Credibility is Critical in a Personal Injury Case
The Main Objective of the Defense Your personal injury case is coming up for trial and the defense is trying to show that you are lying. The defense attorney has a job to do, and the defense is going to do everything possible to show that you are lying. Why do they do that? The […]
Polling the Jury is Important
You have filed a personal injury lawsuit in the state of New York and at the end of the trial the jury has reached a verdict. However, the judge refuses to ask the jury to confirm their verdict, to make sure it is consistent with what they wrote down on the verdict sheet. What will […]
Can a Doctor Lose his License when Sued for Negligence
You have suffered significant injuries because of the carelessness of a doctor, and you have brought a medical malpractice lawsuit against him. You know that the doctor has violated the basic standards of care, which has resulted in long time injury or even disability.
Can Doctor’s Prior Cases Impact the Present Case
Can a doctor’s prior bad act come into play in your medical malpractice case in the state of New York?
Is Your Lawyer Vouching for Doctor’s Credibility by Calling Him to the Stand
You have sued a doctor in a medical malpractice case in New York, and your lawyer is going to put the doctor on the witness stand at trial. The mere fact that your lawyer has called this witness to the stand, does it mean that your lawyer is vouching for this doctor’s credibility?
Brooklyn Neighborhoods Lower Speed Limit to 25 MPH
For many of those who go to take their first driving test, posted speed limits might seem to be pretty straightforward. But experts who really deal with traffic safety, such as local New York City personal injury lawyers, understand that there’s a lot more in play than just a posted speed limit or even a […]
Recovering compensation for emergency room errors
With hundreds of thousands of patients passing through every year, emergency rooms in New York can be busy and hectic places. Although there may be many patients in serious condition who come in at once, each individual patient is still entitled to receive proper care and treatment by emergency room staff.
OSHA Guidelines for Temporary Workers
Temporary workers are some of the most vulnerable front-line workers in America’s high-risk industries. Particularly in tough physical industries like construction and even when their participation is mainly unskilled, for example, in construction clean-up or materials transport, temporary workers need to be protected by the full power of the law to make sure that they […]
The importance of a second opinion in breast biopsies
Women in New York might be concerned about a recent breast biopsy study. Getting a second opinion after a breast biopsy has become more critical since the subject has been studied extensively and the findings show that specialists often misdiagnose them. This is according to a study that was published in an issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association on March 17, which included 240 breast biopsy specimens and 115 U.S. pathologists.
Your Personal Injury Case can be Dismissed even before it Starts
You have suffered significant injuries because of an accident, and you believe you have a strong personal injury case. You start the proceedings for filing a lawsuit to claim compensation, but, before your case has a chance to move off the ground, you find out that the defense has made a motion to dismiss your […]