According to a recent AAJ article the legal rights of servicemembers injured by medical negligence would be restored under legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate. The article states that a 1950 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Feres v. United States prevents servicemembers on active duty from holding the government accountable for non-combat related injuries. This decision strips military families of their right to seek redress through our civil justice system. The Carmelo Rodriguez Military Medical Accountability Act (S. 1347 / H.R. 1478), sponsored by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), would offer servicemembers injured by medical negligence the same protections currently provided to veterans.

Headway Of WNY Resource Guide Deadline Approaching
Headway of Western New York is ready to print its second edition of The Resource Guide for Brain Injury: A Practical Directory of Services in WNY for survivors of brain injury and their families. The first printing was distributed throughout the eight counties of WNY in which Headway