Category Archives: General Personal Injury
New York Jury Slaps Drug Maker with $10 Million Punitive Damage Award
On November 2nd, a jury in the Central Islip courtroom of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York awarded over ten million dollars to a woman who suffered serious personal injury at the hands of a dangerously defective drug. Barbara Davids suffered osteonecrosis (bone death) in the jaw after taking… Read More »
DMV Provides Valuable Information on New York Car Crashes
The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles maintains valuable information regarding automobile crashes throughout the state. The DMV recently released a summary of statistical information for 2011 crash data, which provides a glimpse of the automobile accidents occurring over the past year. Statewide there were 307,550 motor vehicle crashes, which resulted in 1,077… Read More »
Drunk Driving Leads to Death of Nassau County Police Officer
James Ryan, a young man of 25, was arrested for manslaughter in the death of a police officer that arose out of a drunk driving incident on the Long Island Expressway on November 23rd. Ryan had been involved in two vehicle collisions, striking a BMW and later a Honda Civic, before coming to rest… Read More »
News Flash: Drivers Cause Pedestrian Accidents
On average, a pedestrian is struck by a vehicle every day in Midtown Manhattan, and has been every day for the past 15 years. So says a report by Transportation Alternatives, a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to improving safety and accessibility for bicyclists, pedestrians and public transit users throughout New York City. According to… Read More »
What Makes a Cause “Proximate?”
Proximate cause is a legal term of art. It is an essential element of the tort of negligence, whose elements include: Duty – a duty of care owed to another Breach – a breach of that duty, or failure to exercise reasonable care Causation – the breach of duty caused a legal injury to… Read More »
Testing the Limits of the Doctor-Patient Privilege
It is important for patients and doctors to trust each other. Patients need to be able to confide in their doctors and tell them everything that might be relevant to their condition, so that the doctors can diagnose and treat them correctly. The law recognizes the need for this confidential relationship and treats certain… Read More »
Social Hosts Not Liable for Drunken Party Guest Involved in Auto Accident
Landowners have a general duty to act reasonably to prevent harm to people on their property. This includes controlling the conduct of third parties on their premises, if they have the ability to do so. However, this duty does not include preventing people from leaving the property, even if they are visibly intoxicated and… Read More »
When is Negligence Gross?
Gross negligence is a legal term of art. In other words, the phrase “gross negligence” has a particular meaning when written into a statute or argued about in a court of law. Ordinary negligence is usually defined as the failure to act with the same level of care that would be expected of any… Read More »
Court Establishes Different Standards of Negligence for Emergency Vehicles
Generally speaking, emergency vehicles (police cars, ambulances, fire trucks) are supposed to obey the rules of the road just like everybody else. Of course, these rules do not apply during an actual emergency. When an emergency vehicle is operating with its lights or sirens flashing, it is allowed to speed, run a red light,… Read More »
NYC Nightclub Brawl Yields Another Personal Injury Lawsuit against Chris Brown, Drake
Model Romain Julien is the latest notable to file a lawsuit for injuries sustained as an innocent bystander to a barroom brawl that erupted between the entourages of two well-known celebrities at a New York City nightclub in June. Julien claims he received several lacerations when the combatants started throwing bottles at each other,… Read More »
