When it comes to failure to misdiagnose a serious illness, health care professionals should be held accountable according to the malpractice attorneys at New York’s Lurie Law Firm, a New York personal injury law firm that specializes in medical malpractice cases.

Online PR News – 16-November-2009 – According to the medical malpractice experts at the law firm of Lurie, Ilchert, Mac Donnell and Ryan, LLP (http://www.limrlaw.com), a leading New York City injury law firm that champions for the rights of those who have suffered as a result of misdiagnosed illnesses, if a patient is experiencing symptoms that are serious in nature, it is imperative that a rapid and accurate diagnosis is given.

"When an individual is seriously ill, time is of the essence and a missed diagnosis can cause irreparable damage or harm," says George W. Ilchert, Esq., a partner with the Lurie Law Firm.

"When someone puts their health in the hands of an experienced health care professional, they should expect a proper diagnoses and treatment so they can get well and move on with their life."

Ilchert says that although health care professionals are trained to provide quality care, mistakes can and will be made. Unfortunately, such mistakes can put a patient’s health in jeopardy.

"If a failure to diagnose a health condition properly is proven in the court of law and that negligence leads to injury or death, the patient has certain legal rights to collect damages," says Ilchert. "If you or someone you know has been involved in a New York failure to diagnose case, it is important to reach out to an experienced medical malpractice attorney."

Established for more than 50 years, Lurie, Ilchert, Mac Donnell & Ryan LLP, is a New York Personal Injury law firm, specializing in representing victims of all types of accidents including construction and demolition, falls from ladders, scaffolds, and roofs, automobiles, trains, and busses, babies with cerebral palsy and other brain damage, general medical malpractice, saws and electrical tools without guards, and slip and fall cases. For more information, call 1-800-679-4227 or visit www.limrlaw.com.

Cellino & Barnes, a New York personal injury law firm, recently obtained a total settlement of $3.25 million for two sanitation workers whose garbage truck was hit by a commercial vehicle that ran a red light. The Buffalo trial attorney was Cellino & Barnes lawyer Michael Cooper.

Buffalo, NY (Lexis Nexis/PRWEB ) November 17, 2009 -- New York law firm Cellino & Barnes has won a $3.25 million personal injury settlement for its clients who were injured on the job in a truck accident. The Buffalo Department of Street Sanitation employees were performing their duties when a truck ran a red light and broadsided their vehicle. The sanitation workers were seriously injured in the resulting accident, and Cellino & Barnes lawyer Michael Cooper filed a personal injury lawsuit (002399/2006) in the 8th Judicial District of the New York Supreme Court in Erie County.

The plaintiffs suffered back, knee, neck and head injuries. "Both of our clients in this case underwent spinal fusion surgeries," personal injury attorney Cooper said. "The insurance company for the defendant did not want to settle, despite the severity of my clients' injuries." Cooper entered into an alternative dispute resolution process, seeking a settlement or a trial. "I negotiated vigorously in the ADR over an eighteen-month period," Cooper said, adding that he met with the judge and the defense lawyer over a dozen times on his clients' behalf. "When the defense finally understood that I was prepared to go to trial, they agreed to my settlement demands."

"Our firm's attorney Michael Cooper prepared the cases for trial and hired the best accident reconstruction experts in the country," law firm partner Stephen Barnes said. "As a result of our attorney's thorough preparation and persistence, the insurance companies ultimately agreed to his settlement demand of $1.75 million and $1.5 million, respectively." Firm partner Ross Cellino added, "Lawyer Michael Cooper's determination to proceed to trial was a key to the successful outcome of this serious personal injury case."

About Cellino & Barnes
Cellino & Barnes is a New York personal injury law firm with offices in Buffalo, Rochester, Melville, Garden City and Manhattan. Cellino & Barnes focuses strictly on personal injury cases, including auto accidents, medical malpractice, construction accidents, and premises liability claims. For more information about Cellino & Barnes visit www.CellinoandBarnes.com or contact the firm at (800) 483-2050.

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Legal news for New York Personal Injury attorneys– A kite string made for “kite-fighting” seriously injured a New York City teenage boy in a tragic incident.

Queens, NY (NewYorkInjuryNews.com) – A kite string almost cost a Queen’s teenager his life when the kite razor-sharp string slit his throat in October 2009, announced the New York Post.

