FALSE  IMPRISONMENT One should keep in mind that the “civil” tort (a wrongful act) of “FALSE IMPRISONMENT” is much broader than the act involved in a “false arrest” under the criminal law.   While a “false arrest” committed by a police officer will fall under the civil concept of “false imprisonment”, there are any number of [...]

THE  “LATE”  NOTICE OF CLAIM While this subject was already touched upon in our (now archived) blog post of November 20, 2009, the significant number of calls received which include expressions of fear that a belatedly recognized Notice of Claim filing requirement may have been missed, prompts this additional posting. The major technical standard that [...]

WHY  PERSONAL  INJURY  CASES  TAKE  SO  LONG PART IV: DISCOVERY : Once a case begins, there is a “pipeline” of events through which the case must pass.   This pipeline is meant to insure that the case moves along as expeditiously as possible and that the parties to the lawsuit, and in particular their attorneys, take [...]

THE PERSONAL  INJURY CASE – WHY PERSONAL INJURY CASES TAKE SO LONG, PART II : “THE INTAKE” Having determined that a case should be accepted into their office, attorneys will be eager to begin acting upon certain crucial matters as soon as possible. The most important of all these crucial matters are those that involve [...]

THE  PERSONAL  INJURY CASE: WHY PERSONAL INJURY CASES TAKE SO LONG: Introduction One of the inevitable questions a new, or potentially new, client will ask is how long can he or she anticipate it will take until their case is finished.   The honest answer is seldom welcome: though cases have been known to finish in [...]

FALSE ARREST | STUNNING CONCLUSION BY A UNITED STATES FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGE One of the most erudite, intellectually gifted and respected judges on the federal bench, long time Eastern District Court Judge Jack Weinstein, stunningly admonished the New York City Police Department for “widespread falsification by arresting officers.” What was particularly astonishing is that, [...]

Very few venues in our society can top the sports arena as sites of accidents resulting often in serious injuries. The subject of the injury may be either a participant in the sport, or an observer of a sporting event :  The race car driver, the wide receiver, the baseball player sliding into third base, [...]

The firm of ORLOW, ORLOW & ORLOW, PC has been practicing NEW YORK PERSONAL INJURY law since 1981.   While currently composed of a father and two sons, the firm is about to expand by merging with the firm of ORLOW & ORLOW, PC, a PERSONAL INJURY law firm since 1966.   ORLOW & ORLOW, PC consisted [...]