Every accident has the potential to cause you physical pain and emotional distress. Following an accident, you could find yourself physically unable to work as you recover from your injuries. With a reduced or even no paycheck coming in, a lack of income will add to your stress about incoming medical bills as well as your mortgage/rent, car payment, and other necessities.
The personal injury lawyers serving Oceanside from Friedman & Simon, L.L.P. will work to recover compensation for your medical costs, lost wages, pain and suffering, and other damages. While they work on your case, you can focus on getting better and getting your life back on track. Contact us today for a free case review and consultation.
- What We Do in Your Personal Injury Case to Get the Compensation You Deserve
- Open Lines of Communication Are Imperative in a Personal Injury Case
- Investigating Your Oceanside Personal Injury Case
- Establishing Negligence in Personal Injury Cases
- We Will Speak on Your Behalf
- Types of Personal Injury Cases in Oceanside We Represent
- Statute of Limitations in New York Sets a Deadline in Your Case
- Call Us Today for a Free Consultation on Your Oceanside Personal Injury Case
What We Do in Your Personal Injury Case to Get the Compensation You Deserve
Our law office has been passionate advocates for the injured people of Long Island for more than 30 years. As your personal injury attorneys, we will deliver tailored legal services that fight for the results you and your family need.
We will:
- Keep you updated on your case as it progresses
- Investigate your case and document evidence
- Identify the at-fault party and establish liability
- Communicate with all parties involved in your case
- Manage every aspect of your case
- Work tirelessly to win the best possible case outcome for you
For a free legal consultation with a personal injury lawyer serving Oceanside, call (516) 932-0400
Open Lines of Communication Are Imperative in a Personal Injury Case
If you have questions or concerns at any time, we want you to know you can reach out to us about them. We want to hear what happened to you in your accident. Your feeling that you are being heard and respected every step along the way is a major priority of ours. From the initial consultation to receiving a settlement or court award, we will keep you informed throughout your case.
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Investigating Your Oceanside Personal Injury Case
Our legal team will construct a compelling case founded on the best available evidence that we gather through a thorough investigation of your accident.
Depending upon the unique circumstances of your case, as we work to determine the cause of your accident, we will conduct some or all of the following investigative procedures:
- Visit the scene of your accident
- Gather photos and videos
- Collect other evidence
- Interview witnesses
- Obtain the police report, the crash report from the New York Department of Motor Vehicles, or the facility accident report
- Gather all your accident-related medical records
- Enlist the expertise of an accident reconstruction specialist
As per the requirements of your case, we will also collect evidence to support your claim of damages. We will:
- Obtain wage statements from your employer
- Get written opinions from experts in the fields of medicine, economics, vocational therapy, and life-care planning
- Speak with your family, friends, coworkers, and other acquaintances about how your life has changed since the accident
Every Accident Has a Different Cause
It may be easy enough to say that the liable party owes you damages after an accident. Determining who that party is—or if there is more than one liable party in your case—is more complex. Depending on your situation, you could end up suing one or more of the following:
- A motor vehicle driver who disobeyed the rules of the road
- A property owner who failed to address hazards on their property
- A fellow construction worker who did not follow safety procedures and protocols
- A medical professional who failed to provide you with treatment consistent with the generally accepted medical practice.
- A manufacturer who did not test their product sufficiently or who did not recall a product they knew was potentially dangerous
This list is a small sample of the types of liable parties you might have to pursue for damages. Part of our job is to tell clients who they should sue, how many liable parties there are, and how much compensation they should seek from each responsible party.
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Establishing Negligence in Personal Injury Cases
A vital component of your case is the establishment of negligence. To construct a bona fide case of personal injury, we must establish the following criteria:
- Duty of Care: The defendant had a duty to take reasonable steps to keep you from injury.
- Breach of Duty: Through the defendant’s actions or inactions, they failed to fulfill this duty of care.
- Causation: The defendant’s breach of duty caused the accident.
- Damages: You suffered injury and actual damages as a result of the accident.
Having met these four criteria, we will prepare your case so that it will withstand even the toughest scrutiny.
Calculating Your Damages From a Personal Injury Accident
The point of the personal injury process is to recover the financial losses you have suffered as a result of your accident. Our legal team will itemize every way your injury has cost you—economically and non-economically.
Economic damages have a clear dollar value associated with them, whereas non-economic damages are intangible losses. Your Oceanside personal injury lawyer can explain each to you in more detail.
Some of the damages you may be able to recover in your case include:
- Medical expenses and treatment costs
- Hospitalization
- Emergency transportation
- Prescription medicines
- Assistive mobility devices
- Replacement services
- Lost income and benefits
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
- Loss of consortium
- Diminished quality of life
- Physical or intellectual disability
When such analysis is called for, our law firm will consult with experts who will give us their professional opinions on the estimated future costs associated with continued medical care, diminished potential earnings, and other aspects of your life.
