New York Accident Attorney Library| Rappaport, Glass, Greene, & Levine, LLP

Everyone is a Distracted Driver
Description: Rappaport, Glass, Green and Levine offer legal counsel to New Yorkers who have been injured in car accidents. If you or a loved one has been injured in a car accident, contact us for a free legal consultation today.
The Right Insurance is Better than Popular Insurance
Description: Thank you for visiting the website of Rappaport, Glass, Greene and Levine. As one of the premier injury law firms in New York City, we have helped thousands of New Yorkers receive fair compensation for injuries that were received in car accidents. We take pride in helping people all over New York get past insurance company delays and stall tactics. If you or a loved one has been injured in a car accident, contact the law offices of Rappaport, Glass, Greene and Levine for a free legal consultation today.
Being Smart After the Car Accident
Description: There are steps you should take after a car accident in order to protect yourself. Click here to find out what they are. New York car accident attorneys Rappaport, Glass, Greene and Levine represent those who have been injured in car accidents due to no fault of their own.
Truck Drivers with Forged Health Certificate
Description: The New York law offices of Rappaport, Glass, Greene and Levine offer legal counsel to New Yorkers who have been in serious car accidents due to no fault of their own. Nothing is more dangerous to cars on the road than commercial trucks and tractor trailers. These vehicles can cause immense damage with even a glancing blow. The aftermath of a car/truck accident is almost certainly bound to cause serious physical injury to the driver of the car, if not his death. Contact Rappaport, Glass, Greene and Levine for a free legal consultation today if you have been in an accident with a truck or tractor trailer in New York.
The Four Categories of Bad Claim Denial
Description: New York car accident attorneys Rappaport, Glass, Greene and Levine fight bad insurance claim denials for New Yorkers.
Trucks Cause Incredible Damage to Cars
Description: At Rappaport, Glass, Greene and Levine, we provide legal counsel for New Yorkers and Long Islanders who have been injured in car accidents. As a result of their enormous size, commercial trucks cause enormous damage to cars when they are involved in accidents with them. If you are in a car that is hit by a truck, it is not a question of whether or not you will be injured, but HOW BADLY you will be injured. If you or a loved one has been injured in a car accident with a commercial truck, contact our offices for a free legal consultation today.
If a Law is Unenforced, Will Anyone Obey It?
Description: Rappaport, Glass, Green and Levine is a car accident injury law firm that represents those who have been injured in car accidents in New York. One of the leading causes of car accidents is distracted driving, which occurs when someone talks on a cell phone without using a handsfree device, or uses the phone to send text messages. If you or a loved one has been injured in a car accident in Manhattan or Long Island, contact the law offices of Rappaport, Glass, Green and Levine for a free legal consultation today.
A Drunk Driver is the Very Definition of Negligent
Description: A drunk driver is the very definition of negligence. If you or a loved one has been injured by a drunk driver, contact New York injury attorneys Rappaport, Glass, Greene and Levin today.
Driving Distracted is Just as Dangerous as Driving Drunk
Description: Statistics are showing that distracted driving is just as dangerous as drunk driving.
Paper Company Learns Expensive Lesson About Cell Phones and Driving
Description: International Paper recently had to pay millions of dollars to a woman who was struck by one of their employees.
Make Sure You Know Whether or Not Your Safety Features Are "Optional"
Description: Many crucial safety features in automobiles arent part of the standard package, and this can make a crucial difference in the event of a collision.
Tactics of Adjusters
Description: Adjusters have one job: getting you to accept as little money as possible while making you think you got a fair settlement.
Educate Yourself About Your Insurance Policy
Description: The more that you learn about your your policy, the less likely you are to have your claim needlessly denied.
Car Safety: Not an American Priority?
Description: American cars have been falling behind in safety innovations, so much so that the safest cars of 2007 dont have any American made cars among them.
Games Insurers Play
Description: Insurance companies have some tried and true methods for avoiding financial responsibility. The Law Firm of Rappaport, Glass, Green and Levine tell you what they are and how to avoid them.

