Slips and Falls Slip and falls are reliably one of the leading causes of injuries in many general industry accidents. Second only to auto accidents, slip and fall incidents account for over 1 million injuries in the United States each year. Many slips, trips and falls often results in head trauma, back injuries, broken bones […]
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Inadequate Security Within recent times an “emerging legal trend” that has affected primarily residents, landlords and property owners/managers is termed premises security liability. This is essentially a civil lawsuit whereby your landlord or the property owner or manager can be held liable for monetary compensation for injuries sustained during a vicious criminal assault committed on […]
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PRACTICE AREAS NYC Personal Injury Lawyers can assist with virtually any type of personal injury Medical misdiagnosis: birth injuries, medical malpractice, traumatic brain injury; Construction accidents: workplace accident; Medication errors: defective products; Personal injury: auto accident, municipal liability, nursing home abuse, pedestrian accidents; Premises liability: elevator and escalator accidents, inadequate security, slips and falls.
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Birth Injuries Birth injury by definition is any trauma or injury sustained during the delivery of a child, resulting from the improper care provided by either your physician or the hospital. Birth injuries like Cerebral palsy or Erb palsy can have devastating effects, presenting not only physical, emotional hardship, but also financial challenges for the […]
Read More Medical malpractice A prolong cough or chest pain; during a self-examination you feel a lump in your breast. Most often intense physical symptoms are a grave indication to a much larger and serious ailment; however these symptoms are often misdiagnosed or go undetected by your medical provider. When your doctor and other medical professionals fail […]
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Traumatic brain injury Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is the foremost cause of death and disability among kids, young adults and the elderly in the United States today. Every year, an estimated 1.5 million Americans undergo a Traumatic Brain Injury. That’s 8 times more the number of people diagnosed with breast cancer and 34 times the […]
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Workplace accident “Work is defined as duties, activities, or tasks that produce a product or result, which is done in exchange for money, goods, services, profit, or benefit; and, that are legal activities in the United States”. Yet nearly 3.1 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses were reported in 2010 within the private sector, according […]
Read MoreDefective products A defective product is one that results in injury or damage to an individual because of some imperfection in the product or its labeling or the way the product was used. Entities accountable for these defects include the manufacturers of primary component parts; the assembling manufacturers; the wholesalers; and lastly, the retail stores. […]
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Auto accident Auto accident claims are one of the primary sources of personal injury litigation within the United States legal system. More than half of all vehicular accidents result in claims with a substantial number of them becoming lawsuits. Today there are over 300 million vehicles on the road, which resulted in over 6 million […]
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Municipal liability According to legal definitions; “municipal liability refers to any civil liability imposed on a public corporation, local, city or state government premises for any injury caused or for any harm caused by their employees. These constitute damages resulting from an injury caused by the municipality’s negligent violation of another person’s rights when they […]
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