Abuse in Foster Care Foster care abuse should never happen. Children placed into foster care, on either a temporary or permanent basis, have the right to be placed in a home where they are safe and free of danger, from both adults residing in the home as well as other
Read MoreContaminated Food Products As a general rule, food poisoning cases are products liability cases. In other words, they are brought forward under the doctrine of strict liability. Since it does not require great legal argument to establish that a sandwich contaminated with Salmonella or some other pathogen is “defective” under
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Legal Malpractice Generally, legal malpractice occurs when an attorney, acting in their professional capacity as a lawyer is negligent. In this context, negligence is the failure of an attorney to exercise “reasonable care”—which means use a degree of skill that an ordinary member of the legal profession would use. In
Read MoreDangerous and Defective Products Product liability means a manufacturer of a consumer product failed to design or manufacture the product to avoid causing harm to the users. The product might be used in a home, an office or in some form of construction. It includes industrial machines, large and small
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Subway & Train Accidents The New York City Transit Authority and the subway and train operators that they employ have a legal obligation to protect train passengers from danger and to ensure that all operators are properly trained and all trains and stations are safe and properly maintained. The Transit
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