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According to the Centers for Disease Control, there are 35 million injury-related emergency room visits every year in the United States. Close to 2 million of those visitors are New Yorkers, based on New York State Department of Health data. Add in the number of people who either don’t seek medical care at all or who visit urgent care facilities or their personal doctors rather than the hospital ER, and you can see why so many people seek the services of personal injury attorneys.
Although the negligence of others doesn’t cause all accidents, it is responsible for some. If you are an accident victim and are looking for a Bronx construction accident attorney, car accident attorney, or personal injury lawyer, you can trust the personal injury law firm of William Schwitzer & Associates. You aren’t just another case to us; we will give you the personal attention you deserve.
Regardless of how you sustained your injury, document as much evidence as possible. Immediately after the accident, you should:
Personal injury lawyers are civil rather than criminal attorneys. They help their clients obtain fair compensation for injuries and damages suffered from various kinds of accidents caused by the wrongdoing or negligence of others.
Most personal injury cases involve insurance companies. While you might think that insurance companies pay fair compensation settlements routinely after accidents, that is sadly not the case. Without involving a Bronx personal injury lawyer, an insurance company may present you with an extremely low compensation offer that doesn’t adequately cover your economic and non-economic damages.
Your lawyer will investigate your case and gather evidence to prove that you are eligible to receive compensation. Other responsibilities your attorney takes on include:
A personal injury attorney has many more resources at their disposal than accident victims do alone and will use those resources to assist you with your claim.
Drivers, passengers, and pedestrians injured in motor vehicle accidents may receive compensation. Motor vehicle collisions can include cars, trucks, buses, bicycles, motorcycles, and pedestrians. Frequently, a negligent driver causes a crash.
A complex collection of New York state laws provides rules that insurance companies must follow when dealing with injury-related claims. Having more than two parties involved in a crash further complicates determination of compensation amounts. As you can see, it is important to work with a car accident attorney in The Bronx to help you wade through it all.
The law requires employers to provide workers’ compensation insurance to their employees. That insurance covers injuries sustained while on the job. Medical expenses and lost wages are some of the sought-after damages in workers’ comp cases.
In some cases, the insurance company might try to dispute that your injury resulted from your job. Every experienced workers’ comp attorney from William Schwitzer & Associates is familiar with gathering the evidence to prove your case and can help you get the compensation you deserve.
Accidents occurring at construction sites can be much more serious than some other types of workplace incidents, particularly at sites involving tall structures. Debris falling from heights is more likely to injure or kill whomever it lands on due to the greater force behind it; pedestrians and vehicle occupants are sometimes victims of construction accidents.
Workers at construction sites often deal with heavy equipment. Cranes lift materials high into the air, and if the load isn’t properly secured or high winds are present, the load can shift and come loose. Unstable scaffolding can collapse, causing a worker to fall.
A Bronx construction accident attorney can investigate the circumstances leading to the accident and fight for your rights if you have resulting injuries.
When medical professionals don’t provide competent care to their patients, it can lead to injury or death. Misdiagnosis, surgical errors, improper or inadequate treatment, and prescription errors are examples of negligence.
To prove that medical malpractice exists, you must show that the negligence directly caused your injury or the death of a loved one. This process is very complicated and involving an attorney at the beginning of the situation can greatly benefit your case.
Preventable fatalities resulting from negligence, defective products, medical malpractice, or severe accidents, for example, are wrongful deaths. This tragic loss of life can have financial, emotional, and mental effects on survivors.
You’ll want to know why and how this happened and see those responsible brought to justice. Ask one of our wrongful death attorneys to assess your case to see if you can obtain compensation.
If you slip, trip, or fall on someone else’s property, you can file a claim against the property owner or resident in some cases. If you trip over your own feet, you can’t necessarily hold anyone else responsible. However, if hazardous conditions are present without appropriate barriers or warning signs, that may constitute negligence on the part of the property owner.
New York’s Premises Liability Law requires that property owners provide a safe space for shoppers or guests. If potentially hazardous conditions develop, the owner should make every effort to protect anyone who enters the premises from harm.
