In the TV smash hit “The Apprentice”, Donald Trump famously trumpets the words “you’re fired” when dismissing a contestant for failing to live up to his high job performance expectations. Well, Trump isn’t the only one. Honda yesterday uttered those same words to Takata, the Japanese maker of the infamous…
Our jury system is in trouble, big trouble, and that’s no small matter. It’s a Constitutional matter. The right to a civil jury trial is enshrined in our Constitution’s Seventh Amendment as part of the Bill of Rights. But that right is under siege, as explained in a recent series…
Tomorrow I head to Buffalo to give my annual “Municipal Liability” update lecture to a room full of lawyers there. I have already given the same talk in Albany, Syracuse and Rochester earlier this month. Buffalo is the “end of the road” for this year. I’ve been giving the annual…
We made this offer in our latest Newsletter and had a solid response from our readers. So we are now offering it to our blog readers as well: We are offering all our NY State readers a free auto insurance review. Why? We see it time and time again. A…
The photo on left is of my then 16 year-old son and me a few years ago as we were about to board the Duck Boat for a tour of Boston and its harbor. The “Duck Boat” – for those that don’t know — is a six-wheeled amphibious vehicle originally used…
We lawyers at Michaels Bersani Kalabanka have been around the block a few times. Collectively the four of us have clocked in over 100 years of experience as New York personal injury lawyers. But even after all those years, we’ve never been sued — not even once — for legal…
I am representing – not for the first time – a personal injury plaintiff who was struck and injured by a falling tree. Very strong case. But when I tell non-lawyers I am representing a falling-tree victim, they blurt out something like this: “Wow, a tree falls and you can…
I am sure you can guess why many of our severely injured personal injury victims tend to fall behind in their bills. Hint: They can’t work! And while their debts piles up, their personal injury claim may not settle or get to trial for many months to come. Solution? They…
Look at this kid! Fernando Vanegas, 19 years old. Same age as my son Sebastian, who just went off to college. Full of life, of hopes, of dreams, just like Sebastian. Fernando came to Queens, New York from Ecuador only a year ago to reunite with his parents whom he…
Everyone knows that driving while intoxicated (DWI) is a serious crime that can land you in jail. But few people know about boating while intoxicated (BWI) laws. When we think of boating, we think of relaxing or even partying on the water, often with a cool beer in hand. We…