Category: Personal Injury

A lawyer who represents two or more clients shall not make or participate in the making of an aggregate settlement of or against the clients.” New York Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.8:(g). Are we attorneys afraid of taking a stand against medical providers or are we complicit because our fees are increased?

The goal and purpose of a jury trial is to have the verdict unknown until the end of the trial. In jury trials, there is the chance that there will be a fair verdict.  In reality, generally the impres...