Medical Malpractice:

Medical Malpractice
Description: The definition of Medical Malpractice, according to the Pattern Jury Instructions, which are given to jurors in a trial.
Unforgivable Medical Errors
Description: While many medical errors are minor and can be fixed immediately with no side effects, there are some errors that are so grevious that they should never happen at all.
Health Care Providers Charging for Mistakes
Description: Doctors and hosptials have been charging patients for mistakes in treatment, even when the mistakes are deadly.
The Third Party in Health Care
Description: Why is it that whenever politicians talk about health care reform they never mention the insurance companies?
Product Liability By Way of Medical Malpractice: The Quaid Twins
Description: Bad packaging was just as much at fault in the case of Dennis Quaid's newborn twins.
The Checkered Carreer of Jan Adams
Description: Dr. Jan Adams was a tv star and hollywood celebrity. Unfortunately for Donde West, he just wasnt a very good doctor.
Should Doctors Go Thirty Hours Without Sleep?
Description: There is a culture of sleeplessness among doctors, which has been shown to be a direct cause of medical errors.
Medical Malpractice Insurers Make More Money In 2006
Description: 2006 was an extremely profitable year for medical malpractice insurers. The reason? Claiming that their businesses were at risk due to lawsuits and raising their rates, even as the amount of payouts for judgments and settlements dwindled.
Moving Toward a Safer New York
Description: Skin cancer is a growing affliction in America. In 2005, more than 1 million people will suffer from some form of skin cancer, including basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma. The personal injury law firm of RGG&L provides vital information about the dangers of skin cancer. As part of our medical malpractice division, we’ve represented many patients whose doctors failed to identify many types of cancer, including skin cancer. Contact RGG&L today.

Nursing Home & Assisted Care Abuse:

Signs of Nursing Home Abuse
Description: As more elder New Yorkers require assisted living and nursing home services, it's important for loved ones to understand and recognize signs of assisted living and nursing home abuse. Read this document to get a brief summary of the signs of elder abuse in assisted living facilities.

Defective Products:

New Testing Guidelines for the Pharmaceutical Companies
Description: The Food and Drug Administration has placed new guidelines on the testing process used by pharmaceutical companies.
Chinese Goods: Low Prices, Hidden Costs
Description: Faulty Chinese Products are flooding the American market faster than our regulatory agencies can keep up with them.
The FDA: What Happened to Due Dilligence?
Description: The Avandia Diabetes Drug case has shown once again that the FDA is in dire need of reform.
OxyContin: Marketing Addiction
Description: Purdue Pharma spent years marketing OxyContin as a safe and non-addictive pain killer.

It is neither.
Tequin: The Side Effects of a Dangerous Antibiotic
Description: Glasko Smith-Kline has had a dangerous antibiotic called Tequin on the market for six years. Despite causing dangerous alterations of the blood sugar in patients that use it, Glasko Smith-Kline has refused to recall this dangerous drug. If you or a loved one has had a routine treatment severely complicated by the use of Tequin, you may be eligible for compensation. Contact the Law Firm of Rapaport, Glass, Greene and Levin for a free legal consultation today
Pharmaceuticals Watch
Description: Read the latest on Pharmaceutical News, including information to inform consumers about dangerous drugs that may harm them.
Consumer Safety Watch
Description: Products harmful to children top the list of the CPSC's recall list for August 2005. On this page, find a description of the products, their dangers and actions you can take.
Not in New York: No Fireworks Permitted in the Empire State [PDF]
Description: Read about New York's laws concerning consumer fireworks, and the outlaw of fireworks such as firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, roman candles, and sparklers.

Motorcycle Accidents:

Be Careful of Motorcyclists
Description: Motorcyclists have to be as safe as possible out of necessity. It's too bad that car drivers arent the same way.

Construction Accidents:

With Construction Safety, Passing the Buck is NOT an Option
Description: Rappaport, Glass, Green and Levine is a New York-based injury law firm. We offer legal assistance to those who have suffered injuries due to no fault of their own. Every day, construction workers put their safety at risk to earn a living, and when injuries occur, it is in their best interest to find experienced and dedicated legal counsel. Insurance companies have proven time and time again that they are more interested in keeping their profits healthy than offering fair compensation to injured workers. At Rappaport, Glass, Green and Levine, we fight hard for the injured, and with offices in Manhattan and Long Island we can assist workers in Queens, the Bronx, Brooklyn and the entire New York City area. If you have been injured in a construction accident, contact the law offices of Rappaport, Glass, Green and Levine today for a free case assessment.
Jobsite Eye Injuries: How to Avoid Them
Description: The New York Injury Law Firm of Rappaport, Glass, Greene and Levine are currently accepting cases from those who have been injured in construction accidents. Vision loss and eye damage are a real danger on any construction site, and the loss of vision in one or both eyes can be a permanently life altering event. If you or a loved one has suffered from an eye injury on the construction site in Manhattan , Brooklyn, Long Island or anywhere in New York, contact our offices for a free legal consultation today. We can provide you with aggressive legal consultation and push for emotional damages, lost future earnings and emotional distress as well as payment for medical bills and other damages.
The Crane Collapse Epidemic
Description: At Rappaport, Glass, Greene and Levine, we live in New York City just like you do, and our lives are in just as much danger due to faulty cranes. We take construction accidents very seriously, as the people who get injured could be our family, neighbors and friends. It is our job to see that our clients are treated fairly by contractors and insurance companies, which means that we always strive to obtain the highest level of compensation for them.
Preventable Accidents in the Job Site
Description: As the recent crane collapse has shown, construction is dangerous work. Contact Rappaport, Glass, Greene and Levine for a free legal consultation today.
The Same Injuries Over and Over Again
Description: Construction accidents seem to be happening for the same reasons over and over again.
Site Manager Confessions: How Some Construction Companies Bypass Workers' Comp
Description: An interview with a construction site manager reveals that some construction companies feel the same way about insurance companies as the rest of us do.

