New York Personal Injury Laws

How Do Trucking Accidents Happen

Trucking accidents are typically a result of negligent driving, manufacturing defects, or improper maintenance of a truck. Injury form truck accidents can be catastrophic and sometimes deadly. You need an attorney that knows the rules and manufacturing standards when it comes to the trucking industry to ensure that you collect the damages you’re entitled to.

Being seriously injured in a trucking accident can be a very overwhelming process. Contact me

Tip On Insurance Policies

I’m Ira Maurer, with a public service law tip. If you’re a driver in New York, you’re insurance policy must have coverage for underinsured uninsured drivers. That means if you get in an accident with someone who doesn’t have an insurance policy as required by law, your own insurance still will provide a benefit of at least $25,000 for each individual who’s injured, maximum coverage, and a maximum of $50,000 for all injuries from one single accident.

That’s not very much money, and if you get seriously injured it won’t go anywhere near what’s necessary to compensate you for your injuries and help you deal with the financial losses. You can purchase more insurance if you call up your insurance agent, for a relatively minor sum – hundreds of dollars – you can get hundreds of thousands of dollars of additional coverage. This is a no-brainer. So if you’re a driver in New York, you should purchase additional uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage.

For more information, contact the Maurer Law Firm by going to maurerlaw.net

Injured in a Motor Accident

Sometimes even a minor car or biking accident can result in severe long term injuries that can be costly. If you’ve been injured through no fault of your own, don’t go it alone. The legal team at Wilson Law has successfully resolved claims for severely injured individuals, by either negotiating with the insurance company or going to court. Don’t get overwhelmed. See the attorneys at Wilson Law for a free consultation. We’ll even come to you.

At Wilson Law we’re standing up to them and standing up for you.

Stresses of Mesothelioma

You’ve been diagnosed with mesothelioma. You’re suffering, you’re feeling lousy, and you’re just not sure if you’re going to go ahead and pursue your legal rights from your exposure to asbestos. Perhaps it’s just too difficult, or too much to handle right now. Hi, I’m Joe Williams. I’m a mesothelioma trial attorney in New York City. I’d like to talk to you about the stresses that a client faces when dealing with a diagnosis of mesothelioma.

This diagnosis is a terrifying diagnosis. The doctor sits you down, and perhaps after a biopsy, talks about this bizarre word, mesothelioma, that you probably never heard before. Perhaps tells you about what it is and what can happen, and all of the very fearful things that you could be in for as a victim of mesothelioma. Perhaps the very last thing in the world you’re thinking about is, “Well, let me pursue a legal case related to my asbestos exposure.” My response to you is, I totally understand. A lot of my clients say the same thing. It’s a very normal reaction.

What I tell my clients, and I’ve had many clients say this to me, and what I always tell them is, as the lawyers who for a living every day represent victims of asbestos exposure, persons who have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, at least half of our task is focused on taking those stresses away from you. Handling your case in such a way so that it doesn’t stress you out. Not bothering you with all the minute details and stressors that you don’t need in your daily life.

Things like a deposition – that sounds like a horribly daunting thing to have to go through. Well, in most mesothelioma depositions that we do, we either go to the victim’s home, or we do the deposition in a hotel conference room right near their house, so that they don’t have to travel. Travelling for someone who’s sick is very difficult. It’s really the last thing you want to do is get in a car, or a car service, and travel out to a lawyer’s office. In my circumstance, my office in New York City.

Things like signing papers. In a normal case, clients travel to the lawyer’s office. In a mesothelioma case, the lawyer for a mesothelioma victim understands what the victim is going through. We go to you. The lawyers go to your house. We sit with you, and talk about your concerns and your problems.

Medical bills – these kinds of things stress out the family members, and the victim themselves, all these medical bills that pile up. Well, it’s important to have a process in place to deal with the bills from Medicare, and to deal with the bills as they pile up, and to know that in a mesothelioma case, one of the claims in the case is for repayment of those very medical bills. The point I’m trying to make

Maintenance Man Diagnosed With Mesothelioma

You worked as a maintenance man, and now you’ve been diagnosed with mesothelioma, and you’re wondering how did you get this disease? Hi, I’m Joe Williams. I’m a mesothelioma trial attorney, and I want to give you some information about the potential asbestos exposures that maintenance men would have confronted while they were at work and on the job.

Possible Exposures To Asbestos

Now a maintenance man in a building is responsible for the entire building. If it’s a six story apartment building, or an 80 story skyscraper in Manhattan, a maintenance worker or maintenance man could have duties and responsibilities throughout the building. For example, in an apartment building, a maintenance man might have to everyday work on maintaining the boiler system. Older boilers sometimes needed water poured into them. Boilers have to be checked. If there was a necessary repair that had to be made, if it was a simple one, a maintenance man could effectuate that repair. If it involved plumbers or tradesmen coming into the site, the maintenance man would be on site supervising. Why is that important? Because the boilers years ago were covered with asbestos insulation, and work with the boilers, whether by the maintenance man himself or by others in his vicinity, could cause asbestos dust to go into the air, exposing everyone in the room to asbestos that could cause mesothelioma.

A maintenance man is responsible for the tenant spaces in the building. In an apartment building for example, a tenant moves out, that apartment has to be painted. The walls had to be prepared and smoothed out. Cracks or holes in the walls had to be filled with joint compound. Joint compound contained asbestos before 1977. When it was sanded down, the dust would go in the air, exposing anyone in the room, including the maintenance personal, to asbestos dust, dust that can cause mesothelioma.

