“Driver inattention” is the primary contributing factor in auto accidents and near-crashes, according to SafeNY.ny.gov. When you look away from the road for even a few seconds, you immediately put yourself and everyone around you at risk of being seriously injured or killed in a crash. Are New York distracted driving laws doing enough to …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Product Liability
Auto manufacturers should make it easy to determine if there is a problem with the vehicle that you purchased and whether it is the subject of a safety recall. At first blush, it seems General Motors had been doing that while handling the massive number of recalls it has issued in 2014 due to faulty …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Construction & Workplace Accidents
Falls from heights – roofs, ladders and scaffolds – cause more deaths than any other type of construction accident, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). On average, between 150 and 200 workers die from falls on the job each year, while 100,000 suffer injuries. One of the ways to prevent these deaths …
Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Medical Malpractice & Errors
Hospital medication errors are a form of medical malpractice that happens every day in New York and across the country. Patients may receive the wrong dose or the wrong drug, or they may experience the harmful effects of drugs dangerously interacting with each other. To cut down on the human errors that can lead to …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Car Accidents
A New Jersey lawmaker made national headlines in November 2013 when he introduced a bill that would have significantly broadened the definition of “distracted driving” in that state in an effort to prevent those types of motor vehicle accidents. The bill would have prohibited drivers from engaging in “any activity unrelated to the actual operation …
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The costs of an auto accident often go well beyond what you pay the body shop for fixing your dents or the costs of your emergency room treatment. They may include a variety of other costs that impact you and society as a whole. Both the National Safety Council and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration …
Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Medical Malpractice & Errors
More than 77 percent of doctors who were sanctioned in New York State for medical negligence during a 10-year-period between 2003 and 2014 were allowed to continue treating patients in our state, a new report has found. Released in May 2014, the report by the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), “Questionable Doctors,” finds …
Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Medical Malpractice & Errors
What happens when a medical mistake claims the life of your child? For Leilani Schweitzer, it triggered a career in hospital risk management – but not before it changed her life in ways only the death of a child could. In an in-depth essay on EverydayHealth.com, Schweitzer explains how her 10-month-old son, Gabriel, was admitted …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Medical Malpractice & Errors
It should be common knowledge that you cannot share needles between patients in a clinical or hospital setting. In fact, doing so could be considered a form of hospital negligence. Unfortunately, in some hospitals, staff members may fail to recognize that insulin pens should be treated the same way as needles and never reused. …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Product Liability, Wrongful Death
Since February, General Motors (GM) has recalled nearly 3 million vehicles for faulty ignition switches — a problem that has reportedly led to at least 13 deaths. With news reports indicating that GM knew about the problem even before these deaths and failed to act, the car company is now facing pressure to right its …
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