Bad Faith Insurance, Unreasonable Claim Denial:

Insurers Systematically Overcharging Customers [PDF]
Description: Big insurance has been systematically overcharging customers and underperforming on filed claims.
Bad Faith Insurance Practices Laid Bare
Description: Allstate would rather defy a judge and pay $25,000 a day than have their bad faith practices made public.
Differences and Similarities: Katrina and The San Diego Wildfires
Description: Will the victims of the San Diego wildfires be treated as badly by insurance companies?
Filing a Claim: Organization is Everything
Description: Tips for filing a claim with your insurance company.
Keep an Eye On Washington State
Description: Washington State put a good law on the books.
CLUE: Insurance Database That Hurts Homebuyers
Description: There is an insurance database called CLUE that is used to help insurers determine risk. Unfortunately, they also use it as an excuse to drop homeowners for no reason.
State Farm: Taking Their Billions and Going Home
Description: State Farm has announced that they will no longer be writing new homeowner policies in the state of Mississippi. The reason? They might have to actually live up to their end of the bargain.
Class Bias: The New Insurance Rate Calculator
Description: Major insurance companies have been using new data and statistics to determine rates for policyholders. The good news is that it doesn't have very much to do with your driving record. The bad news is that it has everything to do with where you went to school and how much money you make.
Insurance Company Contact Information
Description: Insurance companies can be hard to get in touch with when you have a claim to file. Rappaport, Glass, Green and Levine are pleased to present you with contact information for every major insurance company operating in the United States today.
Progressive Insurance: Art for Profit's Sake
Description: Progressive Insurance is the proud owner of a collection of American Art that is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. You should remember that the next time they nickle and dime you on a claim.
"Judicial Hellholes:" Another Smear Campaign by the ATRA
Description: The American Tort Reform Association has made much about “frivolous lawsuits clogging up our judicial system.” But is it “frivolous lawsuits” that jam our courts, or the multi-million dollar contract disputes of the industries that fund the American Tort Reform Association?
"Frivolous" For You, "Justice" For Me: The Harsh Education of Senator Trent Lott
Description: A U.S. Senator that was a proponent for Tort Reform received a very harsh lesson in insurance company methods when his beach house was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
Insurance Companies Deny Auto Theft Claims, Reality
Description: Insurance companies are routinely denying auto theft claims on the basis that they dont believe that there is anything wrong with a flawed anti-theft technology.

The Law Firm of Rappaport, Glass, Green and Levine investigate.

Slips and Falls, Dog Bites, Stairway Accidents:

Dog Fights Endanger People, Too
Description: Dog fighting is a barbaric subculture that is not only cruel to dogs, but also dangerous to innocent people.
Summary Judgment Reversed on Appeal
Summary Judgment Reversed

Wrongful Death Claims:

Secondary Head Injuries in Sports
Description: As far as head injuries go, concussions can be relatively minor. But if you injure yourself again before you have a chance to heal, the results can be fatal.

Municipal Liability:

Train, Subway and Watercraft Accidents
Description: As a population that is always on the move, New Yorkers have the right to demand the highest safety standards possible from New York port and transportation authorities. Recent accidents in mass transit in and around New York show that these demands aren’t always met, and that much more can be done to protect the personal safety of New Yorkers.

General:

Progressive Insurance: Patrons of Art, But Not You
Description: Progressive Insurance owns the most valuable collection of American Art in the world.

So why is it so hard to get fair treatment on a claim?
Progressive Insurance: Art for Profit's Sake
Description: Progressive Insurance is the proud owner of a collection of American Art that is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. You should remember that the next time they nickle and dime you on a claim.

