If you or a loved one suffered an injury or other damages in an accident, you could receive compensation from the party or parties who caused it. New York law allows victims of another's careless and reckless behavior to hold that party legally responsible for any resulting losses. As a result, you could file a personal injury claim for compensation based on your injuries, including financial, emotional, and physical harm.
Friedman & Simon, L.L.P., represents accident victims in the New York area and fights for the financial recovery they deserve after suffering injuries caused by negligence. A New York personal injury attorney from our team will bring your claim or lawsuit forward after reviewing the case in a free consultation.
In This Article
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- Our Attorneys Will Review the Case to Determine Your Compensable Damages
- Work With an Experienced Legal Team
- New York's Statute of Limitations and How It Affects Your Case
- Our Law Firm Doesn't Charge Attorney's Fees Unless We Win
- Call Friedman & Simon, L.L.P., to Work with a Personal Injury Lawyer in NYC
Our Attorneys Will Review the Case to Determine Your Compensable Damages
During our initial complimentary consultation, we discuss the incident and injuries, evaluate the strength of the case, and explain how our lawyers handle similar cases and how we would anticipate prosecuting a claim on your behalf. We also answer questions about our services and contingency-fee arrangement. One of the features of our firm that clients tend to find of great importance when it comes to hiring us is that our clients never pay upfront or out-of-pocket fees.
When you choose us to represent you, we begin working on your case right away. When we begin work on your case, we have a number of priorities. Among these is our determination to gather evidence to evaluate the damages you experienced and what is potentially compensable. We use this information to calculate how much financial compensation you qualify to pursue. Because of the unique nature of every case, this step of a thorough investigation is critically important for us to ultimately determine what an appropriate settlement might look like in your case.
Our Personal Injury Practice Areas
Personal injury law encompasses a wide range of accidental injuries. Yours is a personal injury case if the cause of your accident and resulting injuries was someone else's negligence. At Friedman & Simon, L.L.P., we know how hard it can be to recover from the physical and financial aspects of an injury. Our team will fight to recover financial compensation for clients injured in the following ways:- Motor vehicle accidents, including car, truck, bicycle, and motorcycle accidents
- Construction site accidents
- Accidental falls, including slip, trip, and fall cases on residential, commercial, and municipal property
- Defective products
Damages You Could Recover
No two personal injury cases are identical. Any settlement or compensation award you ultimately win must be based on your economic damages and an appropriate financial value for your noneconomic damages. Depending on what you suffered, you could receive compensation for:- Medical care expenses
- Property damage
- Pain and suffering
- Loss of income and benefits
- Reduced earning potential
- Permanent disability or disfigurement
- Diminished quality of life
- Emotional distress
This is not an exhaustive list of damages. New York law could entitle you to other losses. These could include additional economic or noneconomic losses. When our team handles a personal injury case, we seek the largest payout possible based on the facts of that specific case. When you choose our firm to advocate for you and prosecute a claim on your behalf, we want to ensure you receive the monetary damages you need to pay for bills to date and to cover future care needs.
Handling a Wrongful Death Claim
If you seek compensation on behalf of a deceased loved one, we offer our wholehearted condolences as well as dedicated legal support. We are determined to win the compensation you need and the justice your departed loved one deserves.
You could pursue damages specific to their passing by filing a wrongful death claim or lawsuit. These damages range from funeral expenses to loss of companionship, depending on the nature of your relationship with the decedent. For example, a spouse could claim loss of consortium, which represents the loss a person experiences when a husband or wife is a wrongful death victim. A child could claim loss of parental guidance and affection.
Our personal injury lawyers are thoroughly familiar with every form of compensable damage, and our team has the resources to build the most compelling case possible.
Our Accident Attorneys Will Identify the At-Fault Party
Earlier in this article, we stated that we have a number of priorities as we begin our work of representing an injured client. In addition to evaluating damages, establishing liability for the accident, that is, building a compelling argument to support that the at-fault party was the cause of the accident, is another one of our primary priorities. In some personal injury cases, identifying the at-fault party is relatively simple. If you were injured in a car accident, it might be easy to identify the at-fault driver or the owner of the at-fault car and their insurance company. In other cases, doing so is more complicated. Without experienced legal representation, many injured claimants or surviving family members of wrongful death victims would not know who to pursue for injuries and other damages caused by an accident involving multiple cars or a medical malpractice case. When you trust your personal injury case to our law firm, we will collect evidence to determine the person or entity who is financially liable for your injuries. The steps we take may include:- Visiting the scene of the accident
- Reviewing security and surveillance video
- Analyzing your incident or accident report
- Calling in subject matter experts, including medical experts, vocational rehabilitation specialists, life care planners, and economists
- Gathering documentation of damages
Work With an Experienced Legal Team
When you work with a personal injury lawyer from our law firm, you'll also benefit from our Long Island-based team of legal professionals working for you. We work together to build solid and comprehensive cases for our clients. It takes teamwork to navigate the claims process or litigate effectively. Here are just a few of the services we offer to our clients:- Updates on the case: We will inform you when any significant updates occur throughout your legal journey, such as when the court schedules a hearing date or if the insurance company sends a settlement offer. We make ourselves available to take your calls, texts, or emails and address any concerns you have at any time during this process.
