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Gerry Oginski - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Gerry Oginski is an experienced medical malpractice & personal injury trial lawyer practicing law in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, New York, Staten Island, Nassau, Suffolk & Long Island. He has been in practice since 1988.
He is a graduate of Touro College, Jacob Fuchsberg College of Law in Huntington, NY. He's admitted to practice law in New York and Connecticut. He started his legal career working for a defense firm on Wall Street representing doctors, hospitals ... [More]
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- How to Choose a Lawyer From a TV Commercial
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Fact: You've been involved in an accident and are now sitting at home recuperating. You turn on the TV to watch min-numbing daytime television (apologies to all those who do this on a regular basis) and notice that there is a lawyer commercial after every single TV break.
- How to Choose a Lawyer From the Yellow Pages
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Facts: You've been injured and need to hire a New York attorney to represent you in your accident or medical malpractice case. You don't know an attorney, and don't know a family member who knows an attorney.
- Lawyer Marketing - Does Your Video Company Brand Your Video With Their Name?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] If they do, ask "Why?" Why should they get free advertising off your video that you are using to promote your legal services; not theirs. Why don't you make them pay to advertise on your video? That's only fair. As a trade-off, maybe they'll reduce your fee in order to put their name, website and contact info right on your opening sequence, so your online viewer sees your video production company info, and not yours.
- Video Marketing For Lawyers - 8 Reasons Why Video is Not For You
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] This list is for those attorneys who fail to take action when presented with the opportunity to dominate their area of law. Let's face it; the yellow pages are dying and lawyer directories don't distinguish you from any other lawyer. TV, radio and display ads are expensive.
- Video Marketing For Lawyers - Change Your Clothes!
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] The emperor had a change of clothes and so should you. When you arrive in court for trial each day, you have changed your clothes, right? (At least I hope so.) When you watch the evening news (does anybody still watch the evening news?) you notice the newscasters with different clothes each night. "Why does this matter and what the heck am I talking about?"
- Frivolous Lawsuits - Where Are They?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] "Hey Sam, did you read about the lawsuit where the neurosurgeon operated on the wrong side of the patient's brain?" "Yeah. I wonder how a brain surgeon could have made such a simple mistake?" When was the last time that you actually read about a "FRIVOLOUS" lawsuit in the newspaper or one that was reported on TV? Sure there are some stupid lawsuits that should never have been brought; look at the Judge who sued his dry cleaner for thousands of dollars because the dry cleaner destroyed his pants.
- Mid Size Law Firm Marketing - Why Online Video Will Convert Visitors
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Lawyers who work in a law firm with 5-20 lawyers may think video should not be part of their marketing plan to gain new clients. They'd be 100% wrong. Lawyers fail to look at marketing from a potential client's eyes.
- Video Marketing For Lawyers - Do You Let Your Video Autoplay?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] When you have video on your website or blog, you usually have the option of having it play immediately anytime someone opens that web page. The other option is that someone needs to actually click on the "Play" button to start your video.
- Video Marketing For Lawyers - Why Lawyer Directories Don't Help
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] I received a call the other day from a representative of a large lawyer directory that we are all familiar with. I'm not going to mention them by name because the name isn't really important. What's important is what this rep was telling me and why he felt it would be useful for me to sign up.
- Video Marketing For Lawyers - 9 Questions You Must Ask When Choosing a Video Company
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] The answers to these nine questions will give you a true understanding about the efforts of your video company to get you online and to get your videos watched. Simply creating a technically good-looking video accomplishes very little if the videos are not watched.
- If You Could Get More Clients While You Sleep, Would You Think it Was Hype?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] A title like that definitely sounds too good to be true. But it's not, when you set up a legal marketing system that works for you 24 hours a day seven days a week.
- Video Marketing For Lawyers - Does Your Production Company Blog About Your Video?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] You've created content for your video. You shot your video. Your video production company edited your video and now it's finalized and ready to be posted to the video sharing sites. They also agreed to post it to your website...for free! Do they now say "Have a nice day?" Did your video production company agree to optimize your video so the search engines would index it and make it easy to find? Or did they say "Have a nice day?" Maybe they offered you an ala carte menu where you could pick and choose their video services. If you wanted to have your video search optimized, you'd have to pay extra. Hmm.
- Top 5 Reasons Creating Attorney Videos is So Expensive
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] The biggest problem most attorneys have in creating video to market their services is "Where will I find the time to do this?" That is a valid point. Most attorneys are busy trying to run a law practice, handle files, appear in court, and answer client concerns on the phone. Answering e-mail and paperwork continues to infringe on your daily activity. How then do you find the time to create your video?
- Video Marketing For Lawyers - What's the Difference Between a Porsche and a Hyundai?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Both have four wheels. Each has a steering wheel. They both transport you from point A to point B. They both have headlights, tail lights, a gas pedal and a brake. Each has accommodations for people to sit in comfort while traveling.
- Bicyclist Clocked Doing 93.4 Mph!
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] It's true! I saw it myself and I couldn't believe it when I saw it. Today, I finished a beautiful 13 mile bike ride along the back roads of Great Neck, Long Island. As I was getting ready to put my bike away, I checked the stats on my bicycle computer, also known as a cyclometer. The average speed looked good, the distance was 13 miles, the total mileage on my bike was normal, but then I got to the maximum speed I achieved during this ride. What I saw blew me away. The computer read my top speed as 93.4 mph. I kid you not.
- Lawyers - Attack the Hill!
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] When bike riding and approaching a large hill, the most common way to approach it is to attack the hill on your bike. There is no easy way to bike up a hill. Instead of letting inertia and laziness take over, you must make that Herculean effort to overcome gravity and propel yourself up the hill in an aggressive and confident manner.
- Lawyer Video - 3 Reasons Why SEO is the Holy Grail
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] "If you build it, they will come," is not a phrase that applies to attorney video. Why not? Simple. Search engines like Google, Yahoo, AOL, Bing and others cannot index video. The technology is not advanced enough yet for the search engines to recognize what is spoken in flash video. How then do the search engines index and categorize your incredible, amazing, educational and never-to-be-missed video? By optimizing the written word that describes your video.
- Lawyer Video - 5 Questions You Must Ask When Choosing a Web Video Company
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Congratulations! You've decided to create attorney video. You recognize the importance of video for a viewer searching for a lawyer in your specialty. You've decided not to create video yourself and instead are looking for a video company to do everything for you. Where do you begin to look? Online. Where do you look online? YouTube is a good start. Do a search for attorneys in your specialty. Watch those videos. See what you like, and importantly, what you don't like. In the description sidebar, look to see which company created that lawyers' video. Then call that company. Alternatively, do a Google search for 'lawyer video company', or 'video for lawyers'.
