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Study: To Save Millions in Damages, Buildings Need Only Meet Safety Codes

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 06 Oct2022

Recent research by ValuePenguin suggests that property owners and construction companies could avoid more than $1 billion in natural disaster damages costs each year simply by following building codes. The insurance platform’s study, based on an analysis of data gathered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, concludes that the adoption of building codes from, at […]

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Facing Extreme Heat, Will UPS Workers Strike?

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 17 Sep2022

A recent report by progressive magazine In These Times gave voice to UPS delivery workers calling upon their company to do more to keep them safe from extreme heat. Representatives for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents UPS workers, told the publication that even as UPS’s profits have risen over the last several years, […]

Posted in: Miscellaneous

How Can NYC Prepare For Future Flooding?

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 16 Sep2021

In the wake of the flash flooding that killed at least 22 in New York and New Jersey last week, local news publication City and State spoke with a variety of “climate experts and activists” about what what can be done to prepare New York City for future flooding events and protect New Yorkers from deadly floodwaters. […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Bodily Injury, Miscellaneous, Wrongful Death

How Greener Streets Can Protect New Yorkers from Floods

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 14 Sep2021

The deadly flooding brought to New York City by the remnants of Hurricane Ida raised urgent questions about what authorities can do to protect New Yorkers from future floods. A StreetsBlog analysis last week proposed that one solution is to make the city’s streets more absorbent by installing green, permeable infrastructure. The city has already installed at […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Miscellaneous

Storm Deaths Expose Rampant Illegal Basement Apartments

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 07 Sep2021

When the remnants of Hurricane Ida rolled through New York last week, they took a heavy toll: 46 lives, with six people still missing as of September 3rd. Of those deaths, 25 were in New Jersey, 16 in New York, four occurred in Pennsylvania, and Connecticut saw a single fatality, according to the New York Times. […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Injuries Due to Fire / Smoke, Miscellaneous

Women Are Afraid of Walking in Cities Because of Sexual Assault, Study Shows

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 07 Jul2021

A new study examining the gendered nature of urban design, published by Leading Cities, found that the risk of sexual assault disproportionately prevents women from walking around their cities. According to the study, 30% of women respondents said they either “always” or “very frequently” avoid walking around their cities because of fear, instead choosing other  modes of transportation. […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Bodily Injury, Miscellaneous, Municipal Liability

Midway Nursing Home in Queens, NY Cited for Abuse

Midway Nursing Home in Queens, NY Cited for Abuse

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 05 Jul2021

Midway Nursing Home received 15 citations for violations of public health laws between 2017 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on July 2, 2021. The Maspeth nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. The nursing home […]

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Neglect, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Lawsuits, Nursing Home Violations, Verbal Abuse

Rutland Nursing Home Cited, Fined Over $30,000

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 10 Feb2020

Rutland Nursing Home received 21 citations for violations of public health code between 2016 and 2019, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on January 21, 2020. The facility has also been the subject of a 2015 fine of $12,000 in connection to findings it violated health code provisions regarding nutrition and […]

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Neglect, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Lawsuits, Nursing Home Violations

Westchester Doctor Convicted for Stealing 540k from 97-year-old

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 21 Sep2019

A Westchester doctor was convicted of stealing over half-a-million dollars from an elderly woman. According to LoHud.com, physician Peter Corines of Eastchester stole the massive sums from a 97-year-old woman over just a two-week period in November 2017. The jury convicted the disgraced doctor of three felonies stemming from the stolen money and stolen identity […]

Posted in: Falsifying Records, Fraud, Medical Malpractice, Miscellaneous

New York Finally Outlaws “Revenge Porn”

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 05 Aug2019

Five years after introducing the legislation in Albany, New York became the 42nd state to outlaw “revenge porn” last month. While the state may have been late to pass the long-awaited legislation, New York’s revenge porn law will be one of harshest in the country. Victims of revenge porn describe upended lives and deeply personal […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Emotional Distress, Miscellaneous

New York Sues Maker of OxyContin Drugs

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 28 Sep2018

New York State joined a growing list of states this month when it sued Purdue, the maker of OxyContin, for the company’s role in creating the current opioid crisis. According to New York State, Purdue marketed the prescription pain medication as a more effective and less addictive solution to chronic pain – despite possessing evidence […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Miscellaneous, Wrongful Death

New York Adopts “BSN-In-Ten” Law for Nurses

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 25 Aug2018

New York became the first state in the country requiring all nurses to complete a four-year degree program, according to Nurse.com. The new law, which the American Nurses Association has lobbied for since 1964, marks the standardization of nursing education across the state. Under the new law, which took effect in January 2018, all nurses will […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Medical Errors, Miscellaneous

First Revenge Porn Lawsuit Filed in New York City

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 21 May2018

A health professor at the City University of New York (CUNY) filed the first civil lawsuit under New York City’s “Revenge Porn” law, which was passed in November last year and went into effect in February. The professor, Dr. Spring Chenoa Cooper, alleges that her ex-boyfriend shared explicit images and videos of her online and […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Emotional Distress, Miscellaneous

