When I tell them, they don’t like what they hear. I try my best to explain, and usually they do understand, but they are never happy about it. Sometimes (thankfully not often) they even become angry. What am I talking about? Turning a case down. You see I, like all…
There is good news for open-heart surgery patients in Syracuse, New York: New York State’s Health Department reported this week that Syracuse’s Upstate (SUNY) Hospital’s death rate for open-heart surgery has dramatically improved: In 2005 SUNY Hospital had one of the highest death rates for open-hear surgery in New York…
Tort law works! I blogged about the Boy Scout case a few weeks ago, but I need to revisit it here. The jury has sent the Boy Scouts of America a powerful messge! This Friday, the jury, who heard and carefully considered all the evidence, slammed the Boy Scouts of…
So what do you want to hear first, the good news or the bad news? The good news came out just the other day from the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) about Motorcycle deaths in Central New York and, in fact, all over the nation. For more than a…
The Syracuse Post-Standard reports that “Complete Streets Week: Making New York Walkable for All Generations”, begins today. What is it? It is a volunteer-led survey of pedestrian safety throughout Central New York, focusing on walking conditions in downtown Syracuse. Volunteers will look at the adequacy of traffic signals in allowing…
If you’re a Central New York hunter and you accidently shoot a fellow hunter, you sure would feel bad, right? I mean Central New York shooting accidents, like hunting accidents everywhere, can kill, seriously injure and maim. But there’s insurance for that, right? I mean, if you are a hunter,…
Today I received an email with the photograph depicted here as a “joke”. It is clever for sure, but no laughing matter for those who have been victimized by Catholic priest sexual abuse. I also read in several media reports today that Pope Benedict XVI met with Catholic Church sex-abuse…
The other day a fellow Central New York injury lawyer congratulated me on a recent Court victory I had, which changed the law throughout New York State, and helped him, and other New York personal injury and medical malpractice lawyers, better represent their clients. The case he was referring to…
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I just like to hunt around on the internet for neat sites to reference about my hobbies and passions. Since I am an avid bicyclist, as well as a bicycle accident injury lawyer, I was hunting around today for cites with information on…
“Help, this woman is bleeding to death! Is there a doctor in the house?” But no doctor intervened, and poor Diane McCabe died a slow death. In fact, it took her 15 hours to bleed to death. Why couldn’t they stop the bleeding? Was she in some remote location with…