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Thanksgiving Week Not a Week for Two Laborers to Give Thanks to the Court of Appeals - Part 1

Thanksgiving Week brought two Court of Appeals decisions declining to apply the strict liability of New York State Labor Law 240(1) and 241(6). In…

Posted by SEO Admin on Nov 30, 2009

Urgent Advice to Parents: IMMEDIATELY Stop Using Drop-Side Cribs With Plastic Trigger and One-Hand-System Drop-Side Hardware

Drop-side cribs with plastic hardware were recalled and banned all in one day this past Tuesday, November 24, 2009. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety…

Posted by SEO Admin on Nov 28, 2009

New York Raises Minimum Child Booster Seat Requirement to Age 8

Effective today, to decrease children's risk of injury or death in a motor vehicle crash, the upper age limit of New York States child restraint…

Posted by SEO Admin on Nov 24, 2009

Court Finds Itself Without Power to Remedy a Misleading Construction Site Insurance Policy Whose Exclusions Render The Supposed Coverage Meaningless

In 720-730 Fort Washington Ave. Owners Corp. v. Utica First Ins. Co., --- N.Y.S.2d ----, 2009 WL 3645656 (N.Y.Sup. 2009), an insurance policy was purchased…

Posted by SEO Admin on Nov 21, 2009

Governor Paterson Signs Child Passenger Protection Act Making It a Felony for First-Time DWI With Children in the Vehicle

The Child Passenger Protection Act, now known as Leandras Law, discussed in our recent blog entry of November 9, was signed into law by Governor…

Posted by SEO Admin on Nov 20, 2009

Taser International Says It Changed Preferred Target Area Not for Safety But To Avoid Giving Plaintiffs Lawyers a Chance to Sue

TASER Training Bulletin 15.0 Regarding Medical Research Update and Revised Warnings, released on October 12, 2009, removed a persons chest from the preferred target area…

Posted by SEO Admin on Nov 03, 2009

Levine & Slavit, PLLC Blog Archives

Thanksgiving Week Not a Week for Two Laborers to Give Thanks to the Court of Appeals - Part 1

Urgent Advice to Parents: IMMEDIATELY Stop Using Drop-Side Cribs With Plastic Trigger and One-Hand-System Drop-Side Hardware

New York Raises Minimum Child Booster Seat Requirement to Age 8

Court Finds Itself Without Power to Remedy a Misleading Construction Site Insurance Policy Whose Exclusions Render The Supposed Coverage Meaningless

Governor Paterson Signs Child Passenger Protection Act Making It a Felony for First-Time DWI With Children in the Vehicle

Son of Sam 10% Exemption Applies to Inmate's Medical Malpractice Settlement

Nursing Home, Even Though an LLC, is Criminally Liable for Its Employees Failure to Provide Required Care to Patient

The Child Passenger Protection Act Should Become Law

Is It Fair to Even Threaten Eduardo Henriquez With Prosecution Over Fatal Drunk Driving Accident?

Taser International Says It Changed Preferred Target Area Not for Safety But To Avoid Giving Plaintiffs Lawyers a Chance to Sue

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