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Attorney Paul Layne describes the families reaction to the arrest made in the death of Dominique Andrews.
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Silva y Silva hace una demanda contra una cadena de restaurantes nacionales por crear y permitir un ambiente de trabajo hostil a existir. Un empleado leal y comprometido fue sometido a reiterados abusos, acoso sexual, humillación y incluso maltratado.
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Silva and Silva files suit against a national restaurant chain for creating and permitting a hostile work environment to exist. A loyal and committed employee was subjected to repeated abuse, sexual harassment, humiliation, and even battered.
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Medical Malpractice Education
NBC 6 News Report. Professor Jorge Silva, Esq. explaining the differences in medical malpractice law amongst different states.
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Entrevista de el Profesor Jorge Silva, Esq. en Aqui y Ahora (Univision)
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The Miami Herald: Jury awards $18 million to mom in tragic crash
Shaken by the case of a young mother who suffered severe brain damage after driving off a dark road and into a canal, a Miami-Dade jury has decided she and her son deserve nearly $18 million in what lawyers say is the largest award in memory for a negligence lawsuit. The tragedy unfolded in the early hours of July 5, 1993, when Aileen Aguiles, visiting South Florida from New Jersey, was returning to her mother's Southwest Dade home with two friends shortly before dawn. November/10/1998
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Read moreEl Mundo: Tragedy in Hilton Hotel at Cartagena
January 18th of 2007, during vacations that promised to be happy and relaxing, a tragedy brought mourning onto the Espitia family.
Read moreDominican Republic in memory of the victims
Dedication by the law firm of Silva and Silva of a permanent monument to the people of the Dominican Republic in memory of the victims who perished on American Airlines flight 587, November 11, 2001.
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Zoetic Stage
Carlos E. Silva and Jorge E. Silva, in their philanthropic efforts are on the board of directors for Zoetic stage. Theatre company that represents cultural arts in our community.
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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,...
There are ethical rules that apply to experts opinions. To be fair, an expert opinion should be (a) based on a comprehensive analysis of the facts, (b) the product of an objective analysis and (c) a review in accord with accepted principles of science. Every time an expert gives a faulty analysis...
This article discusses the decisions by Medicare and the insurance industry, to declare certain categories of events non-compensable because they should not occur in safe hospitals, and whether or not this policy will impact future medical malpractice litigations.
This article discusses the decisions by Medicare and the insurance industry, to declare certain categories of events non-compensable because they should not occur in safe hospitals, and whether or not this policy will impact future medical malpractice litigations.
This article discusses the decisions by Medicare and the insurance industry, to declare certain categories of events non-compensable because they should not occur in safe hospitals, and whether or not this policy will impact future medical malpractice litigations.
Dr. Abimbola Osunkoya referred a patient to an ENT specialist after observing that her tonsils were large and red and diagnosing her as suffering from tonsillitis. After the referral, he never saw the patient again.
In Spangler v. McQuitty, the Maryland Court of Appeals addressed the question of whether the court should reduce a jury award of future medical care for a plaintiff who dies after the trial, but before post-trial motions. The Court held that Plaintiff’s post trial death could not be...
On January 9, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice claimed immunity for the United States in a case brought on behalf of thousands of Guatemalan victims of non-consensual human medical experimentation by U.S. researchers. The case, which is proceeding in the District Court for the District of...
Cerebral palsy is a condition that results from a brain injury. For those who work to help people with this condition, this means that there is really nothing that can be done in the way of a cure, at least when one considers the capabilities of modern medical science. There is always a need for...