Newsletters:

Spring 2008 Rapplaw Newsletter [PDF]
Spring 2006 Rapplaw Newsletter [PDF]
Fall 2005 Rapplaw Newsletter [PDF]
Winter 2004 Rapplaw Newsletter [PDF]
Summer 2004 Rapplaw Newsletter [PDF]

General:

Depositions: Preperation is Everything
Description: The attorneys at the New York injury law firm of Rappaport, Glass, Greene and Levine offer legal counsel from those who have been injured in accidents due to no fault of their own. The trial process can be long and complicated, and success in an injury case depends almost entirely on the skill of the attorneys who represent the injured. At Rappaport, Glass, Greene and Levine, we have decades of experience in every facet of injury law, and can help injured New Yorkers receive compensation that is fair to them instead of merely convenient for insurance companies. If you have been injured in an accident, contact the Manhattan or Long Island law offices of Rappaport, Glass, Greene and Levine today.
Pedestrians ALWAYS Have the Right of Way
Description: Pedestrians are in real danger in New York City. If you have been hit by a car, you should have legal representation. Contact our offices for a free legal consultation today.
Pre-Action Disclosure and Spoilation of Evidence [PDF]
The Frivolous Lawsuits You Never Hear About
Description: Trial Lawyers aren't filing nearly as many lawsuits as major corporations.
The "Pants" Lawsuit: Why You Should Be Worried
Description: $54 Million for a pair of pants? That seems particularly scary. But it isnt necessarily the lawsuit you should be worried about.
Tort Reform Hypocrisy: An Interesting List
Description: Some of the nations most aggressive advocates of tort reform have filed a few lawsuits themselves.
Merck Pharmaceuticals: The Latest in "Creating a Need"
Description: Merck has been notorious for "creating needs" for their products with flashy advertising. Thier latest tactic bypasses advertising altogether and goes straight to your state government.

Follow the link for more details.
Tips for Staying Safe Over the Holidays
Description: With all the shopping, cooking, wrapping, decorating and spending time with friends and loved ones, it’s safe to say that the holidays are one of the more stressful periods of the year. It’s also one of the more dangerous.
RGGL's Fall Newsletter [PDF]
Description: RGGL's quarterly newsletter was recently released. You'll find the stories of our latest successful cases, as well as some important information.
New Report Claims Dangers to 9/11 Workers Deliberately Understated
Description: Hundreds of the first responders that risked their lives on September 11 are suffering from lung problems. A new report claims that the EPA deliberately understated the potential dangers to the workers.
TWA Flight 800 10th Anniversary
Description: When TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air ten years ago, the cause was found to be a surge in the electrical wiring that sent a charge into the fuel tanks. After a decade, the FAA has done nothing to fix this design flaw.
Simple Ways To Keep Your Kids Safe During The Summer
Description: Free time and warm weather means that kids are more active in the summer. Following a few simple safety guidelines can keep your kids from getting hurt.
There Isn't Anything "Frivolous" About It: A Look At The Personal Injury Process
Description: The Law Firm of Rappaport, Glass, Green and Levine have a long history of fighting for the rights of those who have been injured or have suffered losses due to the actions of others. Initiating legal action is serious business, and a process that could take years. It is important to know when it is appropriate and necessary to seek legal counsel, and also to be properly informed as to what the lawsuit process entails. If you or a loved one has suffered a loss or devastating personal injury, Rappaport, Glass, Green and Levine have the experience and dedication necessary to both get you through the litigation process as quickly as possible and to get you the respect and outcome that you deserve.
Kangaroo Court: The FDA’s Prescription Drug Advisory Panel
Description: The Advisory Panels for the Food and Drug Administration routinely consist of experts that are also on pharmaceutical company payrolls. This flawed system has resulted in potentially deadly drugs being rubber-stamped as safe to be placed on the market.
Fatigue and Medical Malpractice
Description: By reducing the exhausting physical demands which doctors, surgeons, nurses and anesthesiologists face each day in environments already steeped in stress, the insurance industry would also make strides in reducing the 'unacceptable' rate of medical malpractice claims.
Accident involving a cleaning woman injured on a construction site
Making A Difference: Testimonials From Grateful Clients
Description: The New York law firm of RGG&L has helped thousands of New Yorkers work through the many difficult stages of medical malpractice and personal injury cases. This page provides testimonials to the difference that RGG&L brings to each client we choose to represent.