I was very proud to be asked to teach a class in Workers' Compensation, Personal Injury, and Social Security Disability laws at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx. This is perhaps my tenth time teaching working men and women what to do if they have accidents or...
Month: March 2015
Consumer Reports study underscores high number of hospital errors
A central and obvious irony that has been long noted about hospitals by medical industry commentators is that, while they are places where sick people go to get better, they are also locales where ill patients often get even sicker as well.A recent media article...
What does teen fashion have to do with safe driving?
As an adult driver, you should be alarmed -- but not overly surprised -- to see a young motorist in front of you changing lanes and clothes at the same time.Yes, you read that sentence correctly. A recent National Public Radio article discussing dangerous driving...
Premises liability focus: New York landlord taken to court
Persons and companies that own and manage properties have a good-faith duty imposed on them to reasonably inspect and maintain those premises in good working order, so that guests, visitors and other persons entitled to be onsite are safe and not unreasonably...
New commercial truckers target of prospective training requirements
It's hardly surprising that the commercial trucking industry is a constant focus of scrutiny for state and federal regulators fixated on the public's safety.Commercial trucks are big. In fact, they are roadway behemoths, affecting traffic around them in singular and...
Workers’ compensation: a prominent concern for injured nurses
Although the following tale centrally relates to one hospital, in a larger sense it is more meaningfully focused upon an entire industry and a vitally important worker subset within it.That industry is health care, with the employee focus being on the workers that...