The teenage skateboarder, identified as “Jared”, was skating outside his home in Flushing, New York when he was clotheslined by a downed kite string. The kite’s string was lined with encrusted glass and sliced open the boy’s throat from ear to ear.

Jared collapsed to the ground with the wire ingrained in his neck. Neighbors rushed to his aid. The two good Samaritans turned the gravely injured boy over, while another man used his own shirt to tie around his neck to slow the bleeding. Jared was rushed to a local hospital where he required 400 to 500 stitches. Two of the teens lymph nodes were also lost in the tragic incident.

The boy’s parents are suing New York City and for even permitting the kite flying activity to be allowed in Flushing Meadows Park. The family is also suing the co-op complex for not immediately removing the hazardous wire that was left lying low between the two buildings.

Investigating police located the dangerous kite on the roof where it lay with 300 years of razor-sharp line. The family’s attorney stated that the New York City should be aware of the kite festivals that are occurring in Queens Park, which were motivated by the book and movie “The Kite Runner”.

The sport of kite-fighting — featured in the book and movie– is a sport largely played in South Asia and is a popular pastime in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The goal of game is for one of the two battling kites to cut the other persons kite down first with the sharp-glass-encrusted kite string, according to Wikipedia.

The lawsuit stated that power drills are used to reel in the sharp wire. People continue to battle the kites in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Jared’s family filed the lawsuit in Queens Supreme Court to seek unspecified damages.

Bridget Hom

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Dimock Township, Susquehanna County, Pa. -

A lawsuit has been filed in federal court seeking compensation from a natural gas drilling company operating in Dimock Township, Susquehanna County.
Fifteen families living on one township road, an area that has been identified by state environmental regulators as having contaminated drinking water infused with methane, filed the suit in order to force Cabot Oil & Gas to repair alleged damage to their properties “as a consequence of drilling for natural gas,” said the law firm that is representing the families in a statement.
A press conference will be held Friday morning at the entrance of a natural gas well pad on Carter Road to officially announce the court action.
The legal complaint is mostly centered on the methane contamination that actually afflicted a nine-square mile area, according to environmental regulators.
Carter Road is home to some of the residences that are now being provided drinking water by the natural gas operator since ordered by the state environmental regulator to do so after it was found that their wells were polluted with methane. One well literally exploded on New Year’s Day.
Methane is the principal component of natural gas, and it can be dislodged from its underground reserves if a natural gas operator fails to properly contain it.
Houston-based Cabot Oil & Gas has extensively drilled for natural gas in the township and the surrounding area. A company spokesperson was unavailable for comment on Thursday.
On November 4, the state Department of Environmental Protection fined the company $120,000 for allowing methane to enter the local drinking water aquifer. The extent of the contamination was discovered after the well exploded on New Year’s Day.
“These families entered into gas lease agreements with Cabot Oil & Gas. ... These lease agreements allowed Cabot to extract natural gas from beneath their properties in exchange for monetary compensation,” according to the statement. “These families, like so many others who signed leases, had high hopes for a better future with the revenue this activity was supposed to provide.”
The families are being represented by Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Firm, a prominent New York City-based firm that has litigated several civil-rights cases, and Zarwin Baum Devito Kaplan Schaer Toddy, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
“It’s the little guy standing up for themselves, and they left a mess” said Michael Lebron, a spokesperson for the litigants. “It’s David versus Goliath.”
Six Carter Road residents are expected to speak at Friday’s press conference, along with two of their attorneys.
The complaint asks that the company return their well water to its original state prior to gas drilling.
The families are further suing the company “for their loss of property value, emotional distress, and personal injury,” according to the statement. ip

With the holiday season approaching, the criminal defense attorneys at the Connecticut law firm of Paoletti & Gusmano, say that the chances of being picked up on a drinking and driving charge increase this time of year.

According to Frederick D. Paoletti, Jr., Founding Principal of the law firm of Paoletti & Gusmano, (http://www.paolettilaw.net), a criminal defense law firm that specializes in Connecticut DWI and DUI cases, many Connecticut drivers are at risk for being arrested this holiday season for driving under the influence, even if they don’t plan on drinking alcohol.

