Do You Do Windows?
When individuals who don’t live in New York City think about the city, they’re likely to picture big, tall, towering buildings and workers scaling great heights to use squeegees on all of those windows that go up so many stories. In fact, a lot of people visiting the city remark on this amazing kind of […]
Serviceable Ropes for Hoists
Most of those who do tough construction and trades jobs in New York have never read the entire New York labor law, and they may not recognize the wide spectrum of rules that state officials have put in place to protect them. Experienced New York work injury lawyers understand that there are many laws in […]
Safety culture in a hospital setting affects surgery results
A New York patient may be nervous about surgery because of the risks that can be associated with a given procedure. The outcome can also be affected by factors outside of the operating room. An individual might select a given surgeon because of their skills, but the care provided after surgery is over is also crucial in a patient’s recovery. The non-technical aspects of a hospital experience are referred to as the safety culture.
Steepest Slopes Allowed in NY Construction
When it comes to work injury cases, people often think about the most obvious kinds of hazards, including defective equipment, falls from high places and chemical exposure. But there are many aspects to New York labor law that provide worker safety, some of which concern things that people might not generally think about on construction […]
Birth Injuries – Determining Medical Malpractice Liability
Assisted birth is a medical term used often by gynecologists when certain instruments like the forceps or a vacuum device is used to gently pull the baby into the canal birth for the birthing process. These medical instruments are used to hold the head and thrust it into the canal for a vaginal birth.
Medical Malpractice – Wrong Site Surgery
If you think that wrong site surgery is a thing of the past and such cases seldom happen in this high tech modern era, you are wrong. On the contrary such cases are on the rise and each week at least 40 cases are reported to the Joint Commission. The number nearly doubled between 2010 and 2014. For the most part, wrong site surgery is attributed to institutional failure and an entire medical team as well as the hospital staff can be held liable for negligence, according to New York medical malpractice lawyers.
Medical Negligence during Labor
The team of medical experts involved in the birth of a child carries the critical responsibility of ensuring suitable health and safety of the mother and child. Many birth injury cases is traced back to negligence by the medical team during or just before delivery.
Medical Negligence Pertaining to a Uterine Ruptures
Uterine rupture may occur in the form of a tear in the wall of the uterus. It usually arises in the location of the scar of a previous Caesarean section. It may range in severities, from a minor to a compete rupture, severing the entire wall of the uterus. Uterine ruptures are relatively rare, but a patient’s risk factors that may contribute to it must be promptly recorded and watched for by the obstetrician.
Who Told Who? Labor Law 240 and the Recalcitrant Worker Defense
As we’ve discussed before, New York State labor law provides a relatively broad and expansive set of protections to New York construction workers, especially around certain protected activities that involve working on tall structures. But regardless of the general liability that this rule puts on companies and contractors, there are exclusions, and although some use the […]
Weight, Motion and Impact
When it comes to handling workplace liability, smart managers have a plan in place. They not only provide safety gear and equipment, but they also look at physical aspects of the worksite specific trained eyes. They typically develop the criteria for handling safety issues so that they deal with the biggest ones first. And that […]