Lawyers who handle nursing home neglect, negligence and abuse cases in the Syracuse and Central New York area are never surprised to see local nursing homes cited and fined for serious deficiencies. In fact, what is surprising is that more fines and citations are not issued. Bad conditions in nursing…
As a Central New York auto accident lawyer, I know first hand what kind of automobile insurance people should buy, but don’t. Yesterday I blogged about the BIGGEST MISTAKE people make when choosing auto insurance. Today I am addressing the SECOND BIGGEST mistake they make. What is it? They don’t…
Most people I represent in Central New York auto accident cases have made a big mistake. (No, it’s not hiring me, really!). They did not buy the right insurance. I blog on this subject in the hopes that some of my readers will avoid this mistake. Let me explain. I…
Today a sweet elderly lady met with me in Geneva, New York, with what she described as a “trip and fall” case. I listened sympathetically to her story of how she was hurt, and then told her could not take her case. Why? Let’s start with what she tripped and…
I recently had a win at an appellate court in Rochester, New York, (Thompson v Mather) that has been the subject of chatter within the New York medical malpractice lawyer blogosphere, and even made an entry on one of our nation’s top legal blogs, Eric Turkewitz’ New York Personal Injury…
Cover-ups. Personal injury lawyers here in Syracuse, Central New York, and everywhere, love them. We play them for all they are worth. Think about those big tobacco lawsuits. Would those smokers have rung the bell with those big pain and suffering verdicts without evidence that the tobacco industry had covered…
Yesterday, as I have done just about every Wednesday this winter (and for the past few winters), I took a van full of Boys & Girls Club kids to the Geneva, New York municipal ice rink for a skate. I pick them up at the Boys & Girls Club of…
I recently blogged about defective roadway cases. A recent New York dangerous road lawsuit demonstrates some of the principles I talked about in that blog post. In Popolizio v. County of Schenectady, a driver lost control of his car on the steep downgrade of a snowy County road, and slid…
The Syracuse Post-Standard reports that a Syracuse University student was driving home to Albany in the dark hours of the morning (about 4:30 a.m.) when her car slid off the Thruway and onto the median. She then apparently got out of her car and tried to cross the westbound Thruway…
Would you keep an appliance in your home if you knew these facts about it: (1) It injures about 800,000 people a year in the USA – with one out of every 6 injuries being serious enough to require medical attention. (2) 75% of the injuries are to the victim’s…