——————– As my regular readers know, I was in Guatemala for the last few days taking deposition testimony. Why so far away to take testimony? I blogged about that here. I love Guatemala. Beautiful country, weather and people. But some things are definitely better in the U.S. For example, the…
This Auburn New York personal injury lawyer has a new feather in his cap. I have been invited to speak at a state-wide meeting of New York Court of Claims judges in Cooperstown, NY on September 26. It appears that several judges read my recent article, which recently appeared in…
Folks, it’s been a while since I have had the time to blog — been in trial! But now that I am out of trial – and have some breathing space – I wanted to post an article of mine that was recently published in the New York State Bar…
The biggest single change for 2013 in New York personal injury law is, without a doubt, the Uniform Notice of Claim Act, which Governor Cuomo has signed into law on December 20. It’s a real game changer. Let me explain. Until now, New York public entities (counties, cities, towns, villages,…
This blog post is directed to my fellow New York personal injury lawyers who might have trip and fall cases from Buffalo, New York, but also it is worth reading if you have been injured by a defective sidewalk in the City of Buffalo, NY. As my regular readers know,…
I am going on tour again this fall. Tickets are still available to catch my show. Email me and I’ll make sure you get in. My itinerary? Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, Syracuse and New York. Bruce Springsteen performed in all those places. But unlike Bruce, when I am done with my…
Just before jury selection a few months ago, I tentatively settled a complex Syracuse New York wrongful death case I was about to try. For the settlement to be final, we needed Onondaga County’s legislature to approve it, and several layers of workers’ compensation approval, too. We finally got the…
Like everyone else, I have been following the “Happy Valley” Penn State child sexual assault scandal with disgust, awe, shock and dismay. But unlike everyone else, I am also thinking, as I read, who I would sue, for how much, and under what legal theories. Although I am admitted to…
Finally, I’m done! I have finished preparing my 2010-2011 review of all New York State municipal and government liability cases. I am ready to go “on tour” around the State educating other New York personal injury lawyers about the new case law on suing New York State, cities, counties, villages,…
I haven’t had much time for blogging and I am sure that my many thousands (yea right!) of dedicated readers are wondering why. Wonder no longer. Instead of blogging, I have been working on my review of this year’s New York case law regarding New York municipal and governmental liability.…