A lawyer’s godda geddaway sometimes. But can you ever REALLY get away from your work? Last week was spring break for my boys, so I took one of them, shown here with me, to Boston. (Actually, we were there to take my mother to see some specialists, but that’s another…
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It’s a Small Case After All.
Sometimes when I read newspaper accounts of other personal injury lawyers’ cases I wonder why those lawyers bothered to take them. While I wouldn’t call them frivolous, they just don’t make economic sense. How can you make a living taking those kinds of cases? Case on point. Disney World’s “It’s…
Nothing Is Certain Except Death And Taxes (Except If you Have A Personal Injury Settlement!)
Tax season, which is now upon us, is, for most people, about as fun as sticking a fork in your eye. But your Central New York personal injury lawyer brings good tax news for personal injury victims! You’ve all heard the refrain, “nothing is certain except death and taxes”. That’s…
Heads You Lose Tails I Win! Central NY Personal Injury Lawyer Explains Unfair Rule.
Imagine a three-way chess game where two players actually play, while a third sits by watching. Let’s call the guy watching “the watcher” (I’m brilliant!). The watcher is going to play you next. But here’s the thing: If you win the game you are now playing, the watcher will actually…
Is It Medical Malpractice For A Doctor To Shoot Heroin While Cutting Off The Wrong Leg With A Chain Saw?
Last week a very fine Syracuse New York medical malpractice lawyer, and a friend of ours, took a medical malpractice trial to verdict. His proof had gone in well. The malpractice seemed obvious, the harm horrendous. The jury seemed receptive. After his brilliant summation, the defendant’s malpractice insurance offered $800,000…
Central NY Malpractice Lawyer Makes the Blind See!
I recently read a New York Times article titled “losing My Leg to a Medical Error“. The author, Frederick Southwick, a physician and professor in a Florida medical school, describes how, seventeen years ago, he had a routine surgery on his left Achilles’ tendon. To prevent bleeding during the procedure,…
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Testimony For Sale! (NY Personal Injury Lawyer Explains)
First, some background: The wheels of justice would come to a screeching halt without the Court’s power to subpoena non-party witnesses to testify in court. Subpoenaed witnesses, like it or not, must appear in court, take the oath, and testify about what they saw, heard, or know. In civil cases…
NY Health Clubs Must Have But Need Not Use AED’s, New York’s Highest Court Rules
Last year I blogged about a case (Miglino v. Bally Total Fitness) where one of New York’s intermediate appellate courts (the Second Department) held that health and fitness clubs in New York State must actually use automated external defibrillators (AEDs) when necessary, and not just have them available. If not,…
CNY Injury Lawyer Discloses The Solution To Frvolous Lawsuits
Are you against frivolous lawsuits? Good, me too. Not to worry. I’ve got the solution. Hold on. First a story. Several years ago, a fellow Central New York personal injury lawyer secured a famously large settlement on a personal injury case. At a party a few days later, someone took…
Why Assault Rifles Should Be Banned (And Automobiles Should Not).
…………….. Your Central New York Injury Lawyer is still blogging on the topic of gun control. New York recently passed an assault rifle ban. Other states will follow. An argument against such laws I have been hearing recently is, “more people are killed in car accidents than by shootings, so…