I recently posted a blog about New York’s top Court’s recent ruling that New York personal injury plaintiffs can win “summary judgment” against defendants without proving that the plaintiff was blameless for his own injury. The rule previously, in most courts, was that the plaintiff could not get summary judgment…
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Eleven Years of NY Personal Injury Litigation Boxed Away
\ Just in case you were wondering (and I’m sure you were), the photo on the left is what eleven years of litigation looks like. I have blogged about this case before: It took me eleven and a half years to finally get justice for nine Guatemalan and Mexican migrant…
CNY Injury Lawyer Lands Huge Win For Guatemalan and Mexican Migrant Farm Workers..
As a New York personal injury lawyer, my job is to fight my hardest on behalf of each and every one of my clients. And so I do. But I would be lying if I said I liked all my clients to the same degree. Just like teachers have their…
When Will A New York Personal Injury Lawyer Try To Settle Your Case ?
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…
New York Mother Gets Busted Stealing From Her Daughter’s Injury Settlement.
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…
Why The State Of New York Won’t Settle Your Slam Dunk Personal Injury Claim And Will Instead Make You Go To Trial
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…
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…
“Why Does My NY Personal Injury Case Take So Long To Resolve”? CNY Injury Lawyer Explains.
New York personal injury lawyers like me get this question all the time. The answer is complex, but explaining complex things to judges, juries and clients, is what we do for a living. We are essentially in the “communication” business. So here goes: Most often it is not a…
Why You Should Turn Down That First Offer From The Insurance Adjuster.
A first offer from an insurance adjuster is like the first kiss on a date: It usually leads to something more substantial. At least that’s my experience (recently in law, and a long time ago in dating). Yes, I have plenty of recent experience (more than 20 years) in New…
Beware Of Personal Injury “Settlement Mills”, Central NY Injury Lawyer Explains.
I came across a Stanford law professor’s study on the effect of “settlement mill” type personal injury law firms on personal injury case settlement results. If you’re searching for a New York personal injury lawyer, it’s worth a read! But since you probably won’t read it (it is 63 pages…