NEW YORK, NY, September 09, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- As New York civil rights violation lawyers understand, the laws against sexual harassment apply equally to men and women.

In a recent case highlighting female-on-male sexual harassment in the workplace, a male dog trainer is suing his female boss, a 44-year-old New York socialite. He claims he was fired after he refused to have sex with her.

The sexual harassment lawsuit was filed in Manhattan federal court last week. "While the majority of reported sexual harassment is done by men towards women, workplace sexual harassment does happen to men," said David Perecman, founder of The Perecman Firm, one of New York's civil rights violation law firms .

According to the New York Post, dog trainer Westley Artope claims that his female boss, former model Paige Bluhdorn, came on to him many times while he was training her dogs at her Westchester County home.

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After blood began welling on the surface of her brain, Maribeth Chase underwent an operation by neurosurgeon Robert Tenny. She never recovered. Chase’s daughter, Claire Chase of Lenexa, holds a portrait of her.

Maribeth Chase didn’t know that the neurosurgeon who would be operating on her had been sued at least 16 times for allegedly making medical mistakes.

She didn’t know that former patients and their families contended in court records that he had botched treatments that left one patient dead, several more with paralysis and still others in need of remedial operations.

Or that a dozen years before, federal records show, a health care organization had denied him clinical privileges over concerns about the quality of his care.

Doctors with histories of alleged malpractice often go undisciplined - Kansas City Star

Bar Association. He has authored several chapters in legal publications as well as a monograph entitled "A Pocket Manual for Putting Things in Evidence," which appeared in the Trial Lawyer's Quarterly.

David S. Pollack to the "Registry of Business Excellence™". An exclusive recognition plaque, shown here , has been designed to commemorate this honor.

David S. Pollack Selected For "New York Area's Top Attorneys" - PR Newswire (press release)

In February, A New York appeals court upheld a $1 million award for pain and suffering to Lucia Ferreira, who lost her baby during labor at home. She had previously complained of abdominal pain during three visits to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, but was sent home with a painkiller, the New York Times reports.

Now a lawyer in a different stillbirth malpractice case, Jeff Korek, is arguing the verdict set a $1 million standard that should be accepted in the Bronx, the story says. Korek represents Vivian Acevedo, who claims in a suit against Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center that a delayed emergency Caesarean caused her child to be stillborn. The hospital offered $500,000, an amount she turned down.

The cases are among the first to move through the legal system after New York’s highest court ruled in 2004 that women can sue for emotional suffering due to malpractice that results in stillbirth.

Lawyer Argues $1M Is Standard for Malpractice Causing Stillbirth - ABA Journal

August 13, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- ]New York medical malpractice lawyers too often hear of abuse in institutions like nursing homes and facilities for the mentally disabled. Last week there was a death.

As reported by the New York Post, an autistic patient died after being held in a wrongful restraint. Erik Stanley, 37, a supervisor for disabled adults at a Staten Island mental health facility was charged with criminally negligent homicide.

As New York medical malpractice lawyers understand, Stanley allegedly applied excessive pressure to the neck and torso of Jawara Henry, 27, inside the Multiple Disabilities Unit on the grounds of the South Beach Psychiatric Center on Sea View Avenue.

According to the New York Post, a source said Stanley placed Henry in a "chokehold" and forced him onto his stomach. Stanley then got on top of the struggling patient as he was lying face down. This was considered "excessive force." "Restraint should only be used as a very last resort and when there is immediate physical danger to the individual or others," said New York medical malpractice lawyer, David Perecman, founder of The Perecman Firm , one of New York's medical malpractice law firms.

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As reported by the New York Post, Jawara Henry, 27, died after being held in a wrongful restraint by Erik Stanley, a supervisor for disabled adults at the facility.

As New York medical malpractice lawyers understand, Stanley allegedly applied excessive pressure to Henry's neck and torso inside the Multiple Disabilities Unit on the grounds of the South Beach Psychiatric Center.

