Escaped Tiger Enters the Torts Ring
This would be today’s entry in the Dept. of Cases We’re Unlikely to Hear About Again. Courtesy of today’s Gothamist, we learn that a case involving an escaped circus tiger whose presence caused car accidents along the Jackie Robinson Parkway in Brooklyn (NY), which in turn caused serious injuries to the occupants of the vehicles involved, [...]
UPDATE re: NYC’s Potholes
There is a new development in the story of NYC’s Pothole Map, and its continued viability (see my December 19th posting regarding the NY Court of Appeals’ problems with the map). According to the Gothamist’s John Del Signore, Mayor Bloomberg, just back from Israel, has been out on City streets fixing the potholes himself! Could this [...]
WHEN YOUR DR. SHOULD TELL YOU TO GO TAKE A HIKE
Should part of the informed consent discussion include your physician’s telling you that you would get better care elsewhere? That is the subject of a fascinating article in today’s NY Times. Reporter Denise Grady discusses the awkward situation that can arise when your local surgeon, for example, should tell you that your rectal cancer would [...]