- Lawyer Video - Why Airport Security Stopped Me For Having an XLR Adapter
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] I was returning from vacation with my family and was at the airport in Ft. Myers, Florida heading back to New York. Going through the security checkpoint is pretty standard now and my family knows the drill: Show your ID, proceed to the line for the x-ray machine, start unloading backpacks, jackets, remove shoes, put laptops in a separate bin, yada yada. Push the bins on the rollers into the x-ray machine and walk past the TSA agent by the magnetometer. Assuming you don't set off the machine, wait for your personal items to pass thru the x-ray machine, and you now get dressed again.
- Lawyers - Does Your Marketing System Work While You Sleep?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] You could say that your Yellow Pages ad works while you sleep. You could also say that your TV ad works while you sleep. You might even be able to say that an article you wrote for your website works while you sleep.
- Lawyers - 3 Reasons Your YouTube Video Won't Be Watched
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] You've created your video. You want to show the world what you've done. You can't wait to upload it to YouTube.
- Caveat Emptor - Lawyers, Beware of Your Video Production Company
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] I recently came across three videos by three different attorneys, all in the same town, produced by the same video company. These three attorneys compete with each other for clients. How do I know? Because like me, they also practice medical malpractice and personal injury law here in New York. So what's with the headline in this article?
- 7 Benefits of Creating Attorney Video
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] 1. Your mother will call you telling you you're famous! It's true. What parent wouldn't kvell (a Jewish term of happiness) about seeing their child all over the internet- in a good way. 2. Your spouse or significant other will tell all of their friends that you're famous. See reason #1 above. 3. Potential clients get to know you. This is very important. The only way someone will be willing to start a conversation with you is if they know you. If you only have a cold, static website with no interaction, a viewer will not be interested and they'll have a large obstacle to calling you.
- Lawyers - Why Bother Creating Attorney Video?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Does your yellow pages ad allow you to interact with your reader? Does your classified ad give your reader a ton of information about how you can help solve their problem? Does your radio ad allow a viewer to get to see you and begin to trust you? Does your 30 second TV ad give a viewer the opportunity to see how you are an expert in your field of law? Do any of your marketing methods allow a viewer the opportunity to form a bond with you and begin to trust you before they ever walk into your office?
- Video Marketing For Lawyers - Admit a Fault
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Yes. You read that correctly. In your next video, explain to your viewer a fault you have that may prevent them from coming to your office to hire you.
- 5 Common Errors to Avoid When Creating Attorney Video
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] The quality of a webcam, frankly, stinks. The lens is microscopic and usually plastic. The resolution is poor, and it universally cannot deal well in low light situations. It's good for sending a quick "Hello" to your friend who lives across the country, or maybe even Grandma.
- Anatomy of a Video Infomercial
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] I couldn't sleep the other night and was flipping channels. I will tell you that I never watch those ridiculous infomercials. However, this one caught my eye and I could not stop watching. It was so compelling that I watched the entire thing (it was a 1/2 hour long) and kept me up till 2:00 a.m. (ugh!). I kept thinking that I must be an idiot to keep watching this, but as much as I wanted to turn off the TV and go to sleep, I really wanted to keep watching to see the results people were getting using this product. What conflict. Hence, the beauty of an infomercial.
- Lawyer Video - Here's How You Should Not Blog Or Tweet About It
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] The purpose of creating attorney videos is to educate your potential client, and the public. As an attorney, the goal of your video is not to sell anything. Rather, your goal is to get the online viewer to raise their hand to contact you for more information. Your goal is not to sell your services in your video, and most lawyers fail to recognize this important distinction.
- 5 Benefits of Using Video to Market Your Legal Services
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] When a potential client comes into your office, isn't your goal to educate them about how a lawsuit like theirs works, and how you can best guide them through their lawsuit? Didn't you ever wish you could simply answer a viewer's question online but had no real way to do so except for replying in an email?
- Lawyer Video - 5 Tips to Help You Decide Which Video Company to Use
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] If you are considering using video to help market your legal services, you might be wondering how you choose one website company from another to create your video. This article discusses five important tips that will help guide you.
- 10 Reasons Every Lawyer Needs to Be on Video
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Want to know what the best attorney marketing tool there is currently? It's video. Read the article to find out why. Learn from an experienced medical malpractice and personal injury attorney who has created over 165 educational videos why lawyers need to market themselves using video.
- The Time Has Come For All Jurors to Twitter
[Legal] Want to know what a juror is thinking during trial? Let them twitter their thoughts. Want to know whether testimony is truly damaging? Read a juror's tweets during a trial. Now is the time to let all jurors tweet away during a trial. Give them the freedom to speak their mind. This will allow lawyers and the Judge to understand what the jury is thinking as the trial progresses. Our way of communicating has changed drastically. Freedom, abundant information online and the ability to communicate instantly means that our legal system must also change. Give jurors the ability to twitter and watch how our cases can be streamlined.
- How to Hire a Medical Malpractice Attorney
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Don't know a medical malpractice attorney? Here are some helpful tips to make you a better, informed consumer. Here are your options...
- Do Doctors Intentionally Commit Malpractice?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Do you think your doctor woke up this morning and said "I wonder which patient I can commit malpractice on today?" Do you think your doctor went to medical school for four years and then postgraduate training, known as a residency for 3-6 years, and then into private practice just so he can turn around and commit malpractice?
- Creating Online Video For Lawyers - Part 3
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Online video is the only way to distinguish yourself from all of your competitors. A video tells a viewer who you are; what you are; how you speak; how confident you are; what you look like; what you sound like, and whether you know enough to convince a potential client to call and ask you questions. Ask any website company what they think of online videos for lawyers and I guarantee they will tell you that it is the hottest tool to connect viewers with you.
- Creating Online Video For Lawyers- Part 2
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] This brings me back to the the yellow pages rep and the 'in-house' design team creating all the same ads. Sure your website has a nicer template. Sure you have beautiful colors, and of course you have scenic photos and vistas of cityscapes.
- 5 Reasons Lawyers Should Create Online Video- Part 1
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Educational online video is the best tool lawyers can use to generate calls to their office. 1. Viewers get to see you.
- 5 Reasons to Create Attorney Videos
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Creating online video for attorneys is the most important way to establish your credibility and allow a potential client to get to know you before ever stepping foot into your office. Learn five reasons how video for lawyers can dramatically help you set yourself apart from all other lawyers.
- 5 Reasons Why Lawyers Want Your Case
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn why a lawyer would want your accident case. Find out what is so attractive about your tragedy that multiple lawyers might be clamoring to have. Read the article to find out more.
- Lawyers Use Online Video to Get New Clients - Part 1
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] As the internet has taken hold and more lawyers have recognized the benefits of marketing online, one marketing tool is defining the standard of advertising on the web. Online videos. It is the newest, hottest tool available for lawyers to communicate their message on the web.
- Dental Malpractice - A Dental Implant Nightmare
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Find out how a promise of perfect teeth resulted in 20 implants being inserted into a man's mouth. The dentist botched the placement of the implants so badly that one implant went into the sinus, without him realizing it; the implants were placed too close together; the dentist abandoned his patients, and the patient was left with no teeth for two years. Read the article to find out what happened.