“Many people don’t realized that after they get pulled over, it is common for law enforcement officials to misinterpret the results of a field sobriety test and they can even influence blood alcohol concentration readings from a Breathalyzer,” says Paoletti. “Driving while under the influence is a serious traffic violation that can result in heavy penalties, even for first-time offenders in Connecticut. Understanding and dismissing some of the most common myths about driving under the influence can help you avoid that kind of trouble during the upcoming holiday season.”

According to Paoletti, one of the most common myths about DUI is that the smell of alcohol on your breath is proof of alcohol consumption or intoxication.

“Unfortunately, many law enforcement officers use the smell of alcohol as a gauge to determine if a driver has been drinking,” says Paoletti. “The truth is, alcohol is odorless and the odor more often comes from the ingredients found in alcoholic beverages. For example, a person who drinks a non-alcoholic beer will smell the same as someone who consumes a beer containing alcohol.”

Similarly, he says, the body naturally produces enough alcohol, particularly among smokers and diabetics, to fail a breathalyzer test in Connecticut, even if they’ve not had a drop of alcohol to drink.

“Breathalyzer tests are actually inaccurate thirty percent of the time,” says Paoletti. “The only way to get an accurate reading is through a blood test.”

In fact, Paoletti says that studies have shown that alcohol concentration in the breath can vary considerably and when an officer tells an individual to blow harder into a breathalyzer machine, the chances of getting the most concentrated levels of alcohol, from the bottom of the lungs, is greater.

“This puts individuals at serious risk when it comes to their rights,” says Paoletti. “If you or someone you love is pulled over this holiday season and accused of DUI, be sure to understand the truth about DUI testing and, if arrested, call a professional criminal defense attorney or DUI law firm that specializes in such cases.”

Established in 1990, the law firm of Paoletti & Gusmano, (http://www.paolettilaw.net), located at 3301 Main Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 06606, specializes in Connecticut criminal defense law and Connecticut personal injury law. Paoletti & Gusmano Attorneys at Law assist clients throughout Connecticut, including cities in Fairfield and New Haven counties such as Bridgeport, Danbury, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, New Canaan, New Fairfield, Newtown, Redding, Shelton, Sherman, Stratford, Weston, Westport, Wilton, Beacon Falls, Branford, Cheshire, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Middlebury, Milford, Naugatuck, New Haven, North Branford, Prospect, Seymour, Wallingford, Waterbury, and Woodbridge. For more information and a free consultation call (203) 371-1000.

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A partner from the respected Lurie Law Firm, a top New York accident injury law firm, says that there are a number of ways to avoid accidents involving pedestrians and automobiles.

According to George W. Ilchert, Esq., a partner with the New York personal injury law firm of Lurie, Ilchert, Mac Donnell and Ryan, LLP (http://www.limrlaw.com), pedestrian accidents are one of the most common and most damaging automobile-related accidents.

“When a motor vehicle hits a pedestrian there exists the potential for more serious injury than in any other automobile accident,” says Ilchert, “because the victim is unprotected by all of the safety features found in a car.”

A pedestrian is a sitting duck, says Ilchert, which is why drivers and pedestrians need to follow a set of simple safety rules to avoid such accidents.

Ilchert offers the following tips to pedestrians to avoid injury:

• Pedestrians should only cross the street using marked crosswalks and never cross in the middle of the street or between cars. They should follow any crosswalk signals, as well, and never cross until the sign directs them to do so.

• When using crosswalks, Pedestrians should be sure that no motorists are turning into their path.

• Pedestrians should always watch for traffic while crossing the street and always look both ways before crossing.

• Pedestrians should never run into the street or assume that cars will stop for them.

For drivers to avoid pedestrian accidents, Ilchert offers these tips:

• Drivers should always keep their eyes peeled and remember that they can encounter pedestrians anywhere. Before passing through crosswalks, even if they have a green light, drivers should be sure that pedestrians are not attempting to cross.

• Drivers should always be aware of traffic controls and yield to pedestrians that may already be crossing the road.

• Drivers should never assume that a pedestrian can see them coming.

“Pedestrians and drivers have a shared responsibility when it comes to avoiding pedestrian accidents,” says Ilchert.