A lot of apartments and a lot of commercial spaces had floor tile that contained asbestos. When it was removed or replaced, chipping up the old floor tile caused asbestos dust. Cutting, sanding, installing new asbestos floor tile caused asbestos dust to be breathed by any worker, any person in the area of the work.

These are all potential exposures that maintenance men, maintenance personal, could have during the course of their work. It’s the lifetime work around asbestos that causes mesothelioma.

 Contact Us with Questions or Concerns

Why am I telling you all this? It’s because you have questions about mesothelioma and what types of exposures maintenance personal could face when they’re working on the job.

I’m Joe Williams, and at our office we handle cases for victims of mesothelioma everyday. We deal with these issues everyday. I invite you to call our office and we’ll answer your questions. Thank you.

Companies That Caused Asbestos Exposure Went Bankrupt

You’ve been diagnosed with mesothelioma, and you’ve learned that some or all of the companies that were responsible for exposing you to asbestos have gone bankrupt. What do you do?

Hi. I’m Joe Williams. I’m a mesothelioma trial attorney in New York City. I can tell you that in every mesothelioma case that we handle, there’s two claims. One, as against all of those companies who are still in business, who are viable, still conducting business, and we bring a civil lawsuit against them related to their liability to our client for causing our clients mesothelioma.

The second type of claim is administrative claims involving the bankruptcy trusts that had been set up by all of those companies that have declared bankruptcy over the course of the past decades in order to avoid the civil liability associated with these lawsuits related to mesothelioma and asbestos.

So how are those claims filed? Well, we elicit exposure information from our clients regarding their exposure to the products made by these bankrupt companies. We then take that exposure information and we submit it to the trust that had been set up, and the trust reviews the evidence and the exposure information that was submitted. It’s important to remember that these trusts were set up because these companies, these corporations, declared bankruptcy, and their bankruptcy

Properties of Asbestos

Your family member’s been diagnosed with mesothelioma. You know now that asbestos causes mesothelioma. It’s important to learn something about the properties of asbestos. Hi, I’m Joe Williams. I’m a mesothelioma trial attorney in New York City and I can give you some information about the properties of asbestos.

Superbug CRE Linked to Infection, Disease and Death

Could a common medical device used in endoscopic procedures be linked to one of the most deadly diseases of our time? Let’s take a look at the facts. Antibiotic overuse and a nightmare of superbug have taken a heavy toll on Americans. As new drug-resistant diseases flourish in hospitals. What’s more, an estimated 40,000 harmful and lethal errors occur everyday in medical facilities. The Center for Disease Control reported that 1 in 25 patients develop a hospital acquired infection. In 2011, an estimated 722,000 hospital patients contracted an infection while under acute care. 75,000 died as a result.

A superbug called CRE, carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae appeared in 2001 in the United States. CRE is resistant to a class of antibiotics called carbapenem which are often used as a last resort against deadly bacterial infections. More than 500,000 patients undergo endoscopic procedures using duodenoscopes in the US every year. These medical devices are used for diagnosing and treating cancers, gallstones and other digestive ailments.

Use of Duodenoscope

A duodenoscope is a thin, flexible fiber optic tube that is inserted down the patient’s throat to allow a doctor to examine an organ. The problem for patients, is that the intricate design of the device makes it extremely difficult to disinfect. Even meticulously cleaning the devices does not eliminate the risk of transmitting infection. The design allows for efficient procedures while leaving the patient at risk for infections passed from other patients. Even if cleaned according to the manufacturer’s instructions, the risk of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections persists. For years, hospitals, clinicians, the CDC and researchers have been warning the Food and Drug Administration about the problems associated with procedures using duodenoscopes.

John Allen, a professor at the Yale School of Medicine tells us that we have known about this even as early as 1983 or 1984. With half a million patients undergoing procedures involving the duodenoscope, which is difficult to properly sterilize, patients are left with questions about their safety. Researchers give little hope regarding CRE, saying that, there is little chance that an effective drug to kill CRE bacteria will be produced in the coming years.

CRE Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

Given the lack of available information, many have pursued medical malpractice claims after lost of loved ones or suffering severe illness and having to be hospitalized for months. Now, we are able to see the problem is not with the medical facility, as they have been given a device which is at its core defective without proper means of sterilizing. Share this video today. Americans have suffered in hospital beds for months because of how little these facts are publicized.

Share this video with your friends and family, so that they can be aware of the risks of this seemingly harmless procedure. If you think that you or a loved one has suffered from a superbug after undergoing a duodenoscopic procedure, call our team today. We have worked with people like you across the nation. It cost you nothing to consult with our team. We only get paid if and when you get compensated. Call today for a free consultation at 888-LAW-8500. That’s 888-529-8500 and visit us online at lawyersusa.com/superbug.

By: Steven Gacovino

Medical and Dental Malpractice Negligence

When you’re talking about medical or dental malpractice, you’re really talking about negligence. To prove a medical or dental malpractice case, we must show the doctor has failed to meet accepted standards for medical care in your community. Some examples of medical or dental malpractice include failure to diagnose breast cancer or an impending heart attack. Malpractice may also stem from a surgical error. For instance, an oral surgeon may place an implant too close to a nerve. To know if you have a valid malpractice case, it’s essential that an experienced lawyer reviews your medical records and consults with appropriate medical experts. The selection of the right medical expert in your case is extremely important. I will only work with a doctor who truly believes you have a valid case. If you feel you or a loved one has been injured as a result of the negligence of a doctor or dentist, and you would like to arrange a free consultation, please contact us or chat with us on our website.