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New York?s DMV Driver?s Manual And Study Guide Now Available On Line

Posted on October 14, 2008
Aaaahhh, Sweet 16! The age where extended bed times and more freedom are not just dreams but entitlements. Perhaps the greatest among them was that proud day that our parents drove us down to the DMV to sign up for our driver’s permit. What a fabulous piece of paper! We could almost smell the burning [...

Social Security Disability Radio Part II

Posted on October 09, 2008
Part two of Atlanta, Georgia Attorney Jonathan Ginsberg’s interview of Colorado Springs, Colorado Attorney Tomasz Stasiuk, can be listened to at “Part Two of Jonathan’s Interview With Attorney Tomasz Stasiuk” on ssdRadio. If you missed the first part of the interview, please see my post “Social Security Disability Radio...

Does Ladies Night Violate The Constitution?

Posted on October 06, 2008
You’ve all heard of Ladies Night, the practice whereby bars let women in for free and offer them reduced priced drinks in the hopes of luring in men in who are required to pay a cover charge and buy full price drinks. The practice stinks for poor college-aged guys, but the lure of women under [...

NY Workers? Comp and Labor Market Attachment Revisited

Posted on October 05, 2008
If you’re a partially disabled Workers’ Compensation claimant, you have an obligation to make a good faith effort to look for work within your restrictions. The purpose of this post is to share some points of advise we give our clients. For background, see my post “NY Workers’ Comp and Labor Market Attachment...

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A Tremendous Resource for Help in the Finger Lakes Area? the 2-1-1 Call Center

Posted on October 03, 2008
During my many years as an injury lawyer in the Elmira, Corning, Ithaca area, I have long been frustrated by the fact that it’s very difficult for folks in need to know HOW and WHERE to get help. While our area of the Finger Lakes boast a number of local, state and federal programs to [...

Ziff Law Firm Attorney Jim Reed Selected For Inclusion In Super Lawyers 2008 Magazine!!!!

Posted on October 01, 2008
James B. Reed, our managing partner, is way too humble to toot his own horn, and it will mortify him to read this post. Nevertheless, I thought our loyal readers would be interested to know that we have a star among us! Every year, an organization known as Super Lawyers selects attorneys from across the [...

NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer Explains Medicare ?Never Events?

Posted on October 01, 2008
Looking over the list of events that should NEVER occur, I am not surprised to see many of the types of events for which I have handled medical malpractice cases over the last 20 years– – hospital falls because proper safety precautions were not taken, – pulmonary embolish after surgery, –surgical instruments left inside the patient, –nasty bed sores [...

Dresser Rand Factory Explosion, Painted Post, NY, Injures Two Workers

Posted on September 30, 2008
WETM-TV posted an update (see below) on the explosion at the Dresser Rand plant in Painted Post that badly injured two local workers, Art Shurgars and Gerald Leach. We are relieved to hear that both workers seem to be medically stable. Both local and federal investigators are investigating the cause of this explosion but so [...

Steuben County Jury Rules City of Corning Not Responsible For Police Car Crash

Posted on September 27, 2008
WETM-TV reported the story below about a recent trial verdict in Steuben County, Bath, NY. This is not a case handled by our firm and I am trying to contact the Corning attorney who represented the injured woman to see what happened in the case. Stay tuned for more info...

What Does AIG?s Downfall Mean For You?

Posted on September 16, 2008
Image via Wikipedia The national press is abuzz with the news that insurance giant AIG may be headed toward bankruptcy as the fallout from the sub prime mortgage mess continues. Since AIG writes a LOT of insurance in NY, and we have several clients who were injured in car crashes by defendants insured [...

Turning Your New York Lemon into Lemonade! NY Lemon Law for New/Used Cars

Posted on September 16, 2008
If you?ve ever bought a new car, you know what a rush it is. There?s the new car smell, the feeling of power as you hit the accelerator, and the peace of mind knowing that you?ll have a reliable ride for a long, long time. But what happens when that new car isn?t so [...

Tioga County, PA Fatal Car Crash Due to Alcohol Claims A Young Life

Posted on September 14, 2008
Despite all the strides that have been made toward educating young drivers about the dangers of drinking and driving it seems that all too often we read news accounts of young passengers or drivers needlessly dying due to drunken driving. A very sad example of this continuing problem is the news that a sixteen [...

Social Security Disability Radio

Posted on September 10, 2008
Image via Wikipedia Atlanta, Georgia Attorney Jonathan Ginsberg has a unique blog, ssdRadio, on which he posts podcasts on topics related to Social Security Disability. His blog is a terrific resource. Jonathan Ginsberg recently interviewed Colorado Springs, Colorado Attorney Tomasz Stasiuk, and posted the first half of that interview as “Interview With Attorney Tomasz [...

Fatal PA Bicycle Accident: Elderly Driver Claims She Never Saw the Bicyclist?.

Posted on September 03, 2008
Image via Wikipedia As an avid cyclist, I just HATE stories like the one below as reported on the WETM-TV website. Here, the rider was doing exactly what he was supposed to be doing– riding on the side of the road and wearing his helmet– yet the driver claims to have not seen the bicyclist...

What Gives States The Right To Mandate Use Of Motorcycle Helmets?

Posted on September 03, 2008
Image by photonburst via Flickr I have received several comments in response to my blog post, High Price of Gasoline Results in More Motorcycle Fatalities some off the blog and one on. As I was writing a response, I thought it may make a good stand alone article...

