Central New York Injury Lawyer BlogDog bite victims’ lawyers (like me) have noticed a disturbing trend in recent years: Severe dog bite injuries are growing while insurance coverage for them is shrinking. Why? Two intersecting trends are the root cause: Trend number 1: Dogs are getting meaner, and meaner. The percentage of new dogs that are pit-bull types (included mixes) […]
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What’s My New York Personal Injury Claim Worth?
We get this question a lot. When we get it early on – while the client is still treating for her injuries, the answer is, “we don’t know”. It depends on how well and how quickly you heal”. But once the client is done healing and we can see what her “permanent” prognosis is, including […]
Congratulations to This Year’s Winner of the Michaels Advocate Award and Scholarship: Marina De Rosa!
Several years ago, Lee Michaels, our senior member, was asked and agreed to endow this significant scholarship and award at Syracuse University College of Law recognizing a second-year top trial or appellate advocacy student. The primary goal in initiating this scholarship/award was to help a worthy student, but it was also aimed at attracting fresh […]
MBK Settles Auto-Collision Wrongful Death Case for $5,500,0000.
This law firm recently settled a wrongful death case for $5,500,000! Although I am not at liberty to discuss the details of the settlement, nor any of the specifics regarding the injury (we signed a non-disclosure agreement with the insurance company), I can say that , once again, our lawyers did an outstanding job. Such […]
How Syracuse NY Personal Injury Lawyer Gets Great Settlements
I’ve been settling my New York personal injury cases here in the Syracuse area for what some of my colleagues see as larger than normal numbers. It seems I don’t have to try as many cases these days because the insurance carriers want to pay me to go away before we get to trial. My […]
All Four Lawyers at Michaels Bersani Kalabanka Again Listed in “Best Lawyers in America” Directory
We are proud to announce that once again all four lawyers in the Michaels Bersani Kalabanka team have been selected by other New York lawyers and New York judges for inclusion in “Best Lawyers in America”. The 2020 edition of the publication names all four partners, Lee Michaels, Jan Smolak, Mike Bersani, and Dave […]
“We Don’t Take Low Ball Offers”, Says Central New York Injury Lawyer
In this Syracuse NY Injury lawyer’s last blog post, I talked about how, in most cases, a New York personal injury victim will end up with a much larger settlement with a lawyer than without one. The problem with “going it alone” is that insurance companies will generally “low ball” you an offer, hoping you […]
Why We Read The New York Jury Verdict Reporter
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 now called “VerdictSearch“, but old-timers […]
Why NY Personal Injury Cases Settle On The Eve Of Trial
Monday I was scheduled to try a Seneca County NY motorcycle accident case in the Seneca County Courthouse in Waterloo. But as often happens, the case settled on the eve of trial, in this case Sunday afternoon. Why do personal injury cases settle so late in the game, after the attorneys have put so much […]
Central New York Personal Injury Law Firm’s Good Deed For 2011: Michaels Bersani Kalabanka Helps Save “Camp Rotary”.
Nothing brings Auburn and Cayuga County, NY, together like an attack from outside forces. Just as the ancient Greek city-states came together to fend off attacks from their ancient common enemy, Persia, all of Auburn and Cayuga County recently united to fend off an attack by the National Texas-based Boy Scouts of America. And Michaels […]