Established for more than 50 years, Lurie, Ilchert, Mac Donnell & Ryan LLP, located at 475 Park Avenue South (32nd Street) New York, NY, 10016, specializes in representing victims of all types of accidents including construction accidents and demolition, falls from ladders, scaffolds, and roofs, automobiles, trains, and busses, babies with cerebral palsy and other brain damage, general medical malpractice, saws and electrical tools without guards, and slip and fall cases. For more information, call 1-800-679-4227 or visit www.limrlaw.com.

Carla Hughes was found guilty Wednesday in the murder of her former boyfriend’s lover and unborn child.

Jackson, Mississippi (WiredPRNews.com) - Carla Hughes, a 28-year-old former middle school teacher in Jackson, Mississippi, was found guilty of capitol murder Wednesday and sentenced to life in prison. Hughes was charged with killing 27-year-old Avis Banks and her unborn child in 2006. Banks, who was five months pregnant, was shot 4 times and then stabbed.

Prosecutor Michael Guest alleged that Hughes killed Banks in order to be with her fiancé, Keyon Pittman, who refused to leave Banks, whom he was sharing a home with at the time of the murder. Hughes was previously an honor student and described throughout the trial as having a kind nature, which left many in disbelief that she would commit such a heinous crime. The accomplished Hughes had been on the Dean’s list, won numerous awards and contests, and was known to many in her community as a humanitarian. One witness who took the stand described her as a peacemaker.

The parents of the slain woman, Frederick and Debra Banks, reached out and hugged the mother of Carla Hughes after the sentence was handed down. Both say they have no animosity toward Hughes or her family and are satisfied with the sentence. Hughes is not eligible for parole and is set to spend the rest of her life in prison.

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A neighbor of the entertainer is suing her for alleged noise violations.

New York (WiredPRNews.com) – Pop icon Madonna is being sued by her neighbor for alleged noise violations. As reported by AFP, a woman who lives below the singer in her New York apartment recently filed suit with the New York State Supreme Court.

The lawsuit filed by Karen George is quoted in the report as alleging, “Madonna and one or more of her invited guests repeatedly dance and train… to unreasonably high-decibel, amplified music, causing noise and vibration to pour through the walls, ceilings and radiators.”

The suit further claims, “Ms. George has been forced to endure blaring music, stomping and shaking walls for approximately one and a half to three hours each day.”

Madonna has reportedly been threatened with eviction by the building board if the noise issue is not resolved.

Charges may reportedly be filed against the parents of a young boy believed to have floated away in a giant balloon.

Colorado (WiredPRNews.com) – Last week, authorities were frantically searching for a young boy believed to have floated away in a giant balloon. Now authorities are stating the incident was part of a plan devised by his parents to help the family land a reality television show. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), the parents of Falcon Heene, Richard and Mayumi Heene, may be charged with a felony for the alleged hoax.

Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden is quoted by the AP as stating of the six year old child’s whereabouts during the five hours authorities were searching for him, “For all we know he may have been two blocks down the road playing on the swing in the city park.”

Authorities are still investigating the matter.
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A new study suggests putting an end to the death penalty in the U.S. could cut budget costs by hundreds of millions of dollars every year.

Washington (WiredPRNews.com) – Doing away with capital punishment can potentially save states in the U.S. hundreds of millions of dollars annually, according to a new study released Tuesday. As reported by AFP, the study found that the costs of executions, even those which are not carried out, significantly deplete state budgets and take funding away from more imperative program needs.

Richard Dieter, author of the study and director of the Death Penalty Information Center, is quoted by AFP as stating of the issue, “It is doubtful in today’s economic climate that any legislature would introduce the death penalty if faced with the reality that each execution would cost taxpayers 25 million dollars, or that the state might spend more than 100 million dollars over several years and produce few or no executions.”

Dieter is further quoted as stating of the issue, “Further down the road, only one in ten of the death sentences handed down may result in an execution. Hence, the cost to the state to reach that one execution is 30 million dollars… There is no reason the death penalty should be immune from reconsideration, along with other wasteful, expensive programs that no longer make sense.”

As noted in the report, a recent poll suggests that 65 percent of people in the U.S. remain in favor of capital punishment.

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Dallas, Texas (CaymanMama.com)–Emergency medical services took a 26-year old pedestrian to the hospital when a school bus hit the woman while she was crossing the road. She received head injuries, some minor injuries and also had a broken leg. Her condition, according to hospital sources, is said to be serious.

