Proposal to amend the law is pending -

http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S7518 - Senate version

http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/api/html/bill/A10739 - Assembly version

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A brain injury is a life changing event for the injured individual as well as his or her family and friends. Traumatic brain injuries often occur in car accidents, trip and falls, construction accidents, and other serious and catastrophic accidents. Brain injuries are classified as traumatic brain injury or TBI and mild traumatic brain injuries known as MBTI.  Areas of life affected following a brain injury include:

Ability to speak and communicate comprehension and reading short and long term memory Hand-eye Coordination seizures Balance numbering and sequence attention and focus personality and mod movement multitasking solving problems visual ability and acuity

If you or a loved one suffered a brain injury, call the lawyers [...]

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Construction Accident lawyers in New York specialize in all types of construction accidents including ladder and scaffold accidents, crane accidents, and accidents involving demolition.

The New York Labor Law section 240 grants legal protection to construction workers injured due to elevation related accidents.

This statute also known as the “Scaffold Law” places responsibility on owners of property as well as the general contractors on a construction site for accidents where workers are injured due to falls from a height or due to a falling object.

There is an evolving line of case law precedent dealing with this statute.  The [...]

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In May 2010, the trial lawyers at Frekhtman & Associates settled a trip and fall case in Brooklyn Supreme Court for $325,000.  The plaintiff alleged that he tripped and fell due to a raised sidewalk in front of a Burger King in Brooklyn. He sustained a fractured wrist which required surgery. The defense argued that the plaintiff did not go to the hospital immediately after the fall and never reported the incident to anyone. This coupled with the plaintiff’s prior criminal history including convictions for forgery led the defense to argue that plaintiff did not really fall where he claimed. [...]

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A high low agreement is made between the lawyers for the plaintiff and defendant with the consent of their clients. Such an agreement is a contract that sets a ceiling and a floor on the recovery thereby seeking to limit the potential payout defendants must make in the event of a large jury verdict while confirming the plaintiff will receive some baseline monetary amount. For example, in a personal injury action where the insurance policy limits are one million dollars ($1,000,000), the parties may enter into a high low agreement of $100,000 to $550,000. This means that if the [...]

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