Let’s say, for instance, you visit your brother at his apartment and there is ice on the sidewalk. You slip on the ice and fall, breaking your leg. If the property manager hasn’t clearly posted signs warning of the ice, or taken steps to remove the ice, both the property manager and owner might be guilty of negligence. You can file a claim for compensation in those cases.
If you aren’t sure that your falling injury qualifies you for compensation, consult with one of our personal injury attorneys.
Manufacturers and distributors of goods have the responsibility to provide safe products to their customers. Unfortunately, some defective merchandise makes it into the hands of consumers.
Defective products can cause injuries or death, even if used as intended. If you want to file a product liability personal injury claim, you must prove that a design or manufacturing defect exists or that marketing defects occurred. You must also provide evidence that you used the product and that the defect caused your injury.
As you can imagine, these cases are often complicated. The designers, manufacturers, and marketers are often big businesses and will use top-notch legal defense teams. Your Bronx personal injury lawyer needs to have the experience and resources to combat large companies and their attorneys, as we do at William Schwitzer & Associates.
In New York, if a “dangerous dog” bites you, you can sue for damages. State laws regarding dog bites and other dog-related injuries combine negligence in the form of the “one bite” rule with strict liability.
The strict liability portion of the law holds dog owners responsible for the medical bills of anyone the dog bites. The “one bite” law states that dog owners are only liable for damages such as lost wages or pain and suffering if they knew from past aggressive behavior that the dog was likely to attack or harm others. If a dog bit or attacked someone previously, its owner must restrain or control the dog and warn people of possible danger.
There are exceptions to these rules, however. Without the resources of a personal injury attorney, you may not gather valid evidence proving that the dog owner is liable for your injuries.
State laws governing liability in motor vehicle accidents are complex. New York is one of few no-fault states and determines compensation using pure comparative negligence. If the collision involves more than two parties, joint and several liability rules apply.
Injured persons face a complicated uphill battle if they attempt to negotiate with insurance companies on their own due to all the different rules in play. One mistake can cost you lots of money.
Thresholds exist, and they determine what types of compensation you may receive. Even at-fault people can obtain damages in some cases. The ins and outs of motor vehicle accident cases are almost like a maze. Hiring an experienced car accident attorney in The Bronx, NY, to navigate that maze for you can result in a much larger monetary award. Schedule a consultation with one of our car accident attorneys to see what we can do for you.
Workers’ comp insurance covers medical expenses and lost wages for employees injured at a construction site. However, workers’ comp policies do not pay for non-economic damages.
Construction accident injuries often cause long-term medical and financial issues, partial or permanent disability, and pain and suffering. Victims often pursue a personal injury lawsuit in addition to their worker’s comp claim.
Knowing who to sue in a construction accident case is essential. Many crews working for multiple subcontractors are often present at a construction site, and more than one party may be responsible for injuries at times.
Not only can our construction accident attorneys assist you with your workers’ comp claim, but we can also investigate and determine who you can sue for further damages. Victims find it easier to hire one attorney to handle both their personal injury suits and insurance claims. That way, they won’t deal with providing the same information to two lawyers. Having one attorney streamlines the separate cases and prevents complications from scheduling issues.
If you are a Bronx resident in need of a personal injury attorney or your accident-related injury happened in the Bronx, look no further than William Schwitzer & Associates. We are a trusted firm with over 80 years of combined legal experience.
Our knowledgeable attorneys will exhaust every available avenue of recourse for our clients and attempt to obtain maximum compensation for you. We work on a contingency basis, which means that unless you receive compensation for your damages, you won’t pay attorney fees.
We understand all the complex issues you face when dealing with an accident-related injury, both personal and legal. We give every client professional, personal attention. After discussing the details of your accident during your free initial consultation, we will tell you:
We understand that you must focus on recovering from your injuries, and we want to give you the peace of mind that comes with knowing that your case is in good hands. To ask questions or schedule your free consultation with a Bronx construction accident attorney, contact William Schwitzer & Associates today. We provide many options for your convenience:
We have obtained high-end verdicts for many of our clients, and we want to do the same for you.
All cases are handled on a contingent fee basis, which means you risk nothing. There is never an attorney fee for us unless there is a recovery for you.
