You have decided to hire an attorney for your medical malpractice situation in New York. Additionally, you decide to “friend” this attorney on Facebook, and begin to private message him as a means of communication. Now, the defense asks for access to your Facebook page. Does this mean your private messages will become public?
When you have filed a personal injury case, the defense will usually hire a doctor to conduct an “independent” medical examination of your injuries. This examination is done to see if your injuries are indeed what you are claiming them to be. However, there is nothing independent about this medical examination by the defense.
The Defense Offers to Settle
Just because you have suffered significant injuries because of the negligence of a doctor and filed a medical malpractice case, you need not have a negative outlook on your life. Many victims easily succumb to depression and start believing that their disabilities are going to ruin their lives.
A few people think it is easy to handle their own personal injury cases, and claim compensation based on their own efforts. However, this is a big mistake since personal injury cases can be highly complex involving the law, insurance situations, medical issues, and so on. If you go ahead and start a lawsuit without consulting an experienced medical malpractice attorney, without having a certificate of merit, then your case will run into significant problems at the moment of inception.
You have suffered significant injuries because of the wrongdoing of a doctor or hospital staff and you are planning to start in stage one in the medical malpractice lawsuit process. However, before you enter stage one, you might be wondering if publicity is going to be good or bad for your case.
People who have undergone laser hair removal may be interested to learn that New York is one of the few states where people can perform this procedure without an operating license. New York is also a state that has seen some of the highest numbers of malpractice lawsuits related to laser surgery injuries.
All over the country, cities and other municipalities are building bicycle paths as part of their local infrastructure. Why? In a day and age where many people are experimenting with alternate forms of transportation, bike paths provide a level of safety for those who choose to travel by bike. With paths, bicyclists will have their own space instead of contending with daily traffic. But what happens when bike lanes or paths are not available? In many parts of New York City, there just isn’t room for dedicated bike paths. Even in specific recreational areas, bike paths are not always immediately available to allow for completely
Did you fall on a slick or uneven surface? Were you pushed? Was something on the floor that wasn’t supposed to be there? Did you fall while under stress, trying to complete some task as part of your job? All of these are questions that injury victims might be asked after a slip and fall accident, and all of them can have a bearing on a personal injury claim. Still, asking the questions is the easy part. Injury attorneys also have to review federal, state and local law and determine how the laws might apply to a particular situation. While some lawyers might make blanket
What is a Loss of Consortium? If you are no longer able to have sex like you used to or at all because of an accident, then can you bring your inability to have sex as part of your damages claim in the State of New York. The answer is yes. It is known as a loss of consortium claim. This fancy legal term says, because of your accident, the injuries you have suffered are now preventing you from doing those activities with your spouse as you used to be able to do. You are no longer as intimate with your spouse and have difficulties
