Central New York Injury Lawyer BlogJust the other day I blogged about a soon expected explosion in drone injury lawsuits. To summarize, this December, those drones look lovely all wrapped up under the Christmas tree, but soon they will take to our skies. And fall from those skies. Fall on things. And on people. If sales projections are accurate, tens […]
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Rental Car Insurance: Do You Need It? Syracuse Car Accident Lawyer’s Answer:
A New York resident is on vacation and has stopped into a rental car agency. Let’s listen in: Customer: “Hello, I came to pick up my rental car. I was told it was $30 per day”. Salesman: “Sure, but you should really get the “rental insurance” on it for an extra $10. Otherwise, you may […]
NY Personal Injury Law Firm Offers Free NY Auto Insurance Review!
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 client comes to us with […]
Top 9 Most Common Ways For A NY Personal Injury Lawyer To Commit Legal Malpractice
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 malpractice. Not that it couldn’t […]
Suing For Your Kid’s Sports Injuries In New York Can Be A Long Shot
A new case demonstrates how tough it is to sue for kids’ sports injuries. Normally a participant in a sport – even a child – assumes the risks inherent in the sport and therefore can’t sue to recover for injuries. There are some exceptions to the rule. For example, You don’t “assume the risk” of […]
Can You Sue For An Unwanted Marijuana High? Central NY Injury Lawyer Explains.
Marijuana is now legal for medical purposes in about twenty States and for recreational purposes in two (Colorado and Washington). New York appears poised to follow suit, at least for medical purposes. That makes for a lot of legal pot smoking. But not everyone who wants, or medically needs, marijuana’s effects likes to smoke. So […]
The Creepy Jury Stalker Story Goes Viral
The “Creepy Jury Stalker” story, straight from my hometown, Syracuse, New York, has gone “viral”. The New York Law Journal covered it, and so did the American Bar Association Journal not to mention the Syracuse Post Standard. Now an even more important news source is covering it: Me. The backdrop to the story is a […]
NY Personal Injury Lawyers Should Be Required To Have Malpractice Insurance.
http://www.baltimoreinjurylawyerblog.com/2011/10/should_lawyers_be_required_to.html I ran across a fellow personal injury attorney’s blog post pointing out that only one state, Oregon, requires attorneys to be covered by malpractice insurance. When you think about it, it is amazing there are no laws on the books in other states requiring attorneys to carry malpractice insurance, especially personal injury lawyers who […]
New York Legal Malpractice Insurance: Should It Be Required?
I ran across a fellow personal injury attorney’s blog post pointing out that only one state, Oregon, requires attorneys to be covered by malpractice insurance. When you think about it, it’s amazing the other 49 states, including New York, do not require attorneys to carry malpractice insurance, especially personal injury lawyers who handle multi-million dollar […]
Ontario County New York Car Accident Lawyer Explains How Insurance Works For Victims Of Recent Gorham NY Auto Crash
Five people were injured yesterday afternoon when a car hit a utility pole in Gorham, Ontario County. The accident apparently happened like this: A southbound car carrying 4 passengers on Route 245 tried to pass a vehicle, didn’t see the oncoming vehicle until it was too late, and then swerved off the road to avoid […]