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Do Cell Phone and Texting Bans Work?

21 November 2011, 8:33 am

Author: Sackstein Sackstein & Lee, LLP New York Accident Attorneys

While many states have banned texting and cell phone use for drivers, some people question whether such laws actually will be effective in reducing use and accidents.

The Seat Belt Analogy

When states first passed seat belt laws, drivers and passengers alike complained. Yet as seat belt law enforcement occurred and people got seat belt tickets, they gradually started abiding by the law. Once enforcement took hold, statistics showed the relevance of ..read more

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New York Teenage Car Accidents and Graduated License Law

15 November 2011, 8:46 am

Teen Drivers Are the Most at Risk Age Group in New York

Author: Ted Rosenberg , Rosenberg & Gluck, L.L.P Suffolk County Long Island Personal Injury Attorneys

Parents who are concerned about their teenager’s driving safety have good reason to be concerned. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) teen drivers between the ages of 16 and 19 are four times more likely to be involved in car accidents than adult drivers. Statistics from 2009 showed that 3,000 ..read more

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Lawsuits and Bellwether Trials for Toyota Acceleration Defect

2 November 2011, 1:51 pm

Author: Rosenberg & Gluck, LLP

After numerous reports of Toyota accelerators sticking and causing vehicles to accelerate suddenly, Toyota announced a voluntary recall of eight models including the Camry and Corolla. In 2010, Toyota recalled approximately eight million vehicles worldwide and an estimated six million within the United States.

Toyota’s concessions to appease consumers

Subsequent to the recall, people began filing lawsuits for personal injury, wrongful death, and economic losses based on car value. In response, Toyota made vehicle modifications, including a ..read more

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Diabetes Drugs Complications and Actos

21 October 2011, 9:31 am

Author: Rudolph F.X. Migliore, P.C.

In recent years, diabetics have struggled to find medication to regulate insulin levels. Two of the most prominent of diabetes drugs are Avandia and Actos. Actos may be sold under the generic name Pioglitazone and Avandia under the name Rosiglitazone. The drugs may also be combined and sold in various combinations and variations including, Avandamet, Avandaryl, Actos plus Met, Actos plus Met XR and Duetact.

Beginning November 2007, the FDA required that Avandia carry the FDA’s highest ..read more

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Red Light Camera Systems in New York and on Long Island

14 October 2011, 3:06 pm

Do Red Light Cameras Systems Make Better Drivers? Author: Sackstein Sackstein & Lee, LLP

A survey done on New Jersey voters by the National Coalition for Safer Roads discovered that 56 percent of those surveyed felt cameras changed their driving habits for the better, and 77 percent approved of red light cameras.

It is interesting that statistics match drivers’ intuition about red light safety. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reports that in 2009, approximately 130,000 people suffered injury and 676 people ..read more

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New York Scaffolding Accident Causes Injuries

29 September 2011, 2:42 pm

Author: Sackstein Sackstein & Lee, LLP

On the morning of September 20, 2011 seventeen people were injured when a building scaffold collapsed onto a city bus at West 125th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem. Fire Department officials said the injuries were minor and not life threatening.

The scaffolding was erected at a five-story brick building that was being demolished at West 125th . Among the individuals who sustained injuries were eight bus passengers and two police officers. ..read more

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Why has Actos been linked to Bladder Cancer?

23 September 2011, 6:31 pm

Author: Rudolph F.X. Migliore, P.C.

Why has Actos been linked to Bladder Cancer?

A potential issue regarding Actos and bladder cancer was publicly identified by the Food and Drug Administration in September 2010, close to the time when restrictions were placed on a similar drug, Avandia. The FDA began looking into the link between Actos and bladder cancer when they were presented with evidence of the link. But why does Actos increase the risk of bladder cancer?

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Native Americans, Actos and Bladder Cancer

25 August 2011, 5:57 pm

Author: Law Office of Rudolph F.X. Migliore, P.C.

In many Native American communities, type 2 diabetes is an ongoing concern. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that Native Americans are more than two times as likely as non-Hispanic whites to have diabetes, with some estimates putting the risk even higher. Additionally, 95% of Native Americans with diabetes have type 2 diabetes.

Due to the high incidence and increase in type 2 diabetes among Native Americans, many are likely to ..read more

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Actos Diabetes Drug and Bladder Cancer

4 August 2011, 1:35 pm

Dangers of the Diabetes Drug Actos Author: Law Offices of Rudolph F.X. Migliore

New studies are finding that the diabetes drug Actos increases the risk of bladder cancer, specifically in those who have used it for more than a year. A similar drug, Avandia, has already been removed from the market after being linked to an increased risk of heart attacks. In fact, Actos and Avandia are the only two drugs in the class called thiazolidinediones, and work in very similar ways. ..read more

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Durable Power of Attorney – Serious Personal Injury – Are You Prepared for the Unexpected?

2 August 2011, 9:03 am

Author: Rosenberg & Gluck

At Rosenberg & Gluck, where our attorneys focus on helping clients who suffer serious personal injuries, our cases frequently underscore the importance of powers of attorney. Too often, we see cases involving catastrophic injuries; individuals become disabled, suffer brain trauma or may be in a coma after an accident and are not able to execute documents on their own behalf. In such circumstances, the spouse or other family member has to go to the Surrogate Court to ..read more

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