Practice News – Calcagno & Associates

The right Erbs Palsy Attorney makes all the difference.  When choosing a lawyer for your Erbs Palsy Medical Malpractice case you should consider two important factors: 1) the lawyers experience in the area of law (in this case Erbs Palsy cases) and 2) the lawyer’s familiarity with the local courts. As you are probably aware, [...]

Is your child suffering from a birth injury such as Erbs Palsy from the mistake of a doctor or hospital during childbirth? If so, you are not alone. Call the Bronx Erbs Palsy Attorney at 1(800)WE-FIGHT for a free consultation. You may be entitled to substantial compensation and benefits. Do not delay.  The law limits the [...]

What Causes Erbs Palsy? The most common cause of Erbs palsy is dystocia, from a problematic childbirth. When a difficult birth takes place, it can cause the infant’s head and neck to be negligently and recklessly pulled toward the side at the same time as the shoulders pass through the birth canal. Erbs Palsy can also be [...]

Erbs palsy also known as (Erb-Duchenne Palsy) is a paralysis of the arm due to injury to the arm’s main nerves.  These nerves form part of the brachial plexus, comprising the spinal nerves at C5-C8, and T1.  These injuries arise most commonly from shoulder dystocia during complications at birth.   Depending on the extent of the damage, [...]

Scaffolding is abundant in New York due to all of the skyscrapers.  As such, there are many scaffolding accidents on construction sites.  New York lawyers handling construction accidents are particularly atuned to the frequency of scaffolding related accident injuries. Workers that sustain injuries while on New York scaffolding usually sustain catastrophic injuries.  There are many ways [...]

New York forklift accidents are prevalent because of the demand for construction timelines to be met at the expense of safety laws and procedures.  It is this emphasis on speed of completion in the construction project and not safety laws (such as OSHA laws, labor laws and workers rights ) that leads to catastrophic injuries. The types of [...]

When someone is involved in a ladder accident or a fall from a ladder it often results in serious injuries.  What many people do not realize is that these types of construction accidents are the result of someone elses fault, usually the general contractor or sub-contractors. New York ladder accident law is complex in New [...]

One may think that a guardrail cannot be defective.  However, that thought is false.  A guardrail can be defective in the following ways: 1) Design defect of the guardrail; 2) manufacturers defect of the guardrail; 3) incorrect installation of the guardrail; 4) faulty guardrail maintenance; and 5) negligent or shoddy guardrail repairs. The purpose of [...]

The headlines out of the Daily News today, June 3, 2010, says it all. Officer Hoyoung Kim was off duty last month and drunk when he crashed his car in the Bronx.  The result, he killed himself a friend on the New York Police Department and injred four women.  His blood alcohol level was 0.16, [...]

The BP Gulf oil spill disaster is the worst environmental disaster in United States history.  Experts fear that the oil spill could affect the Mississippi and Alabama coasts. The public is and should be completely outraged at the failure of BP to properly prevent or put measures in place to minimize the damage and the [...]