Even though all drivers in the state of New York are required to meet our state's liability coverage minimums, which includes property damage and bodily injury coverage, most drivers have difficulty understanding their policy. In some cases, a driver may be confused...
Month: March 2016
Bad medical devices: what does it cost makers and hospitals?
The recent FDA warning regarding inferior vena cava filters may have piqued the interest of many of our more frequent readers. That's because, as the FDA pointed out in its warning earlier this month, patients have been encountering "adverse events" with the product...
If a hacked car crashes, who is held liable?
As Google continues to push forward with its plans to release a self-driving car in the near future, we are starting to see science fiction become science reality. In a few decades, gone will be the days of human-operated vehicles. Our vehicles instead will be...
If a car owner ignores a recall, can they still collect damages?
We'd like to start today's post with a hypothetical situation: Car manufacturer A discovers that there is a safety problem with one of its vehicle models. The manufacturer immediately issues a recall on all affected vehicles to make sure no one gets hurt as a result...
Consumer debt is dangerously high in the U.S.
Are you struggling with credit card debt? You are definitely not alone, according to recent studies. Consumer debt is moving toward its highest point since 2009. Some of our debt problems are corollary to the recent holiday season, of course. Even so, as of the end of...
Why paying attention to job-classification codes is so important
Most workers know that if they suffer an injury during the course of doing their job, then they may seek workers' compensation benefits. Beyond that, most workers do not know or care very little about the behind-the-scenes work that makes these benefits possible. But...