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NEWS
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U.S. Supreme Court will hear
vaccine case
The Supreme Court has announced it will
hear an appeal in the matter of the parents of a Pittsburgh girl who claims
to have suffered injury following the administration of the DPT vaccine
when she was 6 months old. The appeal follows a 3rd Circuit decision
that the action was federally pre-empted by a 1986 law that set up a
special "vaccine court" to handle such claims. To date, only Georgia has
permitted such suits. In the Pittsburgh case, the plaintiff is claiming
to have sustained seizures which continue to date. Barr, Post &
Associates, PLLC has experience handling vaccine matters before the U.S.
Court of Federal Claims. If you believe you or a family member may have
been injured by an FDA approved vaccine, please contact Barr, Post for a
free consultation.
To learn more about
Vaccine Injuries,
click here
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Press Release 10/19/09:
To add to its list of personal
injury recovery success stories, Barr, Post & Associates, PLLC has
obtained a $225,000.00 SUM arbitration award for a client involved
in a rear-end motor vehicle collision. The client sustained
soft-tissue injuries to her neck. When conservative measures failed,
the client underwent breast reduction surgery that she was advised
would relieve pressure on her neck and back and reduce her ongoing
pain. The surgery was successful to the extent it helped to reduce
the clients pain but she was left with scarring that was deemed to
be 'significant' and causally related for the purposes of the
no-fault serious injury threshold. This unusual fact pattern was
defended by the SUM insurance carrier on the basis that the surgery
was elective and not causally related to the accident. The
$225,000.00 represented the full amount of available SUM coverage
less $25,000.00 received from the driver that caused the collision.
SUM (Supplementary Uninsured Motorist) coverage, also known as
underinsurance, is additional insurance you purchase to protect
against accidents with other vehicles that may have the minimum
liability coverage required by law. If you have been involved in a
motor vehicle accident or have questions regarding SUM coverage,
please contact Barr, Post & Associates, PLLC
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Barr, Post & Associates institute
new Practice Area
Computer Fraud and Abuse
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Press Release 10/16/09:Barr, Post & Associates,
PLLC is pleased to announce the following additions to its
professional staff
David M.
Ascher is a litigator that comes to the firm with 7 years of
experience concentrating in criminal defense and real estate. A
former Rockland County ADA, David represents commercial clients in
both transactional and litigation matters, and real estate
owner/developers before the various zoning and planning boards in
the metropolitan area and NYS Supreme Courts in the prosecution of
claims on their behalf.
Moumita
Rahman has joined the firm's Bankruptcy and Litigation
Departments. A candidate for admission to the Bar, Ms. Rahman has
considerable bankruptcy experience garnered at New York Law School,
her participation in bankruptcy competitions and as a volunteer with
the New York City Bankruptcy Assistance Project providing bankruptcy
assistance to low income families.
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Barr, Post & Associates release New
www.bplegalteam.com Website.
Attorney Alerts
- Effective April 1, 2009 the rules on professional conduct for
New York practitioners go into effect that will replace the existing
disciplinary rules....
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- As of January 1, 2009 the Rockland County Clerk’s Office will
begin imaging all civil court documents...
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- In July 2008 the New York County Lawyers Association’s ethics
committee issued Ethics opinion 739 concerning attorney
reimbursement for the use of specialty firms to handle the
resolution of complex lien situations in personal injury matters...
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