Personal Injury
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If you or a member of your family have personally been in an accident or incident that resulted in personal physical injury or mental suffering, or if you are considering filing a negligence lawsuit in the courts of The Bronx, Brooklyn, New York City, Queens, Staten Island, or Long Island then you should seek professional legal counsel by contacting the nearest personal injury lawyer or attorney.
Personal Injury Through Negligence In New York
In a negligence action, personal injury in New York is described as any harm, either physical or psychological, suffered by a person. Harm includes as a broken bone, a cut, a bruise, or any form of bodily injury. It may also include any invasion of a personal right, mental suffering, and false imprisonment. In cases of workers’ compensation, any harm or worsening of a preexisting condition that occurs during the course or by the scope of employment.
Common Personal Injury Claims
The most common injury claims are road or traffic accidents involving cars, trucks, motorcycles, vans, and/or pedestrians and cyclists. Other common claims involve accidents in or at a place of work, tripping accidents, slips and falls, assault claims, accidents in the home, defective product accidents and holiday accidents.
The term personal injury also incorporates medical and dental accidents (which lead to numerous medical and dental negligence claims every year) and conditions which are often classified as industrial disease cases.
Industrial disease type cases include asbestosis and mesothelioma, chest diseases which may include but are not limited to conditions such as emphysema, pneumoconiosis, silicosis, chronic bronchitis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and chronic obstructive airways disease. Other industrial disease types that have gone to court are vibration white finger, occupational deafness, occupational stress, contact dermititus, repetitive strain injury and carpal tunnel syndrome cases.
Where the accident was the fault of someone else, the injured party may be entitled to monetary compensation from the person whose negligent conduct caused the injury.
Attorney Handling of Personal Injury Cases
In New York and the five boroughs, as with the rest of the United States, the system is complex and controversial. Critics of the courts and the legal process call for various tort reforms. Attorneys often represent clients on a “contingency basis,” in which the lawyer does not charge for services until the case is resolved.
