New York Personal Injury Attorney Blog

Sullivan Papain Block McGrath Coffinas & Cannavo P.C. is pleased to announce that 19 members of the firm have been recognized in the 27th edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. 15 attorneys have been recognized as Best Lawyers, while four attorneys have been recognized in the inaugural Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. The Best…

Firm Partner Elizabeth Montesano recently represented the family of a deceased man who died as a result of mistreated diverticulitis. Ms. Montesano helped obtain $17,250,000 for the decedent’s family in the ensuing medical malpractice case. Patient in Medical Malpractice Case was Mistreated for His Chronic Diverticulitis In December 2014, the decedent consulted with a colorectal…

SPBMCC partner Vito Cannavo will be featured in what the New York Trial Lawyers Association describes as an “all-star panel of attorneys” to lead a CLE webinar on business interruption claims on Thursday July 9th. The webinar will be held between 12:30PM-2:00PM and help guide listeners through the “ins and outs” for the path to…

The Hempstead Town awarded Long Island food bank Island Harvest $2.1 million to create a new food delivery program for homebound seniors, veterans and quarantined families. Town board members on Wednesday agreed to pay for the program using some of the $133 million in federal CARES Act funds the town received to cover pandemic-related costs. The town previously gave $2 million…

Are self-driving automobiles the face of the future? Some people believe that driverless cars will someday be very popular. Others think that self-driving automobiles are accidents just waiting to happen. Not long ago a self-driving vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian. Other recent accidents involving severe injuries and death have also been attributed to cars…