for themselves in the city. Although a co-op is viewed often as real state like a private home and it is similar to that, in home ownership there is […]
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If you’re a homeowner selling a house, there are certain cost involved. Some of these cost arise before you can consult me as an attorney and that probably involves fixing up a house to have it marketable. In New York City there are transfer taxes for any house over five hundred thousand. Expect to pay 1.4% in transfer […]
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A wrongful death lawsuit in New York State must be brought within two years of the day of death. That is a contrast to the general rule that a person suing for personal injuries from a premises accident or mobile accident must sue in three years from the day of occurrence or malpractice cases into […]
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You may heard the term “wrongful death lawsuit” which is a recovery when someone dies as a result of negligence from any cause. This could be a motor vehicle accident in New York State, a fall from the scaffold or be struck by a falling object at a construction site, or it can be as […]
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If you are involved in a motor vehicle accident in New York State, and the accident is partially your fault – whether as a driver, or pedestrian crossing against the light, perhaps – you still have the right to sue in New York. The defendant, insurance companies and their lawyers always try to blame our […]
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If you’re involved in a motor vehicle accident in New York State, the one thing you shouldn’t worry about, at least initially, is your medical bills. No-fault insurance, which is a portion of every policy in New York State, provides for medical expenses to be paid, and that is the car that you are in, […]
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No-fault insurance in New York State is a system of laws and procedures that control and govern what happens when a person is injured in an automobile accident. No-fault benefits refer to payment for medical treatment, and for lost wages if you’ve lost time from work due to your injuries sustained in an automobile accident. […]
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