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May, 7 2010

•Flight 3407 crash documents need for better training

By Richard S. Binko, President New York State Trial Lawyers Association

The Buffalo News



March 15, 2010

•Commentary:Toyota must reveal contents of car's data device, says Richard Binko of the New York State Trial Lawyer's Association

By Richard S. Binko, President New York State Trial Lawyers Association Syracuse.com



March 13, 2010

•Re "A Nonfrivolous Suit"(editorial, March 9)

Letter to the Editor, by Richard S. Binko, New York Times



March 3, 2010

•On industry reform, courts can get there before regulators

By Richard S. Binko, President New York State Trial Lawyers Association Newsday



February 22, 2010

•Richard Binko: Toyota makes the case for U. S. lawsuit system

By Richard S. Binko, President New York State Trial Lawyers Association The Buffalo News



December 5, 2009

•Enough with the Tort Reform Myths

By Michael Getnick, President, New York State Bar Association NY Daily News



December 1, 2009

•Medical Malpractice: Legislation Limits Reimbursement to Health Insurers After Settlements

By Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier

New York Law Journal



July 24, 2009

•South Korea ignored warnings about the dangers of asbestos. Now it has a major health problem. Are other Asian countries next? GlobalPost.com



July 23, 2009

•Labor statistics don't measure shock of a lost life in Latino workplace deaths MyLatinoNews.com



July 23, 2009

•OSHA plans July 31 firing of whistleblower Charlotte Observer



July 22, 2009

•OSHA to Re-evaluate Safety Recognition Program Industry Week



June 22, 2009

•Who Pays for Medical Mistakes? - Letter to the Editor from NYSTLA President, Nick Papain NY Times



June 17, 2009

•Payments for Injuries to Workers Here Illegally NY Times



June 05, 2009

•More Time Needed to File Medical Malpractice Claims

Albany Times Union



June 05, 2009

•Growth in Malpractice Claims is Exaggerated NY Times



March 31, 2009

• Exams of Injured Workers Fuel Mutual Mistrust NY Times



March 11, 2009

• Religious Leaders Battle Abuse Bill in New York NY Times



March 4, 2009

• No Legal Shield in Drug Labeling, Justices Rule NY Times



February 02, 2009

• Bloomberg Calls for Federal Crackdown on Bogus OSHA Classes Daily News



February 01, 2009

• OSHA Course is Almost as Easy as Falling Off a Bar Stool

Daily News



February 01, 2009

• Corners Cut and Beers Downed at Fed-Run OSHA Classes

Daily News



August 27, 2007

• Surgeons Got Off on Wrong Foot, Claims Pa. Patient Insurance Journal



August 22, 2007

• Injured illegal immigrant can sue Daily News



• Physician, wash your hands Daily News





August 21, 2007

• Not Paying for Medical Errors NY Times



• Plaintiffs Find Payday Elusive in Vioxx Cases NY Times



• FAMILY SUES MATTEL TOYS OVER LEAD NY Post





August 20, 2007

• Blame contractors for hazards, lack of water, FDNY source Daily News



• Medicare Says It Won't Cover Hospital Errors NY Times





August 17, 2007

• New Law Ends Need to Specify Damages in Court of Claims NY Law Journal



• N.J. Appeals Court Lets $70.8 Million Med-Mal Verdict Stand Law.com



• N.Y. AG Cuomo Takes Issue with Health Insurers' Physician Rankings Insurance Journal





August 8, 2007

• Design Defect Theory Upheld in Tobacco Suit NY Law Journal



August 6, 2007

• N.Y. Enhances Safety Controls for Office-Based Surgeries Insurance Journal



• R.I. Hospital Reports Third Incidence of Wrong-Site Brain Surgery Insurance Journal



• Accident probe: Subway workers, bosses broke rules Newsday



• Use of Notice to Admit in No-Fault Insurance Litigation NY Law Journal



August 3, 2007

• Insurance, Trooper Plea Bargain Bills Vetoed by Governor New York Law Journal



• In Ways Large and Small, Many Bridges Meet Definition of 'Deficient'[link] New York Times



August 2, 2007

• Lax safety caused subway workers' deaths, says report Daily News



August 1, 2007

• Medical Malpractice: Emergency Doctrine: Limited Applicability to Malpractice New York Law Journal



July 27, 2007

• Upset of Few Attorney Advertising Rules Could Signal Return of 'Heavy Hitters' Law.com



