Finkelstein & Partners is a plaintiff’s personal injury law firm founded by Howard S. Finkelstein in 1959 in the heart of Newburgh. Today they have offices throughout New York State with a team of more than 85 attorneys and 170 para-professionals. They operate as Jacoby & Meyers in the downstate region. During this pandemic the -->
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According to experts, each year an average of 37 children die from heat-related deaths after being trapped inside vehicles. In a memorable demonstration, Los Angeles police officers gathered with local representatives and set up two cars – one with the windows closed and one with them cracked – to demonstrate just how fast each car -->
PEARL RIVER — A wrongful death civil lawsuit charges that one of the drag-racers involved in the fiery double-fatal crash on Route 304 last fall cut off the other, triggering the crash that sent a Porsche hurtling to the train tracks below. The family of Altin Nezaj is suing the drivers who now also face -->
Lawyer Andrew Finkelstein to Discuss Trial Presentation New York, June 18, 2020: Trial advocacy is both an art and a science, and the skills required to practice it successfully come with experience—although many attorneys stop honing those skills when they focus on other specialties after graduating from law school. Personal injury attorney Andrew Finkelstein, managing -->
As if the rising toll of COVID-19 victims and the economic impact wasn’t enough, now criminals are taking advantage of the situation to trick people into downloading malicious software onto their computers; giving out sensitive information enabling identity theft; or emptying their wallets for ‘cures’ or treatments that don’t exist. If you’re following the news, -->
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The President declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency in early March 2020. The effects of COVID-19 have been changing the way individuals interact and our Country operates in all aspects of life on a daily basis. While businesses deemed essential remain open, most states have implemented some type of social distancing protocol and non-essential -->
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As of March 26, 2020, the Center for Disease Control (CDC), reports 68,440 cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States. These cases include both confirmed and presumptive positive cases. More information about COVID-19 is available at https://www.cdc.gov/. In response to COVID-19, Federal and State governments have been enacting provisions affecting individuals and -->
Blog, Veterans Services
Updated DOD list identifying Agent Orange sites outside of Vietnam released by VA
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Veteran’s with qualifying service during Vietnam are able to receive disability benefits for certain disease associated with Agent Orange and herbicide exposure on a presumptive basis. For presumptive diseases a Veteran does not need to show the condition started during or worsened due to, military service. Rather, when there is qualifying service the Veteran need -->
As of January 1, 2020, the Department of Defense (DoD), has expanded commissary and exchange privileges for Veterans. Specified in the Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2018, and included in the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, all service connected Veterans, Purple Heart recipients, former prisoners -->
VA regulations have historically provided service connection on a presumptive basis for Vietnam Veterans for certain diseases associated with exposure to Agent Orange and herbicide exposure. For the presumptive provisions to apply, generally, a Veteran must have set foot in the Republic of Vietnam or qualify under an additional presumptive category. Service in Vietnam has -->