- Injured Accident Victim Says "I Want You to Call the Insurance Company NOW!"
[Legal:Personal-Injury] The prospective client walked into your office and tells you that she has all the records from her case. She spoon-feeds you which records she has: The police report, the ambulance report, part of the emergency room record and one physical therapy note.
- A Urology Disaster in New York - Medical Malpractice
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] This case involved the improper insertion of stents into a young man's penis causing total destruction of the tube that carries urine from the bladder down into and through the penis. This tube is called the urethra.
- NY Accidents - Are You in the 'Zone of Danger'?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] If you think the "Zone of Danger" is a place in the end zone, think again. If you think that "Fear of Impending Doom" is what happens to you if you damage your parent's car, think again. Learn what the "Zone of Danger" is and how it applies to accident victims. Find out what "Fear of impending doom" is and what it means to an accident victim. Both are legal concepts that have a very big impact in proving an accident victims' pain and suffering in New York.
- They Laughed When I Told Them I'm Using a Solo Practitioner
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn why a solo practitioner turned out to be a better fit for a woman with a potential New York medical malpractice lawsuit than a large law firm. Find out why her friends could not believe she had chosen a small law firm to handle her matter over a large firm. Read the article to understand why.
- Car Accidents - 6 Reasons to Bring a Lawsuit
[Legal:Personal-Injury] In New York, an injured victim must be compensated for their medical expenses both in the past and in the future, their lost earnings, their lost future income, their pain and the suffering it caused to both the victim and their spouse, as well as any lost opportunities he would have had, had the accident not happened. When a wrongdoer causes an accident that causes harm, he incurs a debt that must be repaid. Often, with a seriously injured victim, the cost to repay that debt is significant.
- Medical Malpractice - Misdiagnosis in the Emergency Room
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] A 'doctor' in a New York City emergency room set a fractured arm. Find out how his failure to have the x-rays reviewed caused the patient to need to have his bone re-broken two months later in a procedure known as an osteotomy. This 'doctor' turned out to be nothing more than a physician's assistant who had no business diagnosing this fracture; no business setting the bone; and no business telling the patient everything would be ok. The emergency room doctor never saw, examined or evaluated the x-rays that would have told him that the arm was not set properly. Read the article to find out what happened.
- Car Accidents - 12 Key Deposition Techniques in a Car Accident Case
[Legal:Personal-Injury] How to take a car accident deposition. Learn deposition techniques that will help you conduct your deposition. Learn the key points you need to establish when questioning a defendant in a car accident case in New York.
- Medical Malpractice - Examples of Malpractice - An Experienced NY Med Mal Lawyer Explains
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Is it malpractice if a doctor ignores an abnormal computerized EKG result? Is it malpractice if a doctor fails to inform a patient that their MRI result is abnormal? Is it a departure from good and accepted practice if a radiologist misreads a chest x-ray, that in hindsight shows a malignant mass that turns out to be lung cancer?
- Top 20 Reasons Not to Bring a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit in New York
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Nothing was done wrong to you. It goes without saying that if the doctor or hospital did nothing wrong, then you absolutely have no business bringing a lawsuit against them. You did not get hurt. Likewise, if a doctor did not treat you properly, but you did not suffer any injury as a result of that wrongdoing, then you have no business bringing a lawsuit seeking compensation. Remember, in any medical malpractice lawsuit in New York, your attorney must prove (1) wrongdoing, (2) that the wrongdoing caused harm, and (3) that the harm is significant and permanent.
- New York Car Accident Victim Loses Settlement Money After Government Steps In
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn how not having enough car insurance in New York resulted in an injured victims' inability to receive proper compensation. Find out why the Federal Government stepped in and took virtually all of the money this injured man received in his settlement. Read how Medicare can recover money from an injured victim when the victim brings a lawsuit to recover compensation for his injuries.
- 15 Key Deposition Techniques in a Medical Malpractice Case
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] How to take a doctor's medical malpractice deposition. Learn Deposition Techniques that will help you conduct your deposition.
- Medical Malpractice - 10 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Sue Your Doctor
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn ten common reasons why you do not want to sue your New York doctor. Find out why many of these reasons prevent an injured victim from bringing a lawsuit seeking compensation for their injuries. Learn why your right to recover compensation is paramount when you have suffered injury as a result of improper medical care. An experienced NY medical malpractice lawyer practicing law in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, NYC, Staten Island, Nassau, Suffolk & Long Island explains.
- NY Medical Malpractice - Improperly Placed Suture Causes Permanent Nerve Damage
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn how a misplaced suture caused permanent ulnar nerve damage in a young, healthy man. Find out what happened to this young man that caused him to lose sensation and function in his hand. Preventable injuries are devastating for the injured victim. See what happened when the clinic residents had the opportunity to recognize the hand injury, yet failed to notice the ongoing injury that only got worse.
- NY Medical Malpractice - Are Injured Victims Money Hungry?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Find out whether injured medical malpractice victims in New York are 'money-grubbing, selfish, health-care destroying' people with nothing else on their minds. Learn from an experienced NY medical malpractice lawyer who explains what most injured victims really want. The answer may shock you.
- NY Bus & Truck Accidents - Crushed in Chinatown
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn what an experienced accident and wrongful death attorney practicing law in Brooklyn, New York, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, Nassau & Suffolk saw when he was returning from a deposition in Manhattan yesterday. The aftermath of a terrible and tragic accident at the intersection of Canal Street and Bowery in lower Manhattan. Read how the victim who lost her life must be compensated for her loss and why.
- NY Medical Malpractice - Fetal Distress, Hypoxia & Anoxia - A Case Report
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn from an experienced New York medical malpractice attorney practicing law in Brooklyn, New York, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, Nassau & Suffolk about a case involving the labor and delivery of a baby who had fetal distress, hypoxia and anoxia. Read why a lack of oxygen and fetal distress caused brain damage to a newborn baby resulting in permanent disabilities.
- NY Medical Malpractice - Surgeon Cuts Optic Nerve Resulting in Permanent Blindness
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] A man had been mugged and suffered a fracture of the bone surrounding his eye. One of the muscles that controls movement of the eye got slightly stuck in the fractured bone. The result was that he couldn't move his eye past a certain point. Since he could only move his eye up to a certain point, he had some double vision. However, if he closed one eye, he had perfect vision in the eye that had limited movement.
- NY Medical Malpractice - They Missed the Brain Tumor Right in Front of Their Eyes
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn why a woman who was in a car accident and correctly diagnosed, permanently lost vision in one eye. Learn what an experienced medical malpractice attorney practicing law in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, New York, Staten Island, Nassau & Suffolk learned while investigating this unusual case.
- NY Medical Malpractice - Anesthesia Errors Result in Brain Damage
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn why anesthesia errors for simple, routine procedures can turn deadly. Read about two examples of catastrophic anesthesia mistakes in New York as told by an experienced New York medical malpractice, accident and wrongful death attorney.
