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Hunter Shkolnik Quoted in ALM/Texas Lawyer About Chemo Drug

November 15, 2016

UPDATE: Hunter Shkolnik has been appointed to the Taxotere Products Liability Litigation Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee by United States District Judge, Kurt D. Engelhardt Partner Hunter Shkolnik submitted an application for lead counsel appointment consideration in the Taxotere chemotherapy drug liability multi-district litigation. There has been an unusually large number of plaintiff attorney submissions with more…Read the article

New York Dog Bite Laws

June 15, 2018

New York is a “mixed” state, meaning that it has a dog bite law statute that mixes the one-bite rule with a limited degree of strict liability. The statute makes the owner or keeper of a previously adjudicated “dangerous dog” strictly liable only for the victim’s medical and veterinary costs. For other damages, New York…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