Author Archives: Napoli Shkolnik PLLC
If you’re injured at your workplace, you have several options available to obtain compensation. In the best case, that’s as simple as notifying your employer and applying for coverage…
Having a bicycle accident of any kind can be traumatizing, but it is especially true for a bicyclist as the injuries tend to be quite severe. Some drivers and bicyclists…
Workers’ compensation is a “no-fault” form of insurance. That means that, with few exceptions, a worker’s injuries are covered regardless of who caused the accident that led to them. Still,…
How long do I have to file a claim? The recently passed New York Adult Survivor Act allows adult survivors of sexual abuse who were over the age of 18…
According to Voices Beyond Assault, a women-led non-profit organization dedicated to revitalizing and empowering the lives of people who have experienced sexual violence, sexual assault, and abuse is a growing…
The number of child heatstroke vehicular deaths (hot car deaths), which has increased almost every year since 1998, hit an all-time high in 2018 and again in 2019. Infants are…
We see this word quite a bit, usually in connection with food safety recalls, such as milk products and processed meat. Listeria is an unusually hardy form of bacteria. It…
Many car accidents are minor, involving minimal property damage, and hopefully no one is seriously hurt. However, the physical, emotional and financial impacts of a serious accident can have long…
The scientific name for mad cow disease is bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). This disease primarily affects cattle, but an offshoot of this condition called variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD) also affects…