- NY Car Accidents - Can I Still Sue If I Didn't File A No-Fault Claim?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn how much time you have to file a no-fault claim in New York and whether the failure to timely file your no-fault claim will hamper your ability to file a lawsuit. Learn from an experienced New York medical malpractice & personal injury lawyer practicing law in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, NY, Staten Island, Nassau & Suffolk why it's important to timely file your no-fault claim.
- NY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - "If I Sue My Doctor For Medical Malpractice, Will He Lose His License?"
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] The answer is no, he will not lose his license. Many prospective clients come into my office with the feeling that their doctor has offended them. Many want "justice.
- NY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - When Is The Worst Time To Be A Patient In A Hospital In NY?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn when it's the worst time to be a patient at a hospital in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, New York, Staten Island, Nassau & Suffolk counties. Learn from an experienced personal injury and medical malpractice lawyer why it's not healthy to be a hospital patient during these times.
- NY ACCIDENTS - Who Is Watching My Kid At The Pool?
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Learn about pool safety and why it's so important not to rely on pool lifeguards to safeguard your children at the pool this summer. People who live in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, New York, Staten Island, Nassau & Suffolk counties should never rely on lifeguards to babysit their children in the pool. Parents have obligations too. Read the article to find out why.
- NY ACCIDENTS - Is There A Maximum Amount Of Money I Can Recover For My Injuries?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] The short answer is no. The longer answer is maybe. Hows that for lawyer double-speak?
- NY Accidents - "If I'm A Teenager In New York, Can I Bring A Lawsuit On My Own?"
[Legal:Personal-Injury] I've had teenagers call me who have been injured in accidents want to know if they can bring a lawsuit on their own, or whether they need their parents to bring it for them. The simple answer is no. In New York, there is a legal requirement that you need to be at least 18 years old in order to bring a civil lawsuit for injuries you received from an accident or medical malpractice.
- New York Medical Malpractice - So You Think You Have A Good Case?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn what it takes to have a good valid medical malpractice case in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, New York, Staten Island, Nassau & Suffolk. Many people think that their case is a 'slam-dunk'. What you read will surprise you. Find out what it takes to have a 'good' case. Learn what skeletons will destroy your case.
- Bicycle Accidents In New York- Bicycle Vs Car, Who Wins?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn what a young man went through when he was smashed into the road by a fast-moving car who never saw the bicyclist. Learn what safety features bicyclists have compared to a car. Read what an experienced New York accident lawyer has to say about bicycles and cars and what happens when they unintentionally meet up.
- New York Medical Malpractice - The True Cost Of Permanent Injuries
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Medical malpractice lawsuits are often criticized as being 'frivolous'. Yet, we do not hear much about how injured victims who have meritorious cases suffer because the true cost of their injuries are devastating. Economic losses are only one factor that creates tragedy upon tragedy.
- $50 Nylon Strap Failure Likely Caused NYC Crane Collapse Causing 7 Deaths
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn what a lawyer looks for when a devastating crane accident happens in New York City. Find out who is responsible and why an investigation into the cause of the accident is crucial.
- Medical Malpractice - 5 Reasons Preventing You From Calling A NY Medical Malpractice Attorney
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn 5 reasons why you may not want to call a New York medical malpractice and injury lawyer. Learn what stops some people from finding out about their legal rights when they've been injured in an accident or by a doctor or hospital.
- Medical Malpractice - 7 Reasons Why Your Case Isn't Good Enough For A NY Malpractice Lawyer
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn why your case will be rejected by an experienced New York medical malpractice & accident attorney. Not every case is accepted. Learn what an attorney looks for when you walk in the door and describe the facts surrounding your potential injury case.
- Medical Malpractice - "I Don't Care What You Say, I Have A Valid Case!"
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] A woman called a medical malpractice attorney to find out if she had a case. Listen in as an experienced New York medical malpractice lawyer explains to a 'not-so-rational' caller why there's no case, despite her insistence and screaming that she most-definitely has a case.
- Medical Malpractice - What is Your Life Worth?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Compensation is a debt that is owed to an injured victim. Learn what a life is worth. Learn what economic damages are in an accident and medical malpractice case. Learn what non-economic damages are and how they compare to economic damages. Only after learning what these damages are can you answer the question in the title "What is your life worth?"
- NY Malpractice Victims - Future Medical Expenses - Who Pays? Not The Doctor
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn how New York State wants to stop wrongdoers from having to pay future medical expenses for their victims' injuries. Read how an experienced medical malpractice and injury lawyer practicing in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, New York, Staten Island, Nassau & Suffolk explains.
- "I'm Telling You, The Doctor Did Something Wrong" - Patient Says
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn what three elements are needed to prove a medical malpractice case in New York. Just because you suffered a complication or a bad result following treatment or a procedure doesn't necessarily mean that you have a valid case. You need to speak to an experienced medical malpractice lawyer to help you analyze and evaluate your case.
- My New York Doctor Screwed Up My Breasts - Do I Have A Case?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] You had breast reduction surgery to look better. You also had a tummy tuck. Your doctor said you'd look great afterward. The only problem is that you look worse. The doctor refuses to fix the problem unless you pay for the revision surgery. Your next call is to a New York medical malpractice lawyer to find out if you have a valid case against your plastic surgeon. Read what an experienced NY medical malpractice lawyer looks for when a potential breast surgery victim calls his office.
- Injustice - Righting a Wrong - NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer Explains
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn what injustice is and how to correct it. Learn why compensation is an obligation and not a handout. Read why the people who are awarded money in a medical malpractice case would rather have their health than a huge amount of money to pay for their medical bills and the suffering they'll endure for the rest of their lives.
- Dead Man's Family Calls NY Malpractice Lawyer First Before Burying Him
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] THIS IS A TRUE STORY A call came in the other day. A hysterical woman was on the phone. Her husband had died just moments ago.
- Pain & Suffering - You Think You Have it Bad?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn what pain and suffering really means. Any victim of an accident or hospital error or mistake experiences pain. Suffering is the limitation and disability that results from the pain. Read what pain and suffering means to an experienced New York medical malpractice attorney, and how it's used in a lawsuit to obtain compensation for an injury caused by wrongdoing.
- Judgment Non Obstante Verdicto - What Is It, And Why Should You Care?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn what happens in New York when you win a jury verdict that is against the weight of the evidence. Does the Judge have the right to throw out the verdict? Read the article to find out.
- Lawyer Newsletters - Think You Can Write A Good Newsletter? Think Again
[Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] Just when you think you've gotten the best lawyer newsletter money can buy, you realize that nobody is reading it. Before you spend any more money on buying a packaged and printed lawyer newsletter, read the secret for getting your law-related newsletter read. The secret will surprise you.
- What is "Summary Judgment?"
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] You think you have a good case. Your lawyer tells you that you have a solid case. Your lawyer tells you that your case has been reviewed by a medical expert who feels that there were departures from good and accepted medical care that caused you permanent harm.
