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Rights of Medical Negligence Victims Threatened By Proposed GOP Bills
New bills spearheaded by the GOP could make it harder for victims of medical negligence and medical malpractice to secure fair compensation for their injuries. As part of the House Republicans’ efforts to replace President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, these bills would place new limits on lawsuits that involve doctors, hospitals, and nursing homes, and […]
How Living In The Largest Sanctuary City In The Country Affects You
President Donald Trump, though his executive order on immigration released on January 25, 2017, prioritized for deportation any “alien” accused of or convicted of a crime. Since crossing the border without proper documentation and using a false social security number — as many undocumented immigrants do in order to obtain work — are both crimes, […]
6 Steps Every Non-Union Worker Should Take if Injured on the Job
Construction work is one of the most dangerous professions in New York City. As we detailed in our last blog, in New York City alone, 31 construction workers were killed on the job in the last two years. 29 of those deaths occurred on non-union work sites. This statistic bears out what we commonly see […]
Most NYC Construction Deaths Preventable, Report Finds
2015 and 2016 were two of the most devastating years in history for the New York City construction industry. 31 men and women died on the job, meaning that on average, one worker did not come home from a construction site about every three weeks. The last death of 2016 occurred on December 23rd, when […]
Who Is Responsible When a Driverless Car Crashes?
Toyota, Tesla, Google, and other automakers have promised that driverless cars will revolutionize the personal transportation industry within the next five to ten years. They cannot promise, however, that driverless cars will be immune from accidents. The death of Joshua Brown, a technology consultant whose autonomous car failed to apply the brakes before colliding with […]
The Sugar Industry Has Been Lying To Us For 50 Years, New Report Finds
Cristin Kearns, a fellow at University of California, San Francisco, recently uncovered documents that reveal decades of deception and bribery in the sugar industry that implicates elite professors and the United States government. These revelations not only shed light on the way corporations wield power in American politics and culture; they also have significant legal […]
Uber “Terms and Conditions” Depriving Users of Constitutional Rights
When you click “accept” under the multi-paragraph “Terms and Conditions” portion of the Uber app, are you really bound by those terms? How about if those terms strip you of your constitutional rights? Uber, the cell-phone based transportation company, is working to make sure the answer to both of those questions is an unambiguous “Yes.” […]
The Fatal Design Flaw Chrysler Knows About But Won’t Fix
Remington Walden, a 4-year-old boy from Georgia, was driving with his aunt on a spring day in 2012 when a pickup truck rammed into the back of their 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Though the pickup truck caused only minor exterior damage to the Jeep, it punctured the vehicle’s fuel tank. Within seconds, Remington Walden, who […]
How to Survive a Hospital
All of us depend on doctors and hospital workers for treatment when we are sick or injured. Many times they are successful, saving our lives or the lives of our loved ones. But hospitals are far from infallible. 195,000 people die each year in American hospitals due to potentially preventable medical errors. The following guide […]
Hospitals Transmitting Antibiotic-Resistant Superbug. Thousands Dead.
If you only read Sharley McMullen’s death certificate, you would think she passed away as the result of respiratory failure and septic shock. The truth is much more alarming. McMullen, a healthy 72-year old woman from California, was finishing up treatment for a benign stomach ulcer when she contracted an infectious bacterial disease in the […]
Good News for Nursing Home Patients
Millions of nursing home residents have signed away their right to sue their nursing home, regardless of whether they were sexually assaulted, physically abused or suffered serious injuries as a result of their care. The worst part is: these residents may not even know it. Forced arbitration clauses, which are often hidden in nursing home […]
How One Doctor Exposed a Culture of Lying in the Medical Community
Bringing suit for compensation against a doctor who, through his or her own negligence, caused you or a loved one injury is a fundamental right guaranteed to all citizens. Unfortunately, this right has been under attack for years. As a result, the road to recovery for patients in medical negligence cases is far more difficult […]