Bicycle accidents are not like motorcycle accidents for coverage purposes, they are more like “pedestrian knockdowns”. When a bicyclist or pedestrian is struck by a vehicle, the vehicle pays the medical bills and lost wages under no fault (there may also be excess...
Preserving & Protecting Your Family’s Assets & Legacy
Year: 2021
How may a generation-skipping trust benefit your family?
You have spent years saving up money for your children, but now that you have grandchildren, you want to provide for them as well. Some families in this situation believe the only way their grandchildren receive an inheritance is through their children first. This is...
Eligibility for Medicaid and retirement accounts
Before entering a nursing home or assisted living facility, many seniors need to obtain Medicaid benefits to pay for the cost. However, qualifying for Medicaid involves falling within a relatively low income bracket and having fairly minimal assets. New York’s...
Challenges that families face when looking at nursing homes
Families who are helping a loved one transition into a nursing home or assisted living facility have to process an overwhelming amount of information and make some very difficult decisions. At a time when people are feeling scared and vulnerable about what will happen...
Are you considering reviewing your estate plan?
Your estate plan is an ever-evolving work in progress. After you create it, you must constantly update it. Why? Because it needs to reflect your life at its current moment, and your life undergoes many changes throughout its course. But reviewing your entire plan can...
Motorcycle accidents from a personal injury lawyer’s perspective
Some of my most devastatingly injured clients are those operating motorcycles. Obviously, there is nothing to protect the operator from the impact received. Motorcycles cannot carry no fault and so any medical bills are paid by personal health insurance. The other car...
The importance of having an advance healthcare directive
When it comes to getting older, there are a lot of things for which to prepare. One is planning what will happen if you are unable to make medical decisions for yourself, and you can do this with an advance directive. There are different parts to an advance directive,...
Personal injury law case study
As you can see from my blogs, personal injury cases are not only motor vehicle-related. If you are injured from any occurrence, you should consult with a personal injury attorney to see if there is a way for you to obtain compensation. You should also try to ensure...
What can you do to prevent falls?
Falls can be dangerous at any age, but if you suffer a fall as a senior citizen, you could be at greater risk for a fatal injury. Traumatic brain injuries and hip fractures, both of which can be extremely serious, often result from falls. Commercial and residential...
Personal injury lawyer discusses case
Of course, many times, I get an interesting case. An elderly woman was referred to me by another attorney. She lives in a condominium in Suffolk County. Whenever the weather was cold, icicles would form at the juncture of the roof. One day, as she exited her home, a...