- How To Get Compensated For Your Injuries Without Hiring a NY Lawyer
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn whether you really need a lawyer to handle your New York personal injury accident case. Many people feel they don't need a lawyer, and they may be right. Others feel that an experienced lawyer is an absolute necessity to obtain proper compensation for an accident that was caused by someone else. Read this riveting article and decide for yourself.
- Car Accidents in NY - 7 Reasons You May Not Want to Sue
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn the seven reasons why you many not want to bring a lawsuit if you've been injured in a car accident case in the State of New York. The reasons may be contrary to what you know.
- Medical Malpractice - 5 Ways to Know You Have a Difficult Client & What To Do About It
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] You've seen it in the movies, and read about it in books. The client is 'shifty-eyed' and hems and haws when asked direct questions. She refuses to look you in the eye and give you a straight answer. The only problem is that the woman sitting in front of you isn't in any movie and this isn't a fictional story. She is clearly hiding something. You don't know what she's hiding, but you know that if you take the case, her credibility may be an issue.
- Medical Malpractice - Your Case Is On The Trial Calendar - Can Defense Lawyers Talk to Your Doctor?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] In New York, when your case is ready for trial, can the defense attorneys contact your treating doctor to get information to use against you? Gerry Oginski, an experienced medical malpractice & accident lawyer practicing law in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, New York, Staten Island, Nassau & Suffolk explains.
- Personal Injury - What is "Falsus in Uno?"
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn why your credibility is the key to any accident case. If you've told a "half-truth" or a lie in the past, learn how it could destroy your credibility and possibly your entire accident case.
- Medical Malpractice - NY MD's Malpractice Ins Premiums- Is $170,000 Enough?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Most patients have heard continued complaints by doctors of how expensive their malpractice insurance is. The cost of insurance is going to increase again. Learn what a malpractice policy is and how it affects a patient who sues a doctor in New York. Learn that despite such complaints, there's no public outcry by doctors toward their own insurance companies.
- Medical Malpractice - Injured in a NYC Hospital - How Much Time Do I Have To File A Claim?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] You suffered an injury while at a New York City municipal hospital. How much time do you have to file a claim and then a lawsuit?
- Dental Malpractice - Pain During Treatment - Do I Have a Case?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Your dentist caused you pain during your dental treatment. Does that mean you have a potential case?
- Medical Malpractice - Your Child's Been Diagnosed With Brain Damage and Cerebral Palsy
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn how a baby can suffer brain damage at the time of birth. Fetal distress, hypoxia and anoxia are terms you need to know to learn about your baby's condition. Gerry Oginski, an experienced medical malpractice lawyer practicing law in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, New York, Staten Island, Nassau & Suffolk explains.
- Medical Malpractice - You Walked Into The Hospital But Came Out Paralyzed
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn how feelings of anger, frustration and resentment can lead a distraught family to file a medical malpractice lawsuit in New York. Find out why an injured victim or their family will begin a search for a medical malpractice lawyer.
- 5 Reasons Why Your NY Injury Lawyer Will Lose His License
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn the top five reasons why your New York personal injury lawyer may lose his license to practice law. The number one reason is that he steals your money. Find out how this can happen and what you can do about it.
- Medical Malpractice - Why Is Your New York Doctor Afraid To Treat You?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn why some doctors in New York may be afraid to treat you. Doctors believe the trial lawyers are the root of all evil. The real story lies with the doctors' medical malpractice insurance company. An experienced medical malpractice & accident lawyer practicing law in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, New York, Staten Island, Nassau & Suffolk explains.
- "What Color Was The Light?" Asked The Police Officer
[Legal:Personal-Injury] If an officer isn't on the scene, an ambulance attendant might ask, or even a good Samaritan checking to see if you're ok. Most people want to know, even at the scene of a gruesome accident, who went through the red light.
- NY Anesthesiologist Uses Syringes Twice! Hepatitis Found
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn how an anesthesiologist in New York used syringes multiple times without realizing that he was breaching infection control procedures, and without realizing that he gave two patients hepatitis because of this improper technique.
- Breast Cancer - "The Doctor Delayed My Diagnosis - Do I have a Case?"
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] The doctor failed to timely detect your breast cancer even when you complained about a lump. Do you have a case? Learn whether there's a valid case as Gerry Oginski, an experienced NY medical malpractice & accident lawyer explains.
- 2 Questions Every New York Malpractice Lawyer Needs To Ask
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] A potential client calls the office with a story that rambles on and on. I can't follow the timeline, and I can't determine why this person is calling, and cannot tell what injury they're calling about. As politely as possible, I tell them to stop and list to this two-part question:
- Colonoscopy - "He Perforated My Colon, Do I Have a Case?"
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] The call comes in. "I had a colonoscopy, and the doctor perforated my colon. I needed emergency surgery to fix it. Now I have a colostomy bag, and I'll need another surgery in a few months to reverse it. Do I have a case?"
- Bunions, Hammertoes & Bears - Oh My!
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Bunions and hammertoes are two common problems people have with their feet. Oh yes, corns too. Many people try to live with these annoyances by wearing modified shoes, wearing shoes of different sizes, or simply bearing with the discomfort of disfigured and mis-shapen toes.
- A Medical Malpractice Victim's Guide to Compensation in New York - Part 1
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Medical malpractice can cause significant and permanent injuries. Our society recognizes the right to obtain compensation if we are harmed by someone else, whether through an accident or by medical negligence.
- A Medical Malpractice Victim's Guide to Compensation in New York - Part 2
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Read the conclusion to compensating an injured medical malpractice victim in New York. Gerry Oginski, an experienced medical malpractice lawyer in the State of New York explains.
- Medical Malpractice - What Are The Chances A Doctor in NY Will Alter Their Records?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] You think you have a medical malpractice case against your doctor. You also think your doctor has altered his records. How can you tell, and what can you do about it?
- Secrets of a NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Many potential clients ask their lawyer for medical advice about what treatments they should receive. There are some lawyers who actually advise their potential clients about the treatment they should receive.
- In Case of Death - Part 5
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] In a death case, your New York lawyer will have to prepare papers to let the Surrogate's Court (that's the court that is responsible for overseeing a person's estate) know what is happening. Your lawyer will have to let them know about the settlement, and has to include many supporting documents showing and explaining why a case has settled for the amount it did.
- In Case of Death - Part 3
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Why do I say this? Because on occasion, a client will call me, or come into my office after the time to file suit has lapsed and say "My friend said I have 4 years to file suit..." "My mother's girlfriend had a case, and she said I have until..."
- In Case of Death - Part 2
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] If a person were earning $30,000 per year, and they were 35 years old, we could project over the next 30 years how much they could be expected to earn over their working lifetime. In many cases, we use an economist to make these projections. The economist uses tables, guidelines, and generally available statistics to help guide us in determining how much money that person would have likely earned over their lifetime. Naturally, some things can never be measured with absolute certainty. Companies can fold, go bankrupt, people can be fired, and their health can worsen. But on the positive side we also look at raises, bonuses, increased productivity, successes and factor that in as well.
