Toledo City Hires Napoli Shkolnik for Opioid Litigation

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month

March 21, 2020

One advocacy group has big plans for Brain Injury Awareness Month, highlighted by an advocacy day in Albany on March 25. Some legislative priorities include “keeping the TBI waiver out of Medicaid managed care, expanding the Concussion Management and Awareness Act of 2011 and creating a resource facilitation program,” said Brain Injury Association of New…Read the article

Legal Aspects Of Alcohol-Related New York Car Crashes

July 19, 2017

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 is often substantial, since tortfeasors (negligent drivers) make a conscious choice to drink and drive and thereby place the property and safety of other people…Read the article

Construction and Scaffold Accidents

August 30, 2017

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), there are approximately 2.3 million construction workers–or 65 percent of all workers in the construction industry–who work on scaffolds. While scaffolds are essential for performing tasks at heights, scaffolds can also be very dangerous for workers. In fact, the same OSHA source further reports that there…Read the article