Most swimming pool drowning victims experience serious brain damage after just three minutes underwater, so prevention is key to residential pool safety. Active supervision is the best kind of prevention,…
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Type II diabetes is a life-threatening disease, and as such, those who suffer from type II diabetes often turn to medication for help in treating the illness. One such prescription…
Because it impedes both motor skills and cognitive skills, alcohol impairment is a factor in about a third of the fatal car crashes in New York. Compensation in alcohol-related cases…
As The New York Times recently reported, Uber drivers have won a tentative victory in their on-going legal battle to be classified as employees as opposed to independent contractors. Due…
A tortfeasor (negligent driver) faces several serious criminal charges in the wake of a serious injury head-on crash. Orangetown police say that the wreck occurred on Washington Avenue. 27-year-old Kevin…
When you’re seriously injured in any kind of accident and it’s someone else’s fault, you deserve to get compensated for the harm that you’ve suffered. You could be subject to…
In negligence cases, “damages” refers not to an amount of money but to a concept that victims should be restored to their condition before the negligence occurred; in this case,…
Eric Smokes and David Warren spent years behind bars after being convicted of murdering and robbing a 71-year old French tourist in the late 1980’s. Today, with Napoli Shkolnik Civil…
Nursing homes are designed to be places of safety and protection for those who are elderly, sick, and unable to care for themselves as such. Unfortunately, however, nursing homes are…
Webster’s defines “duty” as “obligatory tasks, conduct, service, or functions that arise from one’s position,” as in he has a “duty to support his family.” There are some other definitions…