The medical examiner determined Henry died of asphyxiation by neck and chest compression. “Restraint should only be used as a very last resort and when there is immediate physical danger to the individual or others,” said New York medical malpractice lawyer Perecman, founder of The Perecman Firm, one of New York's medical malpractice law firms.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the investigation found Stanley did "not follow protocol nor use proper techniques while to trying to restrain" Henry.

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It has long been said that life insurance is a product that is sold, not bought. Yet a new study finds that Americans’ preferences for purchasing life insurance are shifting towards direct buying methods...

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As MetLife Inc.\'s second-quarter net dropped 21% on catastrophe losses, its chief executive officer said the company doesn\'t think it\'s appropriate "for the overwhelming majority of our business to be governed by regulations written for banking institutions."...

The American Council of Life Insurers told a U.S. House of Representatives panel today that the Federal Insurance Office, established by the Dodd-Frank Act, needs to be fully staffed and funded in order to maintain U.S. competitiveness in the international insurance marketplace...

New York Attorney Says New Findings on Mesothelioma Treatment are 'Encouraging' - Insurance News Net (press release)

Peltz & Walker recently successfully defended a practicing physician during an investigation by the Office of Professional Medical Conduct (OPMC).

The medical malpractice defense attorneys at Peltz & Walker recently represented a New York State licensed physician during an inquiry by the Office of Professional Medical Conduct (OPMC). The matter came to the OPMC's attention when this doctor surrendered his medical license in another state during an investigation concerning his potential impairment while taking medications.

The physician then returned to New York to practice. During the OPMC's investigation it was discovered that during the last ten years, the physician had twice been arrested for assault. One incident had occurred ten years earlier and there was no record of the legal proceeding in question -- the small town was unable to locate the file on the case. Peltz & Walker's lawyers contacted the doctor's criminal defense lawyer and obtained a letter from him certifying that the prosecution abandoned the case.

The second event was much more recent. In this case, the physician and his criminal lawyer entered into an agreement with the prosecution that the doctor would enter a pre-trial program which would end with the dismissal of all charges if the doctor satisfactorily completed the requirements of the program. Peltz & Walker obtained documentation from the pre-trial program office stating that the doctor was in compliance. They also obtained a letter of explanation from the doctor's criminal attorney.

New York Attorney Paul Walker Successfully Defends New York Licensed Physician - Benzinga

NEW YORK, NY, July 17, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- New York City police are investigating whether an attack on a 56-year-old burka-wearing woman in Harlem was a hate crime .

NEW YORK, NY, July 17, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- New York City police are investigating whether an attack on a 56-year-old burka-wearing woman in Harlem was a hate crime . "A hate crime is a crime with an element of bias," explained New York civil rights violation lawyer David Perecman.

Aissatou Diallo claims that two women attacked her as she was walking on West 141st Street. She said she was attacked after she asked one of the women to stop taking pictures of her.

Diallo said Francesca Johnson, a 28-year-old black woman, began taking cell phone pictures of her while she was doing nothing more than walking to her husband's store. When Diallo asked her to stop Johnson "ducked into a building and reappeared" with Linda Paplow, a 60-year-old white woman.

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Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has designated 14 current employees of his office to serve as “public integrity officers” around the state. Russ Haven of NYPIRG calls it “a major step forward in the fight to hold accountable those who defraud the taxpayers of this state.” The watchdogs mandate will be keeping an eye on local graft and official wrongdoing.

Colleen Glavin, a former ADA with Rensselaer County who now works in the AG’s Albany office, will have the thankless task of being what Schneiderman describes as the “cop on the beat” for local government corruption.

As part of his effort to crack down on corruption and restore the public’s trust in government, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the appointment of public integrity officers to serve in all of the Attorney General’s regional offices across the state. They will be charged with giving taxpayers a place to go to report complaints of government corruption without fear of local politics influencing the outcome.

Attorney General Schneiderman’s appointments reflect a renewed commitment of time and energy in the regional offices to public integrity matters, and will formally link them to the Attorney General’s central Public Integrity Bureau. Outside of Albany and New York City, the Attorney General has regional offices in Buffalo, Binghamton, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Watertown and Westchester.

Schneiderman names public integrity officers statewide - Albany Times Union (blog)