July 26, 2007

• N.Y. Court System Seeks to Appeal Ruling Faulting Some Ad Rules Law.com

• Fla. Jury Awards $6 Million to Man Injured in Ford Rollover Law.com



July 12, 2007

• Rate Cut for Workers' Insurance Will Save Employers $1 Billion New York Times

• Home Depot Faces Multiple Suits Alleging Health Hazards From Grout Sealer Law.com



July 9, 2007

• Our girl died and no one has paid a price Daily News

• Job consultant's against the grope in $10M suit Daily News



July 5, 2007

• One Worker Is Killed and One Is Hurt in Falls New York Times

• N.Y. Names Medical Malpractice Task Force After Approving 14% Hike Insurance Journal



July 2, 2007

• Insurer Reported to Pay $20 Million to Settle Bad Faith Claim in Pa. Insurance Journal

• Rulings Clear Way for Product Liability Suit Against Drugmaker Wyeth Insurance Journal



June 29, 2007

• Study Says Chatty Doctors Forget Patients New York Times



June 28, 2007

• 'TOXIC' BX. SUIT FINALLY OFF TO TRIAL New York Post

• 3M awarded to kin of girl 'tortured' at hosp Daily News

• High-Low Deals Must Be Disclosed Law.com

•Study Finds Whites May Be Overrepresented in Manhattan's Jury Pools The New York Times

•Manhattan juries too white, study finds Insurance Journal

•Pa. Hospitals Report Surgery Errors Caught Every Day But Many Occur Insurance Journal



June 27, 2007

• DR. DRILLER NIGHTMARE New York Post

• Out-of-State Firms Should Be Wary of New York's New Ad Rules Law.com



June 25, 2007

• Staten Island bakery worker sues in hand mixup Daily News

• Spitzer: 'Judges Should Know Better' Than to Sue for Raise Law.com

• Paint Makers' Liability Setback in R.I. Offset by Wins in Other States InsuranceJournal.com

• 32 N.Y. Businessowners Charged with Workers' Comp Fraud InsuranceJournal.com



June 22, 2007

• N.J. Lawyer Hit by New Fraud Charges for Staging Auto Accidents Law.com

• Judicial Pay Raise Remains in Albany Limbo Law.com



June 21, 2007

• Vermont Fines Uninsured Roofing Firm for Employee's Fatal Fall Insurance Journal

• Pharmacist Wins $2 Million in Bias Suit Against Wal-Mart in Mass. Insurance Journal



June 20, 2007

• N.J. Judge Orders Merck to Pay $4 Million in Vioxx Case Legal Fees Insurance Journal

• Bruno: No New Bill to Boost Judges' Pay Law.com

• E-Prescribing: A Cure for Medical Malpractice? Law.com



June 13, 2007

• Business Backing for Raise Sought; Lawsuit Under Preparation Law.com

• House Democrats Say Time Limit on Pay Discrimination Lawsuits Should Be Changed Law.com



June 12, 2007

• Vioxx Plaintiff Can Get Damages or Retry Forbes.com

• Doctor's Blog Sinks Malpractice Defense Law.com



June 8, 2007

• Man Survives Scaffolding Fall In The Bronx NY1

• Gimme a million bucks for fall! NY Daily News



June 7, 2007

• Free Judges' Pay NY Times

• State action urged on lead poisoning Times Union

• Still in the dark SILive.com



June 6, 2007

• Major Claims Are Settled in 2005 Collapse NY Times



June 4, 2007

• N.J. Firm Ordered to Pay $5.2 MIllion in Asbestos Case Insurance Journal

• GCs Urge State Legislators To Pass Pay Raise for Judges Law.com

• $3 Million Verdict Tossed in Hormone Therapy Case Law.com



June 1, 2007

• Congressional Democrats to Try to Overturn Court's Pay-Bias Ruling Insurance Journal

• Banks to Pay More for IOLA Law.com

• Wal-Mart Workers' Wage and Hour Suit Valid as Class Action, N.J. Court Says Law.com

• Hospitals Fear Privacy Claims Over Medical Records Law.com



May 31, 2007

• 9/11 CANCER COPS NYPost

• Contractor crackdown NY Daily News

• Buildings Department fails as construction booms NY Daily News



May 30, 2007

• Judges' Pay in New York Trails 47 States Law.com

• Supreme Court Limits Time Frame for Filing EEOC Claims Law.com



May 25, 2007

• $3M IN FACE-LIFT DEATH NYPost

• 9/11 'SLAY' FRAY: WTC CLEANUP DEATHS NOT HOMICIDES: MIKE NYPost

• Fla. Court: Insurers Can't Ignore Doctors' Best Interests in Settlements Law.com



