Napoli Shkolnik has concluded another successful year of landmark settlements and significant legal action in the areas of environmental litigation, mass tort, and human rights. Among the firm’s accomplishments of…
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According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Fatal Four construction injuries are the deadliest construction site injuries. Because of the high risk of serious injury, employers have a…
In some ways, these two job injury claims are very different. Occupational injuries, like falls, usually happen suddenly and without warning. On the other hand, an occupational disease, according to…
Moderate Traumatic Brain Injuries (mTBIs) mTBIs (concussions) might be the most common injury-related traumatic brain injury. The cumulative effect of mTBIs causes chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Injury symptoms usually begin…
Sometimes, it’s hard to understand basic personal injury claim terms like tortfeasor and negligence. Like all attorneys, we sometimes speak in Legalese. That’s the language we learned. Furthermore, many of…
An erroneous police accident report could adversely affect an injury claim. In New York, this report is usually admissible as evidence, if “the report is made based upon the officer’s…
Although New York has a mandatory auto insurance law, it has one of the highest percentages of uninsured motorists in the country. Furthermore, New York has one of the lowest…
Technically, there’s no difference between a court judgment and an out-of-court settlement. The judge must approve both a jury’s verdict and an out-of-court settlement. However, as outlined below, some significant…
A Texas company stopped selling ultra-spicy chips after a teenage boy attempted the Paqui One-Chip Challenge and died the same day. Taking the one-chip challenge means eating one extremely spicy…
Recently the Food and Drug Administration asked several retailers to stop selling several brands of eye drops, citing the risk of serious infection. The Food and Drug Administration issued an…