A Pension Law Pandemic: The Need for a COVID-19 Presumptive Bill To Protect Disabled Front-line Workers
New York’s essential workers are in dire need of a COVID-19 presumptive law to help secure disability pension protections they are being denied.
Practice Area: Torts & Insurance
Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law Section Journal – Vol. 49 No. 1
Hitting ‘Send’ May a Settlement Make: An Analysis of <i>Philadelphia Insurance Indem. Co. v. Kendall</i>
What, then, is the consequence of counsel exchanging emails with agreed settlement terms, when the emails contain at most an automatically pre-populated “signature” block, but no deliberate retyping of the attorney’s name akin to a “signature.”
Deconstruction- Vol. 46 No. 2
How COVID-19 Has Affected the Practice of Tort Law in New York State
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been various issues that both plaintiff and defendant tort practitioners have confronted, as they relate to important statutory time periods, immunity, and/or limitation of liability.
What Will It Take To Reform New York’s Class Action Procedures?
New York’s class action procedures are antiquated. It’s time—past time, really—to update them.
Deconstruction- Vol. 46 No. 1
New Online Portal Matches Pro Bono Attorneys With Injured Workers For Easier Access to Medical Treatment
Injured workers will now be able to obtain medical treatment more easily through the assistance of pro bono attorneys.
A new NYSBA-developed user-friendly online portal will match clients with volunteer attorneys.
State Bar Association Provides Pro Bono Attorneys To Help Injured Workers With Workers’ Compensation Medical-Only Claims
Injured workers will now be able to obtain medical treatment more easily through the assistance of pro bono attorneys.
Finally, a Consensus Is Near on Who Should Gain from Medical Malpractice Buyouts
It turned out to be a difficult question to answer, as this was the first demutualization case of its kind in New York State, and the Appellate Division was of different minds on the matter. Now, however, there are signs that a consensus might be reached, perhaps even by the Court of Appeals.