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When Should You Get a Lawyer after a New York Car Accident?
Do You Need an Attorney Anytime You’ve Been in a Crash? You’ve been hurt in a collision with another motorist and you’re not sure you need a lawyer— Maybe your injuries seem insignificant or virtually non-existent, so it doesn’t feel like there’s much reason for legal...
What Types of Compensation Can You Get after an Accident?
The Damages Available in a Personal Injury Lawsuit Have you been in a motor vehicle accident or been hurt in a slip and fall on someone else’s property? You may have a right to file legal action to recover compensation for your losses. What types of damages are...
What to Do after a Motor Vehicle Accident
The Right Steps to Take to Protect Your Health and Your Legal Rights When you’ve been injured because of someone else’s carelessness or negligence, the steps you take in the immediate aftermath of your injuries can make a big difference in the outcome of your case....
What Should You Know About Spine Injuries?
Should you use a lawyer for your spinal cord injury? Spine injuries can make life challenging, affecting your mobility, your work, your quality of life and basic activities involved with daily living. If someone else was responsible for causing your injury, getting...
What Should You Know About Facial Fracture Injuries?
What kinds of challenges come with facial injury? For most people, facial fracture injuries are devastating because their face is the bodily feature they identify with and value most. The psychological harm from a facial traumatic injury may last beyond the physical...
What is traumatic brain injury and what about compensation to cover expenses?
Understanding traumatic brain injury The Law Office of John Fazzini, P.C. can help you determine the seriousness of your traumatic brain injury and your right to receive compensation from the party who caused it. A head injury can be minor, or it can be catastrophic....
Personal Injury Claim Involving Minors
How do personal injury claims differ from adult claims in NY? One of the major differences between a personal injury claim involving minors and one involving adults is the time limitations for filing a lawsuit. New York C.V.P. Law § 208(a) sets the time limit (called...
What Factors Do Car Accident Lawyers Use to Determine if You Have a Case?
Should you use a lawyer for your car accident? Car accident lawyers consider a number of factors when determining whether you have a case. Not every accident would warrant using a car accident lawyer. In fact, some claimants are better off not using a lawyer. This is...
Construction Accidents in NY—New York Labor Law 240
For some construction accidents in NY, New York Labor Law 240 would apply. Another common name for this labor law is the Scaffold Law. The New York legislature passed its original scaffold law in 1885. At the time, there was a lack of legal protection for construction...
What Factors Affect a Car Accident Settlement?
How the timeline for a car accident claim works A car accident settlement can sometimes go quickly. However, in many cases when a fast settlement occurs, it is because the injury victim was willing to accept a low settlement offer. Often, waiting longer results in...
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