Attorneys in Buffalo will occasionally be involved in personal injury cases that are resolved through a structured settlement. Simply put, a structured settlement is an agreement between the plaintiff and the defendant that the injured party will receive compensation through periodic payments instead of in one lump sum. A structured settlement most commonly occurs in [...]
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In Buffalo, and most other jurisdictions throughout the country, manufacturers are required to include proper warnings on labels on products or product packaging if that product presents a danger that is known to the manufacturer. As a result, failure to properly label a product may be helpful if you are seeking compensation in a product [...]
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The parties in a personal injury case have a right to trial by jury. This applies not just to cases in Buffalo, but throughout the United States under the U.S. Constitution. In New York State courts, the usual procedure when making this decision is for the plaintiff to be given the choice of whether or [...]
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If someone suffers a wrongful death in Buffalo, their estate can sue for the pain and suffering that individual experienced prior to death. This area of law may, however, be a very difficult to prove. Unlike other issues that may form a basis for monetary compensation in a wrongful death case, such as loss of [...]
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When personal injury lawsuits in Buffalo are preparing to go to trial, it is not unusual for the defense to request that the injured person be examined by one or more doctors chosen by the defense. Under New York State law, the defense does have a right to have such medical examinations conducted in most [...]
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Buffalo personal injury attorneys, and I suspect those elsewhere, can often develop the bad habit of using a form of “legal shorthand” when speaking to their clients. Another lawyer would know what an attorney means when he uses the term “Discovery,” but there is no reason a client would. When your personal injury attorney says [...]
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Here in Buffalo, most lawsuits involving brain injuries arise from blows to the head or sudden acceleration/deceleration leading to brain damage. Occasionally, however, an individual may suffer an anoxic brain injury. An anoxic brain injury occurs when the brain is deprived of oxygen for a significant time. This occurs in incidences of, for example, drowning, [...]
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Hockey is a big sport in Buffalo, and many of our children are involved in this activity. Parents should warn their children, however, to take all necessary steps to avoid injury when playing. This is especially important because if a child is seriously injured while playing a sport or in gym, it is often difficult [...]
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Most people in Buffalo are old enough to remember Love Canal, where hazardous waste buried in the ground leaked into the environment, causing cancer, birth defects and other injuries among the local population. Love Canal is an example of a toxic tort. Toxic tort lawsuits involve injuries caused by chemicals or materials that are linked [...]
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Across the State from Buffalo, a heart wrenching case has ended with the Westchester County Health Care Corporation paying the estate of Michael Colombini $2.9 million as a result of this six year old’s death while being treated at Westchester Medical Center. In July of 2001, Michael Colombini was undergoing a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [...]
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