As a mere local Central New York personal injury attorney, I really didn’t want to get into commenting on the national disaster that is the ongoing Gulf of Mexico BP oil “spill”. (I put “spill” in quotes because this word, bantered about by BP and echoed by news media, hardly…
There are many common misperceptions about New York personal injury lawsuits. I will be discussing these in my blog posts over the next few days. One of the most common mistaken ideas is that if you “are almost killed” by someone’s negligence, you must have a case. This is usually…
When I tell them, they don’t like what they hear. I try my best to explain, and usually they do understand, but they are never happy about it. Sometimes (thankfully not often) they even become angry. What am I talking about? Turning a case down. You see I, like all…
Tort law works! I blogged about the Boy Scout case a few weeks ago, but I need to revisit it here. The jury has sent the Boy Scouts of America a powerful messge! This Friday, the jury, who heard and carefully considered all the evidence, slammed the Boy Scouts of…
Today I received an email with the photograph depicted here as a “joke”. It is clever for sure, but no laughing matter for those who have been victimized by Catholic priest sexual abuse. I also read in several media reports today that Pope Benedict XVI met with Catholic Church sex-abuse…
Ok, I have written on this topic very recently, but I can’t help it if the topic just stays in the news. I am talking about the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse lawsuit crisis, which I just blogged about a few days ago. But an article in the New York Times…
Today’s Syracuse Post Standard reports on a seven-million dollar investment by the owners of the Darien Lake Resort to expand the amusement park this spring, adding new water-based rides and other attractions, and splitting Darien Lake into two much larger amusement parks. The Florida-based corporate owner of Darien Lake christened…
Ok, I plead guilty to not being a “tort reformer”. I generally do NOT support eliminating or even reducing the rights of the seriously injured to recover compensation, including for pain and suffering, from “tortfeasors”, that is, those who injured them through wrongdoing, negligence or carelessness. That being said, I…
Sexual abuse lawsuits are in the news a lot these days. It is now common knowledge that some priests, under the Catholic Church’s employ, were busy (between masses?) molesting and even raping boys. The Catholic Church sex abuse scandal has even reached the doorstep of the Pope! The Pope, they…
I generally try to avoid talking about politics in this Blog. So, without telling you what I personally think of Obama’s health care overhaul, I will tell you what impact the new Law will have on Syracuse and Central New York personal injury and medical malpractice victims. First, though, let’s…