Month: March 2019

Independent Medical Evaluations During the course of a personal injury lawsuit, a plaintiff is asked to submit to what is called an “independent medical exam” or “independent medical evaluation”.  This is an exam conducted by a doctor hired by the defendant to perform a physical examination and review the plaintiff’s records.  This doctor acts as…

Escalator Injury On Monday, an Metropolitan Transit Authority (“MTA”) maintenance crew was called upon to respond to a broken escalator at the 5th Avenue/53rd Street subway station in New York City. While an MTA employee acknowledge that the malfunctioning escalator could have caused a serious injury to commuters, luckily, there was no escalator injury as a…