Month: September 2014

Following on from our recent post about how to get the best settlement if you don’t have a personal injury lawyer, this week we’d like to talk about the benefits of hiring a personal injury attorney in New York. As already discussed, you don’t always need to have a personal injury lawyer; however, if the accident was not your fault, or if…

In 2012, the most recent year for NYSDMV statistical reports, there were 10,345 truck accidents across the state. Almost 5,000 people were injured, and 92 died. Not all truck incidents involve high-speed crashes; unsafe reversing, changing lanes without due regard, driving when fatigued, even driving at slow speeds – all these are contributing factors. In addition, there are mechanical causes…

You haven’t engaged the services of a personal injury lawyer but you know you have a viable claim, so how do you go about ensuring you are awarded the settlement you believe to be fair? You could sit back, and wait for an offer but is that going to get you the best possible outcome? Far better to have a…

Earlier this year, at the Casualty Actuarial Society’s Seminar on Reinsurance in New York, in a session titled “The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Medical Professional Liability – an Update”, three insurance experts, a medical malpractice underwriter and two casualty actuaries, spoke about the likely effect – in terms of medical malpractice suits – of the Affordable Care Act…