Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf is a New York Plaintiff's personal injury law firm specializing in automobile accidents, construction accidents, medical malpractice, products liability, police misconduct and all types of New York personal injury litigation.
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Our Partner Jeffrey B. Bloom will be speaking at this program to be held on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 through Thursday, March 26, 2009 at New York’s Hotel Pennsylvania 401 Seventh Avenue (at 33rd St.) New York, N.Y.

This Bridging the Gap program is designed for recent law school graduates and newly admitted attorneys to “bridge the gap” between law school and the realities of practicing law in New York State. Learn practical information from skilled and experienced practitioners and get the skills you need to make a smooth transition from law student to attorney.

Jeff will be speaking on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 on COMMENCING A CIVIL LAWSUIT IN NEW YORK STATE. For more information click here.

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Our Partner Robert L. Conason is on The Faculty of This program which will be held from October 12 – 14, 2009 at the Marriott Eastside Hotel, New York, New York.

This CME program is designed to cover clinical aspects of breast imaging including conventional and digital mammography, breast ultrasound, breast MRI, and interventional procedures, as well as medicolegal issues. The faculty consists of nine nationally and internationally recognized experts. The program of lectures and panel discussions will be filled with “take home” information that should benefit every breast imaging practice. Bob will be speaking on October 14, 2009 0n Breast Imaging Malpractice: An Attorney’s Perspective. For more information click here.

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Our Partner, Stephen H. Mackauf is The Co-Chair of The American Conference Institutes’s 8th Annual Advanced Forum on Preventing, Managing and Defending Claims of Obstetric Malpractice. The Forum will be held on June 23 & 24, 2009 at The Union League of Philadelphia-Philadelphia, PA. Stephen will also be participating in a Post-Conference Workshop on June 24th, “The Attorney’s Guide to Handling an Infant Brain Injury Case from Start to Finish.” Stephen will also be speaking on Fetal Monitoring and Surveillance: Making the Right Decisions Based on the Right Information. For more information click here.

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Our Partner Stephen H. Mackauf will be participating in a two day Seminar, “Defending the Delivery Team: Obstetric Malpractice” sponsored by Legal iQ. The program will be held in San Francisco on April 28th and 29th, 2009. Stephen will be discussing the Plaintiff’s perspective. For more information click here.

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Although the granting of Summary Judgment motions in New York Automobile Accidents is rare our Partner Howard S. Hershenhorn, Partner Rhonda E. Kay on the brief, successfully argued the denial of Plaintiff’s Summary Judgment Motion in Kelly v. City of New York et al. Notably, The Court relied on Kirchgaessner v Hernandez, 40 AD3d 437 [2007]) another one of Howard’s successful reversals of a denial of a Plaintiff’s Summary Judgment Motion in an Automobile Accident Case.

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Our Partner, Ben B. Rubinowitz, is The Chair of The New York State Trial Lawyers Association Seminar MASTERS SERIES-OPENING STATEMENTS & SUMMATIONS to be held on February 24th and March 24th, 2009 at 132 Nassau Street, New York City. Our Partner, Robert L. Conason will also be participating in the program. For more information click here.

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Our Partner, Howard S. Hershenhorn is The Overall Planning Chair Of This New York State Bar Association Program. Also Participating from our Firm are Ben B. Rubinowitz, Chair of The Long Island Program. Our partners, Robert L. Conason and Anthony H. Gair will also be speaking at the program. Below are Links to the locations and dates and description of the Program.

Thursday, November 20, 2008 Albany – www.nysba.org/ConstructionSiteAccidentsAlbany

Friday, November 21, 2008 Syracuse – www.nysba.org/ConstructionSiteAccidentsSyracuse

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In Patricia Ross v. Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Decided August 12th, 2008, The Second Department held that where The Court vacated the plaintiff’s note of issue but did not dismiss the case the plaintiff was not required to show the existence of a reasonable excuse and a meritorious cause of action in order to have the matter restored to the trial calendar. The Court reasoned as follows;

“Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the plaintiff was not required to show the existence of a reasonable excuse and a meritorious cause of action in order to have this matter restored to the trial calendar. Although the Supreme Court purportedly vacated the note of issue pursuant to 22 NYCRR 202.21(e), vacatur under that court rule is warranted only with respect to actions which are not ready for trial or where “it appears that a material fact in the certificate of readiness is incorrect, or that the certificate of readiness fails to comply with the requirements of [that] section in some material respect” (id.). Here, the note of issue was vacated solely by virtue of the fact that the “[p]laintiff’s attorney fail[ed] to appear 2 times” at the call of the trial calendar. Accordingly, the plaintiff, in moving to restore the action to the trial calendar, was under no obligation to submit an affidavit of merit or to show “the reasons for the acts or omissions which led to the note of issue being vacated,” since such submissions are required only in connection with “[m]otions to reinstate notes of issue vacated pursuant to” § 202 of the Uniform Rules for Trial Courts (22 NYCRR 202.21[f]). Further, since the plaintiff moved to restore the action to the trial calendar within one year of the date it was stricken, restoration was automatic (see Kohn v Citigroup, Inc., [*2]29 AD3d 530, 532; Brannigan v Board of Educ. of Levittown Union Free School Dist., 307 AD2d 945; Basetti v Nour, 287 AD2d 126, 133-134).

Moreover, after the matter was stricken from the trial calendar, it was not dismissed, but rather designated as “inactive.” Since the matter was not dismissed due to the plaintiff’s failure to appear at a compliance conference (see 22 NYCRR 202.27; Dergousova v Long, 37 AD3d 645), or for any other reason, there was no requirement that the plaintiff submit an affidavit of merit or an explanation as to why the case was removed from active status. Hence, the Supreme Court did not err in restoring the action to active status (id.; cf. Lopez v Imperial Delivery Serv., 282 AD2d 190), regardless of the sufficiency of the plaintiff’s affidavit of merit or explanation as to why the matter was marked inactive.”