Welcome
At Silva & Silva, its members commit themselves to the Firm’s clients by not only providing their knowledge and expertise, but also by getting to know the families that they represent and serve.
Silva & Silva believes its long-term success is due to the full commitment that it has offered its clients over the years, which in turn has resulted in the creation of a very special bond between the members of the Firm and its clients.
Due to the Firm’s history and expertise in the fields of law, Silva & Silva will invest the talent, time, and financial resources that are necessary to successfully handle complex cases.
Silva & Silva has affiliated offices in New York, Illinois, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, California, Texas, Washington D.C., Alabama, Maryland, Idaho, Vermont, Chile, Dominican Republic, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Colombia. Moreover, Silva & Silva works regularly with reputable firms throughout the world, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, and Europe.
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In a February 15, 2012 decision, Havel v. Villa St. Joseph, 2012-Ohio-552, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld a key component of Ohio's 2005 tort reform. Specifically, that tort reform included a requirement that trial courts bifurcate the punitive damage phase and evidence in a trial from the...
This article (a) examines physicians' ethical obligation to report medical errors to their patients, (b) discusses the literature which analyzes why they fail to do that, (c) explains how New Jersey turned an ethical requirement into a statutory one with the passage of the Patient Safety Act,...