It’s reasonable to expect quality and attentive care whenever you visit a doctor or another medical professional. Whether you’re going in for a simple exam or a complicated surgical procedure, your physician has an obligation first to do no harm, which means you should never leave the facility in worse condition than when you arrived....Read More

If you’re like most adults in the U.S., missing a single week of work would cause you to fall behind on essential bills. According to CBS News, nearly 80 percent of American workers live paycheck to paycheck. That means if you develop an unanticipated illness or injury, your financial security could be in jeopardy even if...Read More

It’s perfectly normal to argue with your partner from time to time. No two people can expect to agree on everything, so the occasional quarrel doesn’t necessarily mean your relationship is doomed. But if your partner accuses you of domestic violence (DV), it will threaten a lot more than your relationship. The state of New...Read More

You undoubtedly know what a Breathalyzer is – an electronic device that law-enforcement agencies use to measure blood-alcohol content. But have you heard about the textalyzer? It’s a new technology that determines how and when a person has been using his or her smartphone. A company called Cellebrite is developing the technology. The textalyzer is a tablet-sized...Read More

Suffering a personal injury is difficult not only because of physical pain, but because of the often-complicated legal process that may follow. The moments immediately following a personal injury are often full of adrenaline, pain and confusion. The days, weeks and months following the injury may be spent navigating a complex legal system in order...Read More

When parents work together to come up with a child custody agreement, they consider the child’s desires and needs. One way that parents come to the terms of the agreement is through child custody mediation. This process lets the parents work with a third-party mediator to come up with an agreement. The court must approve...Read More

If you are a Buffalo resident who is contemplating a divorce, one of the biggest issues after custody arrangements of any minor children are resolved is what will happen to the marital home. Determining which spouse will get the home or whether it needs to be sold outright is usually a decision that is fraught...Read More

By 2024, older workers will make up a full quarter of the labor market, according to government estimates. In 2015, workers 55 and older were involved in 35 percent of all fatal workplace accidents. Are the two facts related? After all, even normal aging is associated with a variety of physical issues, including changes in...Read More

The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board has just released a new proposal on how permanent impairments will be evaluated. According to the board’s chair, the proposal “will incorporate advances in medicine that result in better healing and outcomes for injured workers to use in evaluations and determinations for schedule loss of use awards.” Unfortunately,...Read More

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has analyzed its files and determined what dangerous conditions were most prevalent at work in fiscal year 2017. As is often the case, many (but not all) of the violations were focused in the construction and industrial fields. Here are the Top 10 most common workplace safety violations this year, based...Read More