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New NY Subpoena Rule Makes NY Lawyer?s Job a Little Easier

Posted on February 05, 2008
Any lawyer who actually tries accident, injury or malpractice cases knows that one of the biggest pains in the neck is subpoenaing all the necessary witnesses for trial. One recent change under NY law now permits a subpoena for a Party (or a person under the Party’s control) to be subpoenaed by serving the Subpoena on the Party’s Attorney rather [...

The Cold, Hard Facts about Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

Posted on February 05, 2008
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Attorney?s Fees in N.Y. Workers Compensation Cases

Posted on February 03, 2008
As in all injury cases we handle, your initial consultation with our office on comp cases is free. Accordingly, you have nothing to lose to become informed of your rights and the process. Learning about the comp system is very important because even though the system is supposedly set up to protect the injured worker, their are many [...

Honesty is ALWAYS the Best Policy

Posted on February 03, 2008
Below is an E-mail exchange between me and a fellow who was recently involved in an auto accident near Buffalo, NY. This fellow, like most accident victims, was very frustrated by “the system”: His car was totalled but because the insurance company only has to pay the fair market value of his car, rather than the [...

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SUM? The Most Important Auto Insurance You Do NOT Have!

Posted on February 02, 2008
Huh, what do you mean it’s the most important insurance I do NOT have? If it’s important wouldn’t my insurance agent have encouraged me to buy it? Sad to say…. probably not. As someone who reviews auto insurance policies every day, I am constantly amazed at how few people have this very important coverage...

A Follow Up To ?Why Most Victims of Medical Malpractice Never Collect A Dime?

Posted on February 01, 2008
First off, I want to thank the readers who have responded to the previous post - that’s the whole point of writing a blog; giving help or advice or just providing a place to sound off on a hot topic. Judging by the response here, as well as what I see in my own practice, [...

President Bush Continues to Bash ?Junk Lawsuits? But Where is the Meat?

Posted on January 30, 2008
Just because you say it is so, doesn’t make it so….. The tradition goes on. Year after year, President Bush, in his State of the Union address, bashes one of his favorite whipping boys– the “frivolous” lawsuit. Only this year, he called it “junk” lawsuits...

Do NOT Blindly Follow Your GPS!

Posted on January 28, 2008
Got a shiny new GPS for Christmas? A word to the wise– please, please, please do not blindly follow your GPS. As great as a GPS can be (particularly to those stubborn males like myself who refuse to ask for directions!), they are not infallible...

Nursing Shortages Can Kill You

Posted on January 28, 2008
One of the things I have learned in my 20+ years of handling medical malpractice cases in New York and Pennsylvania is that it is absolutely critical that patients (and their families) must be active advocates for their own care. What I mean be this is you can NOT safely assume that your doctors/nurses are [...

Structured Settlements in Medical Malpractice Cases

Posted on January 28, 2008
My good friend, Dov Apfel, a medical malpractice attorney from Maryland who handles birth injury cases, wrote a very informative article in the December issue of Trial magazine (pasted below) about structured settlements in cerebral palsy medical malpractice cases...

Why You Need Workers? Compensation Representation

Posted on January 26, 2008
Folks frequently ask me if they need representation in their New York Workers? Compensation case and almost invariably my answer is yes. People tend to think that they have a simple case. What could go wrong? Everything. In a Workers? Compensation case, like most injury cases, you?re dealing with insurance companies...

$10,000 Reward for Identifying an Anonymous Blogger

Posted on January 25, 2008
Although this post isn’t directly related to my usual posts regarding NY injury law, I nonetheless thought it was an interesting one that would be of interest to my readers. A Chicago lawyer doesn’t like some comments that an anonymous blogger has been making about this attorney and his firm so the attorney has offered a [...

Searching for a Zip Code?

Posted on January 19, 2008
Have you ever experienced the frustration of trying to find a zip code for a particular address? Well, the good news is that there are several easy ways to find a zip code: Google it! Just put in a simple search: zip code Elmira, NY. It will provide the various zip codes [...

Why Most Victims of Medical Malpractice Never Collect A Dime

Posted on January 18, 2008
STATISTICS DON?T LIE! The medical profession brings health and hope to millions of Americans every day; however, far too many are injured or killed due to medical mistakes. In 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report documenting that as many as 98,000 patients die each year as a result of medical errors in [...

$1,200,000 Settlement in Chemung County Supreme Court

Posted on January 16, 2008
I was honored to be selected as local trial counsel by Buffalo attorney Mark Cantor for a Chemung County Supreme Court jury trial conducted this week before Judge Robert Mulvey. The case did not settle until the end of the first day of trial when the jury had been selected and after opening statements [...

$20,000,000+ Settlement Against Corning Hospital!

Posted on January 11, 2008
Tragically, just 40 minutes can make the difference between a healthy baby and a little girl who will never walk, never talk, never feed herself, never have a boyfriend, never get married… In this case handled by Elmira medical malpractice attorney Jim Reed, the Labor and Delivery nurses hooked the Mom up to an electronic fetal [...

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