Get into an accident with a rental car? Recent federal law, which preempts New York’s vicarious liability law, insulates the Herz, Avis and Dollars of the world from any liability for the negligence of the rental car driver. To add insult to injury, the rental companies are only required to carry $25,000 in coverage on their vehicles. Add that …
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Sign it -it doesn’t matter anyway. You can’t take your kid to a birthday party these days without some teenage party worker handing you the waiver of liability form before you enter the building. You know- the form where you purport to waive any and all claims of liability against the establishment if little Johnie gets hurt.
It happens oh so frequently. I meet a recent accident victim for a consultation in my office. They’ve been rear-ended or struck by some driver blowing a stop sign and they’ve sustained a fractured leg or arm or some other serious injury. They need surgery and will be out of work for months. At first glance they have …
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Medical Malpractice: A liposuction procedure that claimed the life of a 28-year-old woman in May of 2009
The story illustrates the devastation that bed bugs cause people, and the reason that hotels, moving companies, and many other businesses should be paying close attention to these little critters.
