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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Tests Vehicle Passenger Safety in Rollover and Rear-End Accidents

Rollover crashes constitute 3 percent of passenger vehicle crashes, but about one third of the fatalities. Injuries can occur even if there is minimal roof…

Posted by SEO Admin on Jun 29, 2008

A New Fire Code and an Improved Building Code For New York City Effective July 1, 2008

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has signed legislation establishing a new Fire Code for the City of New York, effective July 1, 2008. It is the…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Jun 27, 2008

Major League Baseballs Liability for Injuries Resulting from Shattering Maple Bats

When players or spectators are injured at sporting events, a common and often successful defense alleged by the team or stadium owner is that the…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Jun 25, 2008

Protest and Crane Dismantling Latest Developments Highlight Critical Importance of NYC's Proposed Legislation To Increase Construction Site Safety

Families of the firefighters who died in last summer's fire at the former Deutsche Bank building held a demonstration at the Manhattan site yesterday morning…

Posted by SEO Admin on Jun 22, 2008

New York State Bar Association Creates Task Force To Study Proliferation Of Wrongful Convictions

The new President of the New York State Bar Association Bernice Leber, noting that the number of criminal convictions overturned in New York State is…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Jun 19, 2008

June Through August is the Deadliest Time of Year for 15-Passenger Van Occupants

New research from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has found June through August to be the deadliest time of year for 15-passenger van…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Jun 17, 2008

From Cranes to Window Washers to Trenches, Construction Accidents Roil New York City

It seems that troubling news regarding the construction industry and construction accidents in New York City are heard on a daily basis. 15 people in…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Jun 15, 2008

Medtronic Recalls Selected Heparin-Coated Products

Medtronic, Inc., in what is termed a precautionary measure, has voluntary recalled selected products featuring its Carmeda BioActive surface, a coating applied to some devices…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Jun 12, 2008

Court Victories Last Week for Fantasy Baseball and Mayor Bloomberg

Last week, the United States Supreme Court declined to accept an appeal of an 8th Circuit decision that upheld a fantasy baseball companys right to…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Jun 09, 2008

Litigation Again Reveals What Big Pharma Wants Kept Secret

Recent federal court filings in the Ortho Evra products liability litigation disclosed that Johnson & Johnson hid data from the FDA about their birth control…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Jun 05, 2008

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