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Medical Devices
- Lawsuit Issued do to Use of Illegal Kickbacks for Medical Devices
- List of Drugs, Medical Devices, and Procedures that Medicare no Longer offers Released
- FDA Warning: CT Scans May Cause Medical Device Malfunction
- Faulty Software in Medical Devices
- Medical Devices
Auto Accidents
- Tips to Prevent Auto Accidents
- Auto Accidents: Bicyclists Take Caution
- New York Auto Accidents: Can’t Beat Them, Can’t Join Them
- Auto Accidents: How Much Insurance Fraud is Costing You
- Less Driving Means, Fewer Accidents: Benefits go to the Auto Insurer
- Auto Accidents
Labor Law
- Wal-Mart may be at fault for Violating Election Laws, Labor Unions to Question
- Pilot Union Sued by United Airlines
- Lobbyists Push Law Reform, Regardless of Abundant Labor
- Wal-Mart Violates Labor Laws, to pay 6.5 million
- Labor Law
FDA and Prescription Drugs
Products Liability
- Class Action Product Liability Case Against DaimlerChrysler Failed
- Product Liability: Peanut Butter Case Ruled Negative for Class Action Suit
- Pet Food Recall: Products Liability Class Action Settlement
- Lead Paint Ruling Overturned: Product Liability at Issue
- Product Liability
Medical Malpractice
- Navigation System in Car Causes Trouble
- Medical Malpractice
- Medical Malpractice: Decrease In Insurance Rates
- Wrongful Deaths Chalked up to Prescription Drug Use
- New York Hospital Being Sued Over Death of Jamaican
- Medical Malpractice NY Case: Women Awarded $17 Million
- Medical Malpractice: Doctors Confront Patients with an “I’m Sorry”
- Medical Malpractice
Wrongful Death
Personal Injury
- Top Contenders for the Most Common Personal Injury Incidents
- Late-Notice Rule in New York is now in the hands of the Insurer
- Personal Injury: Summer Time and the Living Ain’t So Easy
- 4th of July Firework Festivities: Cause of Fun or Personal Injury
- Personal Injury
Trasylol
General
- Napoli Bern Ripka, LLP Files Another FINRA Arbitration Claim Against Charles Schwab & Co.
- Charles Schwab Yield Plus Fund: Settlement Offer
- Gardasil Vaccine Connected to 18 Fatalities
News
- JACKSON HEWITT’S EFFORTS TO DISMISS CLAIMS AGAINST IT AND CERTAIN FRANCHISES FOR OVERCHARGING CUSTOMERS ARE REJECTED BY THE FEDERAL COURT...
- Cigna & Express Script to pay $27 million in settlement of a New York State drug switching case...
- Patients signing away right to sue nursing homes...
- McDonald's, others pull tomatoes over salmonella concerns...
- Half of Overweight Adults Prove to be Heart Healthy...
- California Senate rejects $7 billion bond for inmate health...
- Supreme Court Rejects W.R. Grace Asbestos Appeal...
- Attorneys to decide bridge victims compensation...
- Crane a cut-rate heap: PA...
- Senate Republicans to Campaign against Medicare Fraud...
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FDA and Prescription Drugs
- Avandia
- Ancure
- Baycol
- Fen-Phen
- Fosamax
- Ortho Evra
- Guidant Defibrillators and Pacemakers
- Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
- Seroquel
- Serzone
- Trasylol
- Medtronic Defibrillators
- Gardasil
Recruiting
Newsletter
- Napoli Bern Ripka LLP Moves To The Empire State Building
- Dangers of the Heart Surgery Drug Trasylol Force Market Withdrawal
- New York City Lawyers
- Chantix
- Wiped out by Wall Street?
General
Personal Injury
Personal injury attorneys and lawyers typically represent clients (plaintiffs) who have been injured either financially or physically due to the fault of another. A personal injury lawyer is usually experienced in a wide variety of personal injury topics, ranging from automobile accidents and medical malpractice to drug litigation and defective products. Personal injury attorneys often work on a contingent basis, acquiring no fees unless a recovery is made in a case.
While it is impossible to predict an exact monetary figure when determining how much a personal injury claim is worth, a formula used by insurance claim adjusters will help a plaintiff calculate an amount that may prove useful when negotiations begin.
Understanding what injuries a defendant is liable for is extremely important. A plaintiff may seek compensation for a number of damages, including medical expenses, property damage, lost income and non-monetary damages such as pain and suffering. Because there is not a price tag on pain and suffering, which includes emotional damages, a formula is required to determine the amount of a claim.
Insurance company adjusters add total medical expenses to lost income and multiply this figure by a number between 1.5 and 5. The multiplier varies on the seriousness of the injury. Injuries that cause permanent damage, lead to long-term treatment with lengthy recovery periods or are more painful require a higher multiplier. Adjusters will use multipliers as high as 10 when extremely severe injuries are involved.
Once the plaintiff adds in the potential costs of a long court battle and an expensive legal team, he is ready to predict the value of his claim.
Quick Contact
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New York, NY 10118
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Phone: 212 267 3700
Napoli Bern LLP
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New York, NY 10118
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Phone: 212 267 3700
Locations
New Jersey
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New York
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Suite 7413,
New York, NY 10118
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Great River, NY 11739
Pennsylvania
2 Penn Center, Suite 200
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Videos
Medical Devices:
New York Defective Drugs and Medical Devices Lawyers
Auto Accidents:
New York Auto Accident Lawyers
Labor Law:
New York Construction and Jobsite Accident Lawyers
FDA and Prescription Drugs:
Marc Bern discusses the Diet Drug FenPhen on Geraldo
Marc Bern on CourtTV discussing Fen-Phen
Marc Bern is on Geraldo discussing the diet drug Fen-Phen
Products Liability:
Trial Attorney Marc Bern discusses Breast Implants on Court TV
Marc Bern on CourtTV discussing breast implant litigation
Wrongful Death:
Nancy Grace with Marc Bern about Jenny Jones Trial
New York Trial Attorney Marc Bern on Court TV