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2011 Motor Vehicle Accident Litigation: The Road Less Travelled

This year’s program will focus on specific types of cases frequently encountered in motor vehicle litigation. Our Partner, Christopher L. Sallay is the Program Co-Chair of this New York State Bar Association program and will be speaking at the New York and Long Island program. Our partner, Howard S. Hershenhorn…

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Rubinowitz and Livingston to be Featured Speakers at ITAP

On Tuesday, November 1, 2011, Cardozo Law School will hold a seminar on Opening Statements for more than 100 students as a prerequisite to its Intensive Trial Advocacy Program (ITAP). Featured Speakers at the lecture include Ben Rubinowitz, and Judith Livingston. Both Rubinowitz and Livingston have been recognized as two…

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Recalcitrant Worker Defense Rejected By Court In New York Construction Accident Case

In a New York construction accident case in which a worker suffered injury when he fell from a scaffold The Court rejected the recalcitrant worker defense. In Mazurett v. Rochester City School District, decided by The New York Appellate Division, 4th Department on October 7, 2011, the construction worker sustained…

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Personal Injury News Roudup

State Supreme Court rules Richland woman can proceed in negligence case (Tri-City Herald, WA) HARALAMPOPOULOS v. KELLY(Court of Appeals of Colorado) West Virginian jury awards $4.2 million in medical malpractice verdict (The Record, WV) University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and the state of Iowa settled two lawsuits recently totaling…

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Personal Injury News Roudup

$10 million lawsuit filed over well drilling explosion death (Knoxville News Sentinel, TN) Alleged DUI driver held in fatal Fremont crash (S.F. Chronicle) Former Football Player’s Family Files Suit (The Post and Courier – Charleston, SC) Injuries linked to circumcision clamps (L.A. Times) Jones Act suit claims heavy lifting caused…

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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW- NEW YORK APPELLATE DIVISION HOLDS THAT, IN FRYE HEARING, CAUSATION THEORY NEED NOT BE SUPPORTED BY MEDICAL LITERATURE DEMONSTRATING SIMILAR FACTUAL SCENARIO

The New York Appellate Division, Second Department, has, once again, ruled that the scope of a Frye hearing regarding a plaintiff’s theory of causation in a medical malpractice action is limited only to whether or not the expert’s opinion is based on generally accepted scientific principles, as opposed to the…

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