I know I have blogged about this topic before, but after several years of blogging, you can’t help but repeat yourself sometimes. Still, every time I discuss some aspect of New York personal injury law, I tackle it from a slightly different angle. So here goes. When will your New…
Watching the Syracuse University basketball squad get scorched by North Carolina was tough. It seemed that North Carolina just could not miss a shot. Their three pointers seemed to swoosh in just as easily as their shots from within the paint. And SU? They could not seem to even score…
Michaels Bersani Kalabanka’s new publicity campaign is taking off! Starting today, April 1, 2016, many commercial airlines around the country — and beyond — will feature the Michaels Bersani Kalabanka personal injury law firm name and tagline, as shown in the photo above. Not everyone is excited about the new…
In a few days — March 27 — New York will become only the second State (after Minnesota) to ban handwritten drug prescriptions and instead require e-prescriptions. And unlike the Minnesota law, the New York one has real teeth: Docs who use a paper and pen to prescribe drugs instead…
$55 Million. That’s a lot of money. I can’t claim to have ever gotten a verdict that big. Not even close. Almost no one has. What is more stunning is that the verdict was purely for emotional, not physical harm. No amputated arm or leg. No paralysis. No scars. She…
Medical Malpractice is rampant. You’ve probably been hearing about it in the news. It is now the third leading cause of death (after heart disease and cancer) in America. But, readers, we bear good news: Although you can’t avoid all malpractice, there are some simple steps you can take to…
I just read an article in the New York Times about a woman charged with stealing her 11-year-old daughter’s medical malpractice settlement to pay for liposuction, a “tummy tuck” procedure, online shopping, plane tickets, restaurant bills – you name it. She was using her child’s settlement money like her own…
Seal of the State of New York Here is a letter I recently wrote to a client who suffered a serious injury caused by the negligence of the State of New York. I’ll call my client “Joe”, though that’s not his real name: Dear Joe: You asked why the State…
As a New York car accident lawyer, I have been on the other side of car insurance adjusters for decades now. So I know the score. I know our respective jobs. They are supposed to try to pay a little as possible to save their employer money. I am supposed…
Here at Michaels Bersani Kalabanka, on any given day, you are likely to find, on our attorneys’ desks, piles of dog-eared, highlighted, and marked-up volumes of the New York Jury Verdict Reporter. The Reporter summarizes jury verdicts on a weekly basis from around New York State. (Actually, this publication is…