SERIOUS INJURY FAQS FOR NEW YORK AND SURROUNDING
COUNTIES OF ROCKLAND AND WESTCHESTER CLIENTS AND PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS
- What is Serious Injury?
- What financial compensation can I recover if I hire a serious
injury lawyer? - What is negligence and how does it relate to my case?
Serious injury is any physical or mental injury to a person that is the result of another person’s negligence or harmful act. Also known as personal injury, serious injury involves civil law cases as opposed to criminal law cases. Since 1959, New York personal injury lawyers, Greenspan & Greenspan have experience in representing accident victims who have suffered serious personal injury. Serious injury is often referred to as bodily injury or catastrophic injury and can occur in a wide variety of ways. The following are some of the most common accidents resulting in serious injury:
- Auto Accidents
- Construction Accidents including scaffold building collapse and
machine-related injuries - Motorcycle Accidents
- Slip and Fall Accidents
- Truck accidents
- Defective Products
WHAT FINANCIAL COMPENSATION CAN I RECOVER IF I HIRE A SERIOUS INJURY LAWYER?
Accident victims are entitled to recover monetary damages for all losses and expenses that they suffered as a result of the accident. Depending upon the particular circumstances of your case, damages may include recovery for any of the following:
- Medical bills
- Lost Wages, including overtime
- Pain & Suffering
- Physical Disability
- Disfigurement
- Emotional Trauma
- Mental Disability
- Property Damage
WHAT IS NEGLIGENCE AND HOW DOES IT RELATE TO MY CASE?
Careless behavior that causes an injury to another person, under the legal principle of "negligence" means the actor will be legally liable for any resulting harm. This basis for assessing and determining fault is utilized in most disputes involving a serious accidents or injuries, during initial settlement talks with your insurance company and the attorney, as well as the potential trial.
Generally, negligence claims require the plaintiff (the person injured) to show that the defendant (the person allegedly at fault):
- Owed a legal duty of care to the plaintiff under the circumstances
- Breached a legal duty through conduct or action (this can include
a failure to act); - Caused an accident or injury involving the plaintiff and
- Damaged or injured the plaintiff resulting in harm.
For additional information related to your case or other serious injury matters in New York or the surrounding counties of Westchester and Rockland, contact Attorneys Greenspan & Greenspan. at (866) 777-4545 to schedule a free consultation with an experienced serious injury lawyer.