Wrongful Death Damages Are Available to Families Who Lost a Loved One
If you lost a loved one due to the negligence of another party, please know that we are sorry for your loss. This is a time of grieving, but you should also consider the economic costs you will soon face as a result of your loved one’s passing.
It is our strongly held conviction that you should not bear these costs. Our Oceanside wrongful death attorney will file a wrongful death claim on your behalf to recover the economic and non-economic damages that stem from this untimely death.
Contact us today to speak to our compassionate, patient, and dedicated legal team.
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We Will Speak on Your Behalf
Your job after an accident is to heal from your injuries. We will work on your case and speak with the insurance companies and lawyers for you. If anyone reaches out to you, you tell them to call our office. This should spare you the stress of communicating with adversarial parties. A major problem with insurance company representatives is that, even when they seem sweet and kind and caring, they are actually “wolves in sheep’s clothing,” who are actually scheming about how to make sure you end up with zero compensation or as close to nothing as they can maneuver. We are here to protect you and obtain the compensation you and your family need to rebuild your lives.
Interacting With the Insurance Company
Once we have calculated your damages, our Oceanside personal injury lawyers will negotiate with the insurer and work to win the best possible settlement for you. If the insurer fails to agree to an appropriate settlement, we are ready and able to file a personal injury lawsuit against the defendant in a court of law. There, we will argue your right to compensation and demonstrate to a jury why you are entitled to receive—and why they should award you—the damages you deserve.
Why Dealing With Insurance Companies Is Tricky
It is the insurance adjuster’s job to save their company as much money as possible. This could mean that they try to reduce your payout by:
- Asserting your own actions played a role in the accident or your injuries
- Stating that their client did not behave negligently or unreasonably
- Claiming that your injuries are not as bad as your lawsuit alleges, and therefore, you do not need as much in compensation
Any contact between you and the insurance company—whether in person, over the phone, or through social media posts—gives them an opportunity to undermine your case. Do not let an insurance company take advantage of your financial desperation by trying to push a quick but low settlement offer onto you. With a personal injury lawyer, we will protect your rights by managing all communications on your behalf.
Types of Personal Injury Cases in Oceanside We Represent
When another person’s negligence injures someone else, this constitutes a personal injury. You have the right to seek financial compensation from negligent parties after accidents.
Examples of Oceanside Personal Injury Claims We Work:
The following are examples of the personal injury cases we represent for our clients in Oceanside. They include but are not limited to:
- Medical malpractice
- Car accidents
- Slips, trips, and falls
- Birth injuries
- Dog bites
- Ridesharing accidents
- Bicycle accidents
- Construction accidents
- Nursing home abuse
- Pedestrian accidents
- Toxic exposure injuries
- Truck accidents
- Motorcycle accidents
Friedman & Simon, L.L.P. has worked on all of these types of accidents, and we have done so since 1991. Contact us today for a free initial consultation about your accident.
Statute of Limitations in New York Sets a Deadline in Your Case
The statute of limitations to file a personal injury claim under New York Civil Practice Laws & Rules § 214 limits how long you have from the date of your accident to take legal action on a personal injury. Missing this deadline will, with few exceptions, result in you losing your opportunity to recover damages.
Please note that depending upon the specific circumstances of your accident, a shorter statute of limitations may apply, together with other deadlines that govern claims and lawsuits. One of our attorneys will carefully analyze your situation and inform you of the applicable time limits in your case. The sooner you contact an attorney to represent you, the sooner they will start building your case and tracking all case deadlines to ensure none are missed.
The Oceanside personal injury lawyers and staff at Friedman & Simon, L.L.P. will manage every aspect of your case so you can focus on recovering from your injury. The sooner we talk to you, the more time we have to build a winning case.
There Might Be Multiple Deadlines
Examples of statutes of limitations with shorter deadlines in certain cases include the following:
- The deadline for wrongful death cases, found under Estates, Powers & Trusts § 5-4.1, is different than the deadline for personal injury cases.
- The deadline for suing a government entity, found at General Municipal § 50-E, is significantly shorter than other statutes of limitations.
Regardless of legal time limits, evidence in personal injury cases is often time-sensitive. Waiting too long to file could make it hard or impossible for us to locate or rely on crucial pieces of evidence, such as surveillance and dashcam video or witness statements. Starting your case promptly is more likely to be a more effective approach to proving your liability case against the at-fault party.
Call Us Today for a Free Consultation on Your Oceanside Personal Injury Case
Our legal team works on a contingency basis, meaning you pay us only when you get paid. Call Friedman & Simon, L.L.P. today for a free case review and consultation. Our multilingual staff is eager to take your call. We accept your call at any time, day or night, and we will assist you in Spanish, Greek, Tamil, Bengali, or Kannada.
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