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• posted: Mar. 15, 2024
• Jeffrey M. Rich
• NY Personal Injury Laws,  Accidents,  Personal Injury
• emotional distress,  lawsuit,  serious injuries

New York’s no-fault insurance system is designed to streamline the process of resolving car accident claims so that injured parties receive reimbursement for medical costs and related losses without litigation. Read More

• posted: May 11, 2020
• Jeffrey M. Rich
• Motor Vehicle Accients,  COVID-19
• auto insurance,  cancel coverage,  suspend coverage,  uninsured driver

Severe restrictions on travel, health fears and closed workplaces have sharply curtailed automobile traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic. Accidents have dropped so much that many auto insurance companies are providing Read More

• posted: May 04, 2020
• Jeffrey M. Rich
• Personal Injury,  COVID-19
• litigation process changes,  personal injury lawsuits

Like most other activities where in-person interaction is required, personal injury lawsuits have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This can put serious stress on parties who are looking to Read More

• posted: Apr. 27, 2020
• Jeffrey M. Rich
• Accidents,  COVID-19
• auto traffic,  bicycle use,  mass transit,  transportation patterns

Once Americans came to understand how deadly the coronavirus can be and how easily it is passed from person to person, transportation habits changed. Not only did people drastically curtail Read More

• posted: Apr. 20, 2020
• Jeffrey M. Rich
• COVID-19
• coronavirus,  emotional distress,  forseeability,  physical impact,  zone of danger

The novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is not only potentially deadly, but can be transmitted by individuals who are not showing any symptoms, so people might fear that they’ve contracted Read More

• posted: Mar. 15, 2018
• Jeffrey M. Rich
• Medical Malpractice
• dental malpractie,  post-op complications,  root canals

Root canals are common procedures performed in dentists’ offices or at practices specializing in endodontics. Every case presents its own set of challenges, however, and errors do occur. If one Read More

• posted: Feb. 15, 2018
• Jeffrey M. Rich
• Nursing Home Abuse
• elder care,  nursing home falls,  personal injuries

In the 1990s, a popular advertising campaign aired on televisions throughout the United States. It depicted an elderly woman shouting, “Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” This campaign Read More

• posted: Jan. 15, 2018
• Jeffrey M. Rich
• Medical Malpractice
• diagnostic errors,  hospital malpractice,  physician error

Delayed diagnosis, misdiagnosis and failure to diagnose and treat are all aspects of diagnosis error, which constitutes medical malpractice. If a serious injury or death resulted from a failure to Read More

• posted: Dec. 15, 2017
• Jeffrey M. Rich
• Medical Malpractice
• dental liability,  TMJ injuries

The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a hinge joint between the lower jaw and skull with a small disc between the bones. It facilitates opening and closing the mouth and moving Read More

• posted: Nov. 15, 2017
• Jeffrey M. Rich
• Nursing Home Abuse
• bedsores,  neglectful care,  preventable injury in nursing homes

Nursing homes have a duty to ensure that elderly residents receive the necessary care and services to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial well-being. When nursing Read More

• posted: Oct. 15, 2017
• Jeffrey M. Rich
• Medical Malpractice
• pharmaceutical malpractice,  physician liability,  prescribing errors

We’ve all heard the phrase, “the cure is worse than the disease.” The speaker is usually speaking figuratively about the difficult road to recovery after an illness or trauma, but Read More

• posted: Sep. 07, 2017
• Jeffrey M. Rich
• Medical Malpractice
• dental injuries,  nerve damage

If you have gone through a dental procedure that involved extractions, implants, or root canals and are suffering lasting numbness, paralysis, loss of sensation,loss of taste or diminished function, you Read More

• posted: Aug. 08, 2016
• Jeffrey M. Rich
• Birth Injury
• autism

The mystery of what causes children to be born with autism — a developmental disorder that is sharply on the rise across the United States — has gained increasing attention Read More

• posted: Aug. 08, 2016
• Jeffrey M. Rich
• Birth Injury
• autism

The mystery of what causes children to be born with autism — a developmental disorder that is sharply on the rise across the United States — has gained increasing attention Read More

• posted: Aug. 08, 2016
• Jeffrey M. Rich
• Premises Liability
• elevator accidents

Having an elevator phobia is inconvenient in a city like New York — unless you do not break a sweat climbing 18 flights of stairs. Like fears about flying in Read More

• posted: Aug. 08, 2016
• Jeffrey M. Rich
• Premises Liability
• elevator accidents

Having an elevator phobia is inconvenient in a city like New York — unless you do not break a sweat climbing 18 flights of stairs. Like fears about flying in Read More