May 24, 2007

• MOM OF ROOFTOP TEEN KILLED BY COP GETS $2M NYPost

• 9/11 TOXIC SLAY NYPost



May 23, 2007

• Doctors, Lawyers Find Themselves in Rare Agreement on Med-Mal Bill Law.com

• A Medical Mask of Death: Surgeon Sued in Fatal Face Lift NYPost.com

• Jury Awards $11.4 Million to Victims in N.Y. Diocese Sex Abuse Case InsuranceJournal.com



April 26, 2007

• Malpractice Juries Tend to Side More With Doctors, Researcher Finds Law.com



April 25, 2007

• Malpractice Juries Tend to Side More With Doctors, Researcher Finds Law.com



April 10, 2007

• Malpractice Mess Syracuse.com

• Lawsuit alleges man's suicide was a result of being awake for surgery wstm.com

• 2 workers hurt in Montrose scaffold collapse NY Journal



April 3, 2007

• N.Y. Judges' Raises out of Budget After Last-Minute Bargaining Law.com

• Plaintiffs Lawyers Hit on New Pharma Angle: State Clients Law.com

• Medical Malpractice: Recent Decisions on Nursing Home Liability NYLJ



March 29, 2007

• Consumer Groups Say Market Forces, Not Claims, Caused Med Mal Crisis

• Ga. High Court Ruling May Widen Workers' Comp Net for Traveling Employees

• State Farm Settles Miss. Katrina Lawsuit



March 23, 2007

• Judge Blocks Class Action vs. State Farm

• A Cleaner Food and Drug Agency



March 22, 2007

• N.Y. Senate Committee Backs Bill to Allow Courtroom Cameras



March 14, 2007

• Workers' comp bill signed into law

• FDA Strengthens Warnings on Sleeping Pills

• Mother of jail suicide sues

• Punitive Damages Bring Vioxx User's Award to $47.5M



March 8, 2007

• Woman Sues for Child-Rearing Costs After Failed Abortion

• US Accuses Walgreen of Racial Bias

• Judge's inaction lets $7.75 million Vioxx verdict stand



March 7, 2007

• N.Y. Workers' Comp Reform Sails Through Senate, Assembly



February 27, 2007

• Chief Judge Plans Center to Ease Divorce Process NY Times

• Kaye Calls for Yearly Raises, Restructuring of Courts Law.com

• S.I. ferry victims in Mike plea NY Daily News

• Judge Rejects Cap on Awards in Ferry Crash NY Times

• JUDGE SINKS CITY BID TO CAP FERRY PAYOUT NY Post



February 21, 2007

• Justices Overturn $79.5 Million Tobacco Ruling NY Times

• Judge to Med-Mal Attorney: No More Fees for You Law.com

• Vt. Surgeon Ordered to Pay $1.1 Million Insurance Journal



February 20, 2007

• Patient Safety Through Technology NY Times

• When Lawyers and Juries Mete Out Punishment NY Times

• City Continues to See Decline In Total Payout for Tort Claims Law.com



February 16, 2007

• Bills to Overturn Drug Shield Law Advance in Michigan Law.com

• City Parks Face Racial Bias Lawsuit Queens Tribune



February 15 2007

• Big break for employees, boost for injured in works Newsday.com



February 6, 2007

• Medical Malpractice - Appellate Decision Against Ex Parte Interviews Law.com



February 2, 2007

• Weitz & Luxenberg Responds to Report on Hospital Bacteria Outbreak genengnews.com

• Firm Challenges New Ad Rules Law.com



January 29, 2007

• Kaye Urges 'All-Out' Campaign for Judges' Pay Raises Law.com

• Attorney Ad Rules Spark Unusual Collaboration Between Judges, Bar Law.com



January 26, 2007

• Judges Reached Out to Bar on Ad Rules NYLJ.com



January 25, 2007

• Study Says Many Firms Cheat New York Workers' Comp System NY Times



January 24, 2007

• Weitz & Luxenberg Responds to Report Calling Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Crisis a ''Hoax'' genengnews.com

• Adjustment to Judge's Pay Seen as Abuse of Power NYLJ

• Construction Accidents Rise as Labor Law §240(1) Erodes NY Times



January 16, 2007

• They Say We Have Too Many Lawsuits? Tell It to Jack Cline NY Times



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