I get it all the time: “I’m not THAT kind of person. I’m not the suing type”. They fidget nervously, from their chair on the other side of my desk, afraid I will think they are “that kind of person” for coming to see me. I think silently, “What must…
A New York Times article today, written by two fourth-year Harvard Medical School students, describes the frightening pervasiveness of medical malpractice in the United States, and the medical profession’s seemingly incorrigible habit of turning a blind eye to it. In my blog post today I will extract the article’s pearls…
The Syracuse Post Standard reports that eight people were injured in a two-car crash last Friday night in Eaton, Madison County, New York. That’s a lot of injured people for one accident! It’s unusual, too, because nowadays most vehicles on the road have NO passengers. Look around next time you…
Two days ago the Syracuse Post Standard reported that the New York State Police had arrested a brother and sister, who are only 22 and 20 years old, for allegedly endangering the welfare of a child in Boonville, New York, by having an underage drinking party at their home on…
The Governeur Times reported yesterday that St. Lawrence County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a fatal snowmobile accident on the Tooley Pond Road near the River Road in the Town of Clifton. A 40-year old snowmobiler of Brownville, N.Y. was traveling north on the east side of Tooley Pond Road when…
The Syracuse Post Standard reports today that State police have arrested a 28-year old socio-therapist at a residential center for teenage boys on rape charges. The socio-therapist is alleged to have had sexual contact with a 15-year-old resident of Snell Farms Children Center in Bath, in Steuben County. Criminal charges…
The Geneva Finger Lakes Times ran a story yesterday about a car-on-pedestrian accident in Waterloo (Seneca County). The story was of interest to me because I pass through Waterloo twice a day on my way from my home in Geneva to my office in Auburn. Here’s what happened: On January…
Today Community General Hospital in Syracuse, New York, opened its new $7.6 million orthopedics unit. The new unit, located on the hospital’s sixth floor, will care for patients recuperating from knee, hip (including hip and knee replacements) and spine surgery. The Hospital’s old orthopedics unit on the fourth floor provided…
When I look back over the past month or so (December and January), I see that I have been blogging quite a bit about car and snowmobile accidents. It is no coincidence. This time of year, these kinds of accidents fill up the newspapers and tie up my phone line.…
There are between 300 and 400 snowmobile accidents in New York State each year, with about 25 fatal ones. Two more snowmobile accidents were reported in recent days. I previously blogged about safety rules for snowmobiling. These recent snowmobile crashes remind us of the do’s and don’ts of snowmobiling: Snowmobile…