Dog bite victims’ lawyers (like me) have noticed a disturbing trend in recent years: Severe dog bite injuries are growing while insurance coverage for them is shrinking.  Why?  Two intersecting trends are the root cause:
Trend number 1:  Dogs are…

We are right in the middle of “regular-firearm” (as opposed to bow-and-arrow) deer hunting season in New York State. It started October 23 and ends December 12. So let’s talk about car-on-deer collisions, how to avoid them, and the legal…

Today I am going to blog about legal advertising and my love/hate relationship with it.
First, why do Syracuse NY area personal injury lawyers like us have to advertise at all?
The question is a fair one.  After all, our…

We are pleased to announce that all four of M&S’s lawyers have once again been ranked in the publication The Best Lawyers in America©  (2022 edition). Dave Kalabanka was listed for representing plaintiffs in personal injury and products liability litigation,…

We are pleased to announce that all four of M&S’s lawyers have once again been ranked in the publication The Best Lawyers in America©  (2022 edition). Dave Kalabanka was listed for representing plaintiffs in personal injury and products liability litigation,…

Hello there blog readers!  This is Dave Kalabanka, Mike Bersani’s partner. I’ve hijacked his blog for today to interview Mike about another important award he just got: Mike has been selected the 2022 “Lawyer of the Year” for the Syracuse metropolitan…

The answer to the question posed in the title of this blog post is “yes”.  I will show you how this is true using a recent case I settled as an example.

My pedestrian-client was injured while j-walking across East…