- Identify liable parties: Our legal team will investigate to identify liable parties and what caused your injury. We use this evidence to build a compelling argument for a fair payout.
- Communicate with insurance companies and attorneys on your behalf: It is common for insurance companies or opposing attorneys to reach out to the plaintiff for statements, putting them in a vulnerable position. When you hire our team, we will handle all of these communications.
- Evidence retrieval: As we investigate the case, we look for every item of relevant evidence that supports your claim. This evidence could involve contacting witnesses for testimony, subpoenaing records or video footage from companies or private residences, and consulting expert witnesses for analysis.
- Damage assessment: We calculate an approximate value of your damages based on the evidence we have. This calculation ensures you know the appropriate value of your claim and determines when to settle with the insurer during negotiations.
- Legal representation: One of our personal injury lawyers will represent you throughout the case, whether in negotiations, mediation meetings, or a trial if the insurance company does not offer you a fair settlement.
Our Case Results Show How Hard We Work for Our Clients
Since 1991, our legal team at Friedman & Simon, L.L.P., has ensured injury victims of all kinds hold negligent parties accountable. Our attorneys have won millions for our clients, and we aim to keep fighting for appropriate compensation for each client we take on. Some of our case results include the following:- We won $10,306,000 for our client, a 49-year-old man, for his subway accident-related injuries, including multiple fractures and a leg amputation.
- We won $9,876,000 for our client, an injured construction worker, after he fell off a ladder and suffered multiple injuries to his back, shoulder, and ankle.
- We won $4,100,000 for our client, a preschool care center worker, after she suffered a spinal cord injury in a car accident. She was a passenger in this single-vehicle accident.
New York's Statute of Limitations and How It Affects Your Case
Filing an insurance claim is the most common way we secure a financial award for our clients. As a result, we frequently negotiate an appropriate settlement and avoid filing a personal injury lawsuit or going to trial. If the liable party's insurance company does not agree to appropriate settlement terms, we can file a lawsuit. Our ultimate goal when we initiate a lawsuit is to win a judgment declaring that the at-fault party owes our client monetary compensation for our client’s damages. Realizing that a jury verdict may be substantial and that there will be significant costs to defend the suit as the case moves toward a trial, can have the effect of exerting pressure on an insurance carrier to make an appropriate settlement offer even if they refused to do so pre-suit. However, lawsuits must be filed within the deadlines set by New York law. You'll find general filing deadlines in:- New York Civil Practice Laws & Rules (CPLR ) § 214 for most personal injury cases, excluding cases where you name a municipality as the liable party
- CPLR § 214-A for medical malpractice cases
- Estates, Powers & Trusts (EPT) § 5-4.1 for wrongful death cases
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Our Law Firm Doesn't Charge Attorney's Fees Unless We Win
Our legal team charges a contingency fee, meaning our legal services are paid through a percentage of your compensation award, which we will discuss during your first consultation. Working on a contingency fee basis allows clients like you to afford our services regardless of your current financial state. We understand that you want to pursue litigation because accident-related injuries brought several financial setbacks. As such, we agree to:- Only collect our attorney's fees if we win your case
- Explain all our legal fees before we begin working on the case so there are no surprise fees
- Take our fee out of your compensation award, not your pocket
What Happens During Your Free Consultation
Choosing a law firm to advocate for you is a difficult decision. To ensure you know how hard our law firm will fight for you — and to give us a chance to learn about your case — we offer a free review for every client. During your review, we will:- Listen to your version of events with kindness and compassion
- Ask for specific details about the accident and its aftermath
- Ask about your injuries and any medical care you received
- Request copies of any documents or evidence already in your possession
- Explain the merits of your case and our case-building process
- Answer any questions and address any concerns you might have
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Call Friedman & Simon, L.L.P., to Work with a Personal Injury Lawyer in NYC
If you were a victim of a preventable accident in New York, be it in the greater metropolitan area or on Long Island, reach out to Friedman & Simon, L.L.P., to represent you in the case. A personal injury lawyer from our team will fight for your right to receive compensation for your injuries. Call us or complete a free case evaluation form for your complimentary case review.Call or text (516) 932-0400 or complete a Free Case Evaluation form