- In Case of Death - Part 1
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] It happens in the blink of an eye. One moment they're there...the next, forever taken from us. The emotions that flood over ourselves and our families range from sadness to anger and hatred. Some surviving family members revert into a shell. Others use the death as a call to action. However it affects you and your family, it's never easy to deal with. This series of articles helps you understand what your legal choices are, and also how to choose a lawyer that can best help you and your family.
- Quick Tips On How To Find a NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn how to find a medical malpractice lawyer in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, New York, Staten Island, Nassau and Suffolk. These quick tips give you important nuggets of information that will help you choose an experienced malpractice lawyer in the State of New York.
- Car Accidents - 5 Reasons To Sue Your Parents
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Bringing a lawsuit against your parents is no easy task- especially when they've been so good to you all your life. However, a special exception arises in cases where you are a passenger whose car was involved in an accident, and one of your parents were driving. Read more to learn why you might have no choice but to sue your parents.
- Frivolous Lawsuits - Are They Fair Topics When Picking a Jury?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] 'Frivolous lawsuits' and 'tort reform', are common phrases we hear in the media today. Some people think this topic should be off limits when questioning a jury in a civil lawsuit. Others think it's important to find out a potential juror's biases. Learn what an experienced medical malpractice & personal injury lawyer practicing law in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, New York, Staten Island, Nassau & Suffolk thinks.
- 6 Secret Tips To Fingding a NY Injury Lawyer Online
[Legal:Personal-Injury] When you do a Google search for a lawyer near you, how do you know what the results actually mean? How do you distinguish between the paid ads for lawyer websites, and those that appear on the first few pages of Google search results?
- Car Accidents - You're Driving Through An Intersection, And All You Remember Is A Loud Crash
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Car accidents - You're driving through an intersection and the light is green as you enter the intersection. You remember a loud crash, and then waking up in an ambulance. Read this riveting story of a person involved in a car accident, from their viewpoint. His memory of the events, the hospital treatment and the devastating effect it has on his wife and family is vital to seeing what happened to his once golden life.
- Medical Malpractice - Failure To Diagnose A Heart Attack
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Failing to diagnose a heart attack can have life-long permanent effect on your health, and your heart. A New York Medical Malpractice & Personal Injury Trial lawyer explains.
- Breast Cancer Survivors - Do You Really Think Your Doctor Misdiagnosed Your Cancer?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Breast Cancer Survivors - Do you really think your doctor misdiagnosed your cancer? Learn 15 questions you should ask yourself if you've been diagnosed with breast cancer.
- Birth Injury Cases- Shoulder Dystocia & Erbs Palsy
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn what shoulder dystocia is; how it is known to cause erbs palsy, klumpke's palsy and brachial plexus injury during birth. A New York medical malpractice & personal injury lawyer explains.
- Why Is Your NY Injury Case Worth Only $250,000 And Your Neighbor's Case Is Worth $500,000?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Your neighbor got $500,000 for her injuries. You were injured in an accident, and your lawyer tells you your injuries, even though similar to your neighbor, are worth only $250,000. Why the difference? There are many factors that go into evaluating a personal injury case. Here are the top 10 things lawyers use to evaluate the value of a case:
- 5 Reasons Your Medical Malpractice Expert Will Let You Down
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] There are some medical "experts" who after practicing medicine for many years hook up with expert-witness companies that lawyers use to evaluate their cases. The doctor is able to earn additional income in his golden years, without the exposure of his own medical malpractice that goes along with treating a patient inappropriately.
- Medical Malpractice - Failure To Diagnose Ectopic Pregnancy
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] By definition, an ectopic pregnancy is one that is outside of the uterus. Why is it life threatening? In order to answer the question, it is important to learn where a normal pregnancy is supposed to be.
- New York Lawyers - 5 Reasons It Might Be Time To Look For A New Lawyer
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] These educational nuggets are designed to help you understand the process of how law firms in New York work. Law firms range is their size from small to large. The point is, if you have a case with a lawyer, you expect and hope that the lawyer will be familiar with you and the details of your case.
- Medical Malpractice - 5 Ways To Know Your Baby Might Be A Victim Of Malpractice
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn how to tell whether your baby might be a victim of medical malpractice. Most pregnant women who arrive at a hospital are attached to monitoring devices. These devices, also known as tocolytic monitors, are for the benefit of the doctors and nurses to monitor the baby's heartbeat and the mother's contractions...
- Medicare Refuses To Pay For Medical Errors
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Medicare recently announced a change in policy where they will now refuse to pay for medical errors which "never" should have happened. Learn how this change in policy will be detrimental to patients, doctors and hospitals throughout the United States.
- Car Accidents - When To Sue, Who To Sue, Why Sue At All
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Don't you just hate it when you see those tacky TV ads about accident lawyers? How about that obnoxious billboard you just passed on the highway showing a crashed car and someone being taken away by ambulance?
- Medical Malpractice - What's My Case Worth?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] How much is your medical malpractice case worth? Learn what special damages are, what economic damages are, what pain and suffering is, and how a medical malpractice lawyer in New York evaluates the true value of your case.
- Cross-Examination Of An Expert Medical Malpractice Witness In An Erbs Palsy Case
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] I had the privilege of questioning an expert in an erbs palsy case last week. In Federal Court the parties are permitted to question experts prior to trial in the form of a deposition (a question and answer session with the attorneys present).
- Medical Malpractice - How to Become a Black Belt When Questioning a Doctor
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn how to be a black belt attorney when questioning a doctor at their deposition. Never give advance warning of what you intend to ask...
- 10 Misconceptions About New York Medical Malpractice Lawyers
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Misconceptions about New York Medical Malpractice Lawyers. Learn why most misconceptions are myth, and learn which are fact. A must read for anyone interested in malpractice.
- 7 Reasons Your Lawsuit Never Ends
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Your case drags on - you don't know why. You think your lawyer isn't doing what he's supposed to. Find out why your case is taking so long to resolve. Learn how your lawyer is actually doing everything he needs to, but you just can't get away from feeling like it's taking forever to end. Discover the secrets of how your lawsuit works and why it takes longer than you may have expected.
- 7 Words You Hear in Law But Were Afraid to Ask What They mean
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] One lawyer has determined that the question being asked by the other lawyer has a problem with it and should not be answered. The judge must decide instantly whether the witness can answer the question or not.
- How to Become a Medical Malpractice Lawyer in New York
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] There's an old joke that asks "How do you get to Cargenie Hall?" The answer is "Practice."
The same can be said for becoming a medical malpractice lawyer in New York.
- Medical Malpractice - 10 Reasons Why You Should Call A Lawyer
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn why medical malpractice and injury victims need to speak to a lawyer. Find out your rights. Become an informed legal consumer, and make an informed decision about your lawyer and your potential lawsuit.