Social Security Disability And ?Date Last Insured?

Posted on September 01, 2008
Image via Wikipedia If you’re applying for Social Security Disability an important date is your “date last insured.” As long as you are found to be disabled before your date last insured, you will receive Social Security Disability Benefits...

High Price of Gasoline Results In More Motorcycle Fatalities.

Posted on August 28, 2008
Image via Wikipedia As the price of gasoline hovers around the $4/gallon mark, more and more people across the country are turning to motorcycles as a more economical means of travel. According to the US Department of Transportation, the number of registered motorcycles has increased from just less than 4 million nationwide to almost 7 [...

Doctors Now Use Intimidation Tactics to Prevent Injured Patients From Seeking Compensation

Posted on August 25, 2008
Image via Wikipedia Medical Malpractice cases are hard enough. Between the fudging of charts (yes, it really does happen), the aggressive defense and the lobbying of government to severely limit a patient’s right to sue, it is already a stacked deck against plaintiffs...

ELMIRA HOUSING AUTHORITY CONTINUES TO REFUSE LEADING LEGIONNARIES? DISEASE EXPERT PERMISSION TO BE ONSITE

Posted on August 23, 2008
The Elmira Housing Authority continues to refuse to allow a leading expert on Legionnaires’ disease onsite to assist in the investigation into the recent outbreak at Elmira’s Flannery Towers. The Ziff Law Firm has been retained by three families affected by the outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at Elmira’s Flannery Towers...

Workers? Compensation Debit Card

Posted on August 22, 2008
Image via Wikipedia JP Morgan recently announced that it is the first major financial institution to enable insurance companies to use prepaid debit cards to deliver workers compensation benefits to injured workers. The Chase Workers Compensation Card, issued by JP Morgan, provides insurance companies with an alternative method for paying injured workers and improves the benefits [...

ELMIRA ATTORNEY CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE OUTBREAK OF LEGIONNAIRES? DISEASE AT THE FLANNERY TOWERS

Posted on August 18, 2008
According to the Elmira Star Gazette, health officials from Chemung County conferenced with New York State Health Department representatives this morning as they continue to test water at Elmira’s Edward Flannery Towers. In addition, Chemung County officials conformed two additional cases of Legionnaires’ disease, bringing the reported total number of cases to eight...

Legionnaires? Disease Lawyer in NY & PA: Outbreak in Elmira, NY

Posted on August 16, 2008
Image from a Radio-Tech News Blogpost about a new Remote Legionella Control Monitoring System The attorneys at Ziff Law have been contacted by a number of people in the Chemung County, New York area who have contracted Legionnaires’ disease throughout the past several weeks...

Cipro Antibiotic Drug Injuries & Lawsuits: Revisited by NY Cipro Lawyer

Posted on August 15, 2008
My recent post regarding injuries and lawsuits caused quinolone and fluoroquinolone antibiotics like Cipro, Levaquin and Floxin, provoked a number of great Comments and I thought it would be useful to offer some clarifying remarks regarding the injuries associated with these drugs...

The National Institute for Trial Advocacy ? a Worthwhile Investment

Posted on August 13, 2008
Shortly after I joined Ziff Law, Jim Reed, the firm’s managing partner (and frequent poster on this blog,) told me to sign myself up for the two-week National Session on Building Trial Skills offered by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA)...

The Worst Insurance Companies in America Revealed!

Posted on August 13, 2008
Image by Tbass Efendi via Flickr Let’s face it, Plaintiff’s attorney’s don’t much care for insurance companies. We fight with them all day, every day in order to try to get them to honor their responsibilities to our clients...

Possible Legionnaires? Disease Outbreak in Elmira

Posted on August 12, 2008
The Elmira Star Gazette is reporting a possible outbreak of Legionnaires Disease at the Ed Flannery Towers senior housing complex in the City of Elmira. Legionnaires’ Disease is a type of pneumonia caused by Legionella, a bacterium found primarily in warm water environments...

Best Lawyers in Upstate NY ? Triathlon Bragging Rights

Posted on August 04, 2008
For some strange reason, ESPN failed to provide prime time coverage of an epic sporting event…. Yesterday was the legal triathlon showdown between two Upstate NY law firms — the Ziff Law Firm from Elmira, NY versus their nemisis from the North, the Schlather, Geldenhuys, Stumbar & Salk firm from Ithaca, NY...

Social Security Launches New Retirement Estimator

Posted on August 04, 2008
Image via Wikipedia Social Security recently announced its new ?Retirement Estimator? as a planning tool that allows you to get an immediate and personalized estimate of your potential Social Security retirement benefit. The Retirement Estimator is tied to your actual Social Security earnings record and allows you to compare different retirement options...

Cipro Lawsuit Lawyer in NY & PA? Tendon Rupture Cases

Posted on August 01, 2008
Several people, knowing of my prior experience with other mass tort cases like asbestos and Vioxx, have called me recently to ask if my office is handling Cipro lawsuit cases in NY and PA? The answer is Yes, we are. For those of you who do not know what a “Cipro lawsuit” is, I will explain [...

NY Bicyclist Tackled by N.Y.C. Police Officer

Posted on July 29, 2008
I hate to see anyone hurt. I really hate to see someone hurt intentionally. But I really, really hate to see someone who is supposed to protect the public, intentionally injure a person. So sad… Check out this YouTube Video (http://www.youtube...

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