A driver slams into the back of your car on a New York parkway, and you brace against the steering wheel, fracturing your wrist. The bone heals on schedule, but six weeks after the cast comes off, your hand is on fire. It's swollen, shiny, cold to the touch one hour and burning hot the next, and you can't stand the feeling of a shirt sleeve brushing against it. Your doctor says the words "complex regional pain syndrome," and now you're asking a hard question: what is a CRPS c

Your father went into a Manhattan hospital for what the surgeon described as a routine colon resection. Five days later, he was feverish, confused, and in septic shock. Eleven days after the operation, he was gone. The hospital's patient relations office told you they were “conducting a thorough internal review” and would be in touch. While you wait for answers that may never come, the wrongful death statute of limitations in New York is already running — and it's shorter tha

Picture a varsity baseball practice at a public high school in Queens or Nassau County. The coaches want to squeeze more reps into a two-hour session, so they run three drills at once — multiple balls flying across the same infield at the same time. Your son turns his head to track one ball and never sees the errant throw coming from another station. In an instant, he's on the ground with a shattered orbital bone and permanent damage to his eye. For decades, New York schools

You placed your mother in a rehab and nursing facility in Flushing, Queens after her hip surgery because the discharge planner said she needed round-the-clock care. Six weeks later, a hospital doctor tells you she has a Stage IV pressure ulcer on her tailbone — a wound so deep the bone is exposed — and that the infection has spread into her blood. She dies of sepsis days later. Most families assume their only option is an ordinary negligence lawsuit. New York nursing home neg

You were rear-ended on the Long Island Expressway in Suffolk County eight months ago. Your neck and lower back haven't been the same since. The MRI shows two herniated discs, your orthopedist has restricted your work duties, and you still can't lift your toddler without sharp pain shooting down your leg. Then a letter arrives from the defense lawyer scheduling you for an independent medical examination with a doctor you've never met, in an office in a strip mall off Veterans