HOW WEIDMAN HAS CHANGED OR CLARIFIED NY LAWS
Mr. Weidman has worked for REAL people and in many of their REAL cases has either made brand new law concepts in NEW YORK or has modified and changed the law in New York State on behalf of his clients. Many lawyers go throughout their entire careers without changing a single law. Weidman?s real cases became precedent for other lawyers to use in their practice to be quoted from by judges or just enjoyed. You can look Weidman in the law books online using Lois or other sources, including www.nycourts.gov.
Some of Weidmans cases that are published in law library books are: Harewood v. Aiken, 273 A.D.2d 199, 710 N.Y.S.2d 82, 2000 N.Y. Slip Op. 05438, N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. June 12, 2000 (personal injury); PDK v. Patricia Smith, Appellate Term (insurnance, real estate and collections issues); Liberty Mut. Ins. v. Saravia, 271 A.D.2d 534, 705 N.Y.S.2d 685, 2000 N.Y. Slip Op. 03579, N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. April 10, 2000 (car insurance issue); Garcia v. First Spanish Baptist Church of Islip, 259 A.D.2d 465, 686 N.Y.S.2d 81, 1999 N.Y. Slip Op. 01834 N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. March 1, 1999 (accident-slip and fall); Brennan v. McCarthy, 255 A.D.2d 477, 680 N.Y.S.2d 638, 1998 N.Y. Slip Op. 10422 N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. November 23, 1998 (personal injury); Jackson v. Sorto, 245 A.D.2d 546, 666 N.Y.S.2d 727, 1997 N.Y. Slip Op. 11349, N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. December 29, 1997 (personal injury); State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Urdahl, 170 Misc.2d 841, 652 N.Y.S.2d 197, N.Y.Sup. August 20, 1996 (car insurance law); Brunswick Hosp. Center, Inc. v. Knoblich, 215 A.D.2d 712, 627 N.Y.S.2d 734 N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. May 30, 1995 (collections and hospital law); Harrilal v. Harrilal, 128 A.D.2d 502, 512 N.Y.S.2d 433 N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. March 2, 1987 (divorce law ? answers who can use the house while you fight the divorce in court); People v. Scott, 126 A.D.2d 582, 510 N.Y.S.2d 702 N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. January 12, 1987 (criminal case involving murder and trial in Deer Park, Suffolk County, NY); Major v. General Motors Corp., 126 A.D.2d 521, 510 N.Y.S.2d 643 N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. January 12, 1987 (car engineering).
Mr. Weidman was the trial attorney in Vattiato v. Bacile, Supreme Court, Suffolk County, 1994, in which an orthopedist was prevented from discussing or contesting chiropractic injuries in front of the jury panel due to his lack of training and education in the specialized field of chiropractic. $173,000 jury verdict was obtained for the accident victim using a chiropractor as the primary expert. Apparently the jury loved Weidman and believed his client.
Mr. Weidman also clarified a chiropractor's right to read MRI films of the spine during an arbitration in State Farm v. Urdahl, A.A.A. Case No. 17S20002178 96 (2/26/97). See article.
Insurance Law ? Mr. Weidman ? for the first time in New York - established and clarified law in at least 12 Suffolk County cases since 1990 requiring defendants to disclose liability insurance amounts in detail and to prepare meaningful affidavits explaining excess or additional insurance under CPLR Section 3101(f) in a non-conclusory and step-by-step fashion. In the 90?s, defendants had attempted to hide $25,000,000 of excess insurance in my practice for accident victims of mine. Case names and docket numbers provided upon request.
IME (Independent Medical Exam) Doctors' Records and Handwritten Notes ? Mr. Weidman convinced the Department of Health (DOH) in Albany to issue a letter ruling requiring all medical doctors performing consulting examinations as "independent medical examiners" (better called Defensive Medical Examinations) to produce all handwritten notes and records under penalty of censure for ethical violations and appropriate fines. You know, these insurance doctors often lie about your injuries to make money.'