Don’t Let Potholes Get You Down
While there are hundreds of remarkable things to see and do in New York City, there is an endless supply of not-so beautiful things—like the potholes that litter our streets.…
Philip Russotti Talks About Birth Injuries
Birth injuries are one of the areas of medical malpractice that Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro & Halperin, LLP, specializes in. The top New York personal injury firm understands all aspects of…
FATAL ACCIDENT DAMAGES CONSIDERED: BLAKE -v- MAD MAX LIMITED
Zenith PI: PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION IN PRACTICE In Blake v Mad Max Ltd [2018] EWHC 2134 (QB) Peter Marquand (sitting as a High Court Judge) considered several disputed aspects of…
The Unjust “Sporting Theory Of Justice” In Federal Courts
Over a century ago, in 1906, law professor Roscoe Pound outlined “The Causes of Popular Dissatisfaction with the Administration of Justice” in a speech to the American Bar Association. After…
Watch “The Bleeding Edge” And Demand Medical Device Safety Reform
Imagine if lights, kitchen equipment, and home electronics didn’t need to be tested for electrical shock and fire hazards, and that no one ever certified that the devices were safe.…
Top on the Job Injuries that Lead to New York Workers’ Comp Claims
Anyone who’s ever held a job knows that it’s all too easy to get injured while at work. Whether it’s a bad burn, a slip or fall, or even stress,…
Roadpeace AGM is being held at Fieldfisher on Friday 17th
This is a fantastic charity providing support and advice to those unfortunate to be involved in road traffic accidents. The afternoon conference which is open to all starts at 6pm…
Teen Killed in Kayaking Accident in New England
With the weather getting a lot warmer and the days getting longer, more people will be taking to the outdoors for all kinds of fun activities. Kayaking has become a…
The Details Of Judge Curiel’s Trump University Orders
Popehat already explained in general why there’s nothing unusual about Judge Curiel’s rulings in the Trump University case, i.e., that denying summary judgment is the norm. Nonetheless, Kevin Drum recently…
Clean air: a claim under Article 1?
In February 2013 nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah from Hither Green in South London died after suffering a severe asthma attack. “Can the courts be used to establish that we have a…
A Lawyers’ Listserv Gets SCOTUS Recognition
Sign inside the Supreme Court on Tuesday. It came as a shock to everyone in our informal listserv group that was sworn in on Tuesday to the Supreme Court bar.…
City and Construction Company Liable for Substantial Injuries in Car Crash Caused by Unsafe Highway Lane Closures
On May 20, 2006 at about 3 a.m., a five-car pile-up occurred on the West Side Highway near 79th Street in Manhattan. Initially, a taxi was rear-ended and caused to…