- Medical Malpractice - NY Lawyers No Longer Required To Ask Clients To Pay Them Back If Case Lost
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] A new law in New York just went into effect the other day. Lawyers no longer are required to pursue their clients for expenses the lawyers incurred on their behalf in unsuccessful lawsuits, in cases where the lawyers' fee was payable only if the client won.
- 5 Common Legal Phrases You Always Hear in Court But Don't Really Know What They Mean Until Now
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn what 5 common phrases you always hear in court, but never really understood what they meant-until now.
- Don't Settle Your New York Wrongful Death Case Without Knowing the New Law
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] A new New York law put into place in January 2006 means that when you settle your wrongful death case, you will be entitled to earn interest on your money, while you wait for the Surrogate's Court to finalize your settlement.
- You've Been Googled! Now You Have To Shut Down Your Web Site, Urged Defense Counsel
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn why defense lawyers for doctors wanted to shut down an injured-victims' lawyer's website. You can't make this stuff up.
- How Can A Medical Malpractice Lawyer Help You?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] You think you've been injured by a doctor, but are not sure if you have the makings of a valid claim against the doctor. How do you find out? By going to an experienced medical malpractice lawyer to investigate your potential claim.
- Injured in an Accident? 5 Reasons Why You Don't Need To Hire An Attorney
[Legal:Personal-Injury] You've just been injured in an accident. Get ready for the onslaught of mail from lawyers at home. Be prepared for those ugly billboards showing pictures of crashed cars and wreckage with victims crawling away. Beware the yellow pages ads that proclaim quick and fast settlements for your injuries.
- You've Been Hired! 5 Reasons Young Doctors Lose Money on Their First Employment Contract
[Business:Negotiation] Learn 5 reasons why most young doctors just out of training make mistakes with their employment contract that will cost them thousands of dollars.
- How Much Money Is Your Malpractice Case Worth?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Every injured victim that walks into a lawyers office wants to know how much their case is worth. Some don't really care about the money; some want revenge. Some want the doctor's license revoked, some want the hospital punished. Then again, some want total and full compensation. Read how a lawyer determines what your case is worth.
- My Father Was a Medical Malpractice Victim - A True Story
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] I was 14 years old when my mother came home from the hospital and told me my father had died. "How did it happen?" I asked. "Why did it happen," my brother questioned. "What happened?" asked our dazed and confused family.
- Why Injured Accident Victims Are Never Millionaires
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] How many times have you read the headlines in the newspaper "Man wins $20 Million," "Woman awarded $35 Million Dollars after slipping on banana peel," "Jury verdict of $17 Million for brain damaged infant." Read why accident victims who recover millions for their injuries are never millionaires.
- 5 Typical Defenses in a Medical Malpractice Case
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] A medical malpractice case is typically defended with the following 5 important defenses: (1) We didn't do it, but...
- You're Loved One's Died - You Suspect Foul Play
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] When you're at the hospital and the emergency room doctor tells you your 50 year-old husband just died after collapsing at work, you want answers. Sitting around doing nothing simply causes resentment and guilt. Find out why your loved one died and get answers. Don't be a victim.
- 7 Ways You Know You Survived Medical Malpractice This Year
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Some victims of malpractice don't survive and die as a result of injuries inflicted on them. Some malpractice victims lose the ability to walk. Having this freedom is something we all take for granted each day.
- 5 Secret Tips a Good Malpractice Lawyer Uses To Screen Your Case
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] When an injured victim calls a lawyer, a good malpractice lawyer can tell in a few minutes whether there's a potential case. Here's 5 tips to clue you in to what they look for.
- Top 5 Ways To Prove You Have a Valid Malpractice Case
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn what New York Medical Malpractice lawyers look for to see if you have a valid malpractice case. First, remember that not every injury or complication means there's been malpractice. Just because you get a bad outcome, doesn't necessarily mean there's been malpractice.
- How Not To Get Ripped Off By Furniture Stores This Holiday Season
[Shopping-and-Product-Reviews] How many times have you bought furniture and been told, "Your furniture will arrive in 4 weeks." Eight weeks later, you're still wondering when your furniture will arrive.
- Warning Labels and Warning Signs Don't Warn
[Legal:Personal-Injury] How many times do you hear warnings about what you should and shouldn't do? After looking at warning labels and signs all day, we become desensitized to the warnings and they lose their importance.
- 5 Holiday Tips To Keep You From Being an Emergency Room Malpractice Victim
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] The holidays are notorious for over indulging on food, overexertion while shoveling snow, and high levels of stress. Unfortunately, this puts many people in the emergency room needing immediate medical care. What happens in the emergency room when the hospital is understaffed because the doctors and staff are on vacation and they're short-staffed? Your care may suffer.
- Top 10 Reasons Why You Won't Find A New York Injury Lawyer In The Yellow Pages
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn why choosing a New York injury lawyer from the yellow pages is confusing and unlikely to get you the right lawyer you need. Open any yellow pages book in New York under the heading 'lawyer' and you'll be immediately bombarded with every type of injury and claim you could ever make.
- What Exactly Does A Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Lawyer Do?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn what a personal injury and medical malpractice lawyer in New York actually does for a living. He helps navigate the murky waters that can trap an unknowing victim into muck and mire.
- Learn Why An Injured Victim Needs To Tell Their Injury Lawyer Everything - Not Just Bits and Pieces
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn what happens when a client fails to tell their lawyer the entire story of what happened. Think about this: When I speak to a medical expert and send him a client's medical records to review, it is extremely important that we have all of the necessary documents. If some crucial piece of information is missing, my expert may come to a conclusion about your case that is inaccurate because he doesn't have everything he needs.
- Is Small Claims Court For You?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn why small claims court might just be the place to resolve your grievance. Johnny B. Good walked into the photo store with seven rolls of film to develop.
- 5 Steps To Getting A Better Contract, A Better Offer, Or Even A Better Deal!
[Business:Negotiation] Learn how to negotiate a better contract, and learn the steps to getting a better deal.
- Why Shouldn't I Let My Family Lawyer Handle My New York Medical Malpractice Case?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn why it's important to have an experienced malpractice attorney handle your case. Your family lawyer is great to have general legal issues taken care of; preparing your will, maybe some business matters, parking tickets, small claims court, or maybe even some personal injury. When you've been injured by a doctor or a hospital, your family lawyer is probably the first one you're going to turn to for advice.
- Would You Allow A Trial Judge To Sit As A Juror On Your Malpractice Case?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn what happened when one plaintiff's attorney agreed to accept a trial judge onto her jury panel in a medical malpractice case in Mineola, New York.
- Learn Why Some People Need a Big City New York Law Firm for Their Malpractice Case
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Big New York City lawyers- learn why some people need to go to them. Do you?
- Why Won't You Take My Small Medical Malpractice Case?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn why most New York medical malpractice lawyers can't and wont take your small malpractice case. "My doctor did my plastic surgery wrong. I can see my scar. See, look close, it's a line right below my belly. He promised me I wouldn't have any scars."
