Brain Injury

Published on: November 10, 2016

Hospitals Transmitting Antibiotic-Resistant Superbug. Thousands Dead.

If you only read Sharley McMullen’s death certificate, you would think she passed away as the result of respiratory failure and septic shock. The truth is much more alarming.

McMullen, a healthy 72-year old woman from California, was finishing up treatment for a benign stomach ulcer when she contracted an infectious bacterial disease in the hospital where she was being treated. Five weeks later, she was dead. In a morbid twist of fate, the hospital that was supposed to heal her caused her death.
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Published on: June 14, 2016

Lead Paint Danger Much Greater Than NYC Housing Authority Previously Reported

By Caesar, Napoli & Spivak PLLC

The next time you hear the head of the New York City Housing Authority tell you not to worry about the widespread presence of lead paint in public housing developments, don’t believe her.

When over 200 children living in public housing were found to have high lead levels in their blood, NYCHA CEO Shola Olatoye evaded responsibility by announcing that only 17 of the housing authority’s apartments contained dangerous levels of lead paint. Directly contradicting this data were the city Health Department’s findings that 63 of those apartments tested positive for lead paint.

What could account for the enormous discrepancy between these figures?
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Published on: October 27, 2015

The Man Taking On Workers’ Comp

By Caesar, Napoli & Spivak PLLC

Workers’ compensation programs were adopted in the US roughly a hundred years ago to protect employees injured in the workplace. These programs were designed to minimize unnecessary litigation, guaranteeing injured workers medical coverage regardless of fault, and in exchange, limiting employers’ losses to certain standards for lost wages, medical treatment, and rehabilitation services. Now, a Texas lawyer is working to reverse a century of progress by dismantling the workers’ compensation system.
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Published on: October 7, 2015

Grisly Elevator Death Called ‘Act of God’ by Brooklyn Property Manager

By Caesar, Napoli & Spivak PLLC

Do you check the weight capacity of every elevator you enter?
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Published on: June 7, 2015

Victims of Amtrak Crash Face an Uphill Legal Battle

By Caesar, Napoli & Spivak PLLC

Only a dozen lawsuits have been filed against Amtrak in the weeks since the deadly train crash on May 12^th, but there are more to come, and there is a good chance many of the victims will end up without fair compensation for the injuries they suffered.

8 people were killed and over 200 injured when an Amtrak train derailed while rounding a curve in North Philadelphia. The train’s black box data has shown that it was traveling at a speed of 106 miles per hour in a 50 mile per hour zone.

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