Lawsuit: Port Authority Secretly Recorded Medical Exams

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 10 Mar2018

A Port Authority employee filed a lawsuit alleging that she was secretly videotaped during a medical exam. The employee, Charlene Talarico, said the incident happened during an exam in August 2016. Talarico is suing for unspecified damages, according to the lawsuit filed in a Manhattan federal court last week. Alleging emotional distress, pain and suffering, and other unspecified […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Bodily Injury, Medical Malpractice, Miscellaneous

Injured at Rap Concert, Fan Sues Rapper, Venue, Management Company, and Security

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 16 Nov2017

After being pushed off a third-story balcony and then dragged on stage at a concert, a young fan is now paralyzed and suing the rapper and venue for his injuries. The 23-year-old fan, Kyle Green was attending a Travis Scott concert who is known for his over-the-top antics at concerts. This charged and amped-up atmosphere has led […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Bodily Injury, Miscellaneous

New York’s Paid Family Leave Law Finally Goes Into Effect in January 2018

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 10 Oct2017

Beginning in January 2018, New York’s Paid Family Leave Law (PFLL) will provide all New York employees with 50 percent of their wages for eight weeks while they are taking off work to care for a loved one. The new law, passed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, will gradually increase the employee’s reimbursement until it pays […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Miscellaneous

Study Suggests Cure to Alzheimer’s May Be on the Horizon

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 06 Sep2016

An experimental drug may have led researchers one step closer to preventing Alzheimer’s disease. The drug is called ‘aducanumab’ and was developed by Biogen, a pharmaceutical company based in Massachusetts who also funded the study; results were published on Wednesday on Nature.com. In patients with Alzheimer’s, scientists have found an abnormal structure called ‘plaques’ in […]

Posted in: Elder Population Studies, Miscellaneous, Nursing Home Abuse

Woman Secretly Records Her Surgery — Shocked at What She Hears

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 18 Apr2016

Ethel Easter of Harris County, Texas was wary of the doctor who would be performing a hernia surgery after some harsh comments he made to her. Easter was told by her doctor she would have to wait two months before her surgery could be performed.  She pleaded that she could not wait that long as she […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Medical Malpractice, Miscellaneous

New York Court Denied Defendant’s Request for “Independent” Medical Examination after Defendant Missed Deadline by One-year

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 02 Mar2016

As part of the personal injury civil system, discovery is a phase in litigation that prevents unfair surprises for all parties to a cause of action. The court system, including Federal and State courts, require disclosure of all relevant and material facts that pertain to the case, to be “disclosed,” to the other side prior to […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Bodily Injury, Miscellaneous

Patron Punched By NY Bouncer Will Get Trial

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 26 Jan2016

Darin Hill, security guard at a  nightclub in New York City, allegedly caused a patron, Plaintiff Fauntleroy, to suffer serious personal injuries during an altercation.  Mr. Hill was employed by a security company, All Season Protection of NY, LLC.  The operator of the nightclub, Sutol Operating Company, hired All Season Protection to provide security at the establishment. […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Bodily Injury, Miscellaneous

Recent Appellate Decision Comes Down In NYC Bar Fight Case

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 26 Oct2015

On November 27, 2007 the decedent (deceased) attended a party at Duvet Restaurant and Lounge, a restaurant and night club located on W 21st Street in Manhattan, where he was fatally stabbed. The decedent was stabbed outside the night club by another patron as the result of a fight that started inside the club. The […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Bodily Injury, Miscellaneous, Wrongful Death

Lavern’s Law: An Attempt to Modify NY’s Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitations

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 12 Oct2015

New York State is one of the few states that do not have a “date of discovery” statute of limitations, which can prove detrimental to many medical malpractice victims. A date of discovery statute of limitations allows a person to pursue an action from the date at which the malpractice is discovered as opposed to the […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Medical Malpractice, Miscellaneous

Nursing Homes Compete with Lavish Amenities for Short-Term Rehabilitation Residents

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 03 Aug2015

Nursing homes are restricted in the amount of Medicare dollars they receive from federal and state governments. In addition, a large portion of their income is generated by payments from residents for services and stays. Rather than increasing the level of care and access to medical personnel, some nursing homes have focused their attention on […]

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Nursing Home Abuse, Nursing Home Violations, Pressure Sores

Nursing Aide Prosecuted for Brutal Assault against Resident of Nursing Home

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 03 Aug2015

The elderly victim of the assault was a resident of the West Lawrence Care Center in Rockaway, New York who suffered from osteoporosis, arthritis, and bone marrow disease. Due to her ailments, the victim was bedridden at the time of the assault. As such, she was unable to take care of herself on her own […]

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Nursing Home Abuse, Physical Abuse

Plaintiff Police Officer’s Case Car Accident Case Will Proceed Due to Lumbar Spine Injuries

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 02 Aug2015

The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department modified a trial court order that granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed a negligence complaint in a car accident case. The First Department dismissed the claim under the 90/180 day rule but allowed the plaintiff to proceed with the “permanent consequential” and “significant” limitations […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Bodily Injury, Miscellaneous, Motor Vehicle Accidents

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