The bus driver, as per the news report, has not yet received a ticket for the accident and gross negligence.

Negligence leads to injuries and results in immobilizing many people who receive catastrophic injuries. Drivers either fail to react instantly or neglect the situation, which could save many pedestrians from suffering injuries.

Contact a personal injury attorney if you or your loved one has been involved in car accident, pedestrian accident, catastrophic head injury, or soft tissue injury. A competent injury attorney or injury law firm would certainly help the injured in claiming compensation for the injury and harm suffered by the injured.

Dallas, Texas (CaymanMama.com) — Intellectual property is not widely understood in the business world unless one has a very good attorney or a broad knowledge of such legal jargon.

In most cases, a non-compete or non-solicitation agreement is required upon being hired in order to safeguard the employer’s “trade secrets.” However, the majority of people don’t understand what a trade secret is or why it’s important to protect.

According to Wikipedia, a trade secret is “a formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information which is not generally known or reasonably ascertainable, by which a business can obtain an economic advantage over competitors or customers.”

To determine a specific case matter constitutes a trade secret, a court will look at the following factors:

(1) the extent to which the information is known outside of the business;
(2) the extent to which the information is known by employees and others involved in the business;
(3) the extent of the measures taken to guard the secrecy of the information;
(4) the value of the information to the holder and to the competitors;
(5) the amount of effort or money expended in developing the information; and
(6) the ease or difficulty with which the information could be properly acquired or duplicated by others.

Texas courts grant trade secret safeguards for various types of intellectual property and proprietary information, including business processes, customer records, computer programs, product designs, manufacturing details, marketing tactics, pricing modules, vendor lists, and technical information.

If you have a matter you wish to discuss with a knowledgeable trade secret attorney, or for any other type of business-related issue, contact the Dallas employment lawyers (http://dallasemploymentlawyer.cdklawyers.com) at Clouse Dunn Khoshbin LLP at http://www.cdklawyers.com.

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Raleigh, North Carolina (CaymanMama.com) — The decision to get a divorce is never an easy one. The North Carolina divorce lawyers at the law firm of Gailor, Wallis & Hunt, PLLC can help to make the process easier and more understandable.

One of the most asked questions is: How do I file a claim for divorce?

When beginning to file for a divorce in North Carolina, the first stop is the preparation of documentation and then filing the complaint in court.

The complaint outlines to the court and to the other spouse (once served) that the filing party wishes for the court to dissolve the marriage. It also records any requests, such as child custody, child visitation, child support, spousal support, property division, attorney’s fees and court costs.

According to the Raleigh divorce attorney’s website: “After the complaint is filed, the defendant must be served with a copy of the complaint. The defendant has thirty (30) days from the date of service of the complaint to serve an answer. If the defendant requests an extension, it is common for that party to be granted an additional thirty (30) days to serve an answer.

“The defendant may raise a counterclaim that is a part of the same pleading containing the answer. If the defendant files a counterclaim, the plaintiff must serve a reply within thirty days (or sixty days if an additional thirty day extension is granted).”

In some cases, both parties will agree on all outstanding issues. However, in some cases, a trial may be required to resolve any of the claims which aren’t agreed upon.

While a lawsuit is not always necessary in the case of divorce, most can be settled by an agreement prior to or following the filing of the complaint.

Dallas, TX: Personal injuries result in physical and emotional pain and suffering. The negligent people who cause the injury out of sheer misconduct fail to respect the heath and safety factors. Thus, the injured land in hospitals, pay bills for their hospitalization, nurse their injuries and often loose wages as they cannot attend to work.

But what about the children who suffer injuries as the others, elders, who are driving their vehicles are negligent enough to ignore the traffic rules and highway laws. The ignorant people should be subjected to sever punishment by law that would help in making them a law abiding citizen.

An incident, a school bus accident is the perfect example of such negligence where the school bus that has stopped at the 4 lane highways was hit at the rear end by semitrailer. The driver failed to put the breaks on resulting in coalition, injuring children abroad.

The mother of children 12, 15 and 17 said that her children suffered physical injuries and mental anguish. The youngest, the mother said, also faced slight brain injuries while the other two are going through post traumatic stress disorder.

Incident like these happen daily and the people suffering from accident need to find selfless personal injury lawyers, car accident, vehicle accident lawyers who can help in the in their time of need.