- 3 Things To Know When You Cross-Examine a Doctor at Trial
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn three important things when cross-examining a doctor at trial. Your client has accused a prominent doctor of malpractice. Her case goes to trial, and your first witness is the well-respected doctor. How do you cross-examine him?
- Ten Things A Doctor Joining a Medical Group Must Know Before Signing Your Employment Contract
[Business:Negotiation] BEFORE JOINING A MEDICAL GROUP, YOU MUST LEARN THE ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS 1. Who owns the property where your office is located? 2.
- The Top Nine Things A Doctor Needs To Know When Negotiating His Employment Contract
[Business:Negotiation] The 9 Biggest Employment Concerns For A New Doctor Have they had associates before? How many? How long did they stay? Why did they leave?
- 4 Things Your New York Injury Lawyer Looks For When You Show Up In His Office
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn why your lawyer sizes you up at the same time you're sizing him up. When you need to find an injury lawyer, you need to ask lots of questions. You might meet with more than one attorney before you feel comfortable with your choice of lawyer.
- Five Reasons Why Your Malpractice Case Won't Be Accepted By A New York Malpractice Lawyer
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] In order to prove a malpractice case in New York, your lawyer must prove that your doctor or hospital departed from good medical care. Well, how do you prove that? By having a medical expert review your records and determine that there were departures from good care.
- Top Ten Things To Look For In A Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Attorney
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn the most important things to know when choosing a medical malpractice or personal injury attorney. Being injured is no fun. Not knowing where to turn, who to trust, and what to do about your medical bills is frustrating.
- Is A Doctor's Past Legal History Admissibile In My Current Lawsuit?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn why your doctors' previous lawsuits may not be the 'smoking gun' you need to prove wrongdoing in your current lawsuit. In New York, if my doctor has been sued, and I bring a lawsuit against him now, can I use his prior cases against him at trial to show how bad he really is?
- What Does It Mean If A Doctor Is Board Certified?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Being Board Certified doesn't necessarily mean that doctor practices good medicine, but it might. Read why.
- Why You Shouldn't Rely on a Lawyer Who Tells You Your Case Is Worth Millions
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Some lawyers promise clients their case is worth millions- at the very first office visit. Others are more cautious and wait to review all the records. Learn why telling an injured victim that their case is worth millions- at the beginning- is just not good practice.
- What Does a 'Right of Subrogation' Mean?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] What does it mean when my health insurance company says they have a 'right of subrogation?' When you go to the doctor or hospital for injuries you received from an accident or malpractice, in all likelihood your health insurance company will be paying your medical bills.
- Failure To Diagnose Lung Cancer - The Ten Most Imporant Things Your Lawyer Needs To Know
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn what is needed to prove a case involving a failure to diagnose lung cancer.
Depending upon the type of cancer and when it's diagnosed, will determine your treatment options and survivability.
- What Does Speed, Time and Distance Have to Do With My Car Accident Case?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn the three important elements needed to evaluate who's responsible in a car accident case. In order to evaluate liability, a trial lawyer must be able to figure out your speed, the time it took to arrive at the accident point and the distance you travelled from one point to another.
- Bankruptcy - In New York, Can I Bring a Lawsuit for My Injuries and Keep All the Proceeds?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn whether a bankruptcy prevents you from collecting money for your injuries. When you declare bankruptcy, you are required by law to list all your assets with the Court.
- Why Are Some Settlements Confidential?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn why insurance companies prefer to keep injury settlements private and confidential. In some cases, insurance companies may offer a settlement before trial.
- In A Personal Injury Lawsuit, Will I Have To Be Examined By A Doctor For The Other Side?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn why a physical examination is required by the other side when you bring a lawsuit to get compensated for your injuries. When you put your medical condition in issue, and you claim you were injured because of another's wrongdoing, the defense has a right to have you examined by a doctor of their choosing.
- What Is A Deposition and Will I Have To Testify?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn what a deposition is and why it's an important piece of evidence in your civil lawsuit. If you've brought a lawsuit for your injuries, learn why you'll need to testify.
- If You've Been Injured, Do You Even Need A Lawyer?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn why you can settle an injury claim yourself. Then again, you might reconsider and realize that having an experienced attorney on your side might just be the best thing for your case.
- Legal Ethics - Is It Proper For A NY Lawyer To Solicit An Accident Victim After A Car Crash?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn whether it's ok for a lawyer in New York to send a car accident victim a letter telling them about their legal services. "My mother was in a car accident last week, and already she's gotten letters from lawyers asking if she's ok, and if she wants a lawyer? Is it ethical for a lawyer to send such a letter?"
- Slip & Fall - The 10 Most Important Things You Need To Know If You Slip and Fall in NYC
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn what information your lawyer needs to properly evaluate your slip and fall case. Learn this BEFORE you ever call or speak to an attorney.
- Autopsies - Do I Need An Autopsy To Prove Our Death Case?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn why an autopsy is a vital piece of evidence in proving a wrongful death case. You'll learn why having an autopsy can make or break your case.
- Plastic Surgery - Can I Bring A Lawsuit Against My Surgeon If He Destroyed My Breasts?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn why breast surgery cases are not always as sexy as they appear. Learn whether your unhappiness with your plastic surgery justify bringing a lawsuit.
- Depositions - Can I Be In the Room When You Question The Doctor Who Botched My Surgery?
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn why it's not a good idea for you to be in the room when your doctor is questioned by your malpractice attorney.
- Slip & Fall On Snow Or Ice - Can You Get Money For Your Injuries?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Winter time inevitably causes people to slip on snow and ice. They don't wear the right shoes or boots, the driveway wasn't plowed and the street wasn't sanded. If you fall and injure yourself while slipping on snow or ice, can you be compensated (get money) for your injuries?
- When is a Settlement Not a Settlement?
[Legal:Personal-Injury] Learn what happened when a lawyer settled a case without putting the settlement 'on the record'. Learn how to prevent problems in New York, by making sure you fully document any settlement agreement.
- Camp Injuries - 7 Things You Must Know
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[Legal:Personal-Injury] It was Monday at 6:05 p.m. when I was finishing up the last leg of my bicycle ride. It was 54 degrees outside and was raining intermittently. Nevertheless, I needed to go for a ride, knowing that I would be safe and careful during the entire trip.
- Accidents - 5 Deadly Sins That Could Wreck Your Injury Claim
[Legal:Personal-Injury] In this article you'll learn what you should never do in an accident case. Find out why a lawyer should never refer you to a doctor. Find out why hiding your previous accidents will be the 'kiss of death' to your claim. Learn why it's so important to be truthful when describing your injuries.
- Medical Malpractice - 10 Reasons Why Most Victims Won't Recover a Dime
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] Learn why most victims of malpractice don't ever get money for their injuries. Learn why not getting an autopsy could be the kiss of death for your case. Learn why a bad outcome doesn't always mean malpractice. Learn why having good experts and an experienced attorney make all the difference. Medical Malpractice victims need to know their rights.
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