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Police Assertion of Qualified Immunity Insufficient to Gain Dismissal of Civil Rights Claim For Death Resulting from Use of Excessive Force

Plaintiff Leroy Rasanen, in Rasanen v. Brown, --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2009 WL 766205 (E.D.N.Y.,2009.) (decided March 25, 2009) brought this civil rights action pursuant to…

Posted by SEO Admin on Apr 27, 2009

Operation Safe Stop Day Highlights School Bus Safety

Yesterday, April 23, 2009, was this years Operation Safe Stop Day, a day when law police officers ride on board school buses and in marked…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Apr 24, 2009

Scaffold Law (Labor Law 240(1)) Held Not Applicable to Lessee Where Window Washer is Injured

In Ferluckaj v. Goldman Sachs & Co., --- N.E.2d ----, 2009 WL 856304, 2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 02483(decided April 02, 2009), the Court of Appeals…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Apr 21, 2009

Whopping Damage Award Against Private Prison Company for Inmates Death Affirmed by an Angry Court

By August of 1997 Texas had about 5,500 prisoners from other states housed in 22 facilities, generating revenues of more than $1,000,000 for private prison…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Apr 17, 2009

NYC Not Liable to Mother of Brain-Injured Infant for Not Following the Law and for Giving False Information About Day Care Home

When Charlene McLean was searching for a safe day care provider for her soon-to-be-born daughter she called the New York City Administration for Childrens Services…

Posted by SEO Admin on Apr 14, 2009

Traffic Deaths On U.S. Roads in 2008 Reached A Record Low While Seat Belt Use Continued To Climb

The number of traffic deaths on U.S. roads last year reached a record low, while seat belt use continued to climb, the U.S. Transportation Secretary…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Apr 12, 2009

Inadequate Patient Discharge Instructions and Intervention Resulting in Rehospitalization: Prevalent, Costly and Sometimes Malpractice

Studies have found that when patients leave the hospital without clear understanding of their diagnoses, medication instructions, or need for primary care follow-up, chances are…

Posted by SEO Admin on Apr 10, 2009

Ever Improving Safety Rules from the NYC Department of Buildings

The New York City Buildings Department and Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri recently announced a series of changes in the way high-risk construction will be regulated…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Apr 06, 2009

NFLs New Rules for 2009 Season Hope to Reduce Injuries, Especially Head and Neck Injuries

Last week saw the National Football League make eleven (11) rule changes including issues involving replays, kickoffs, onsides kicks, and hits to the quarterback. Viewed…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Apr 03, 2009

It All Comes Out in the Wash

Oftentimes it seems that when the dust settles, accidents that appeared to come out of the blue were in fact wholly predictable because someone tried…

Posted by Levine & Slavit PLLC on Apr 02, 2009

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