When you suffer from a personal injury, it can be tempting to take legal action immediately. However, your initial injuries could appear smaller, but then grow with time. It’s best to wait until you know the extent of your injuries, so you get the total compensation...
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What can you expect from TBI treatment?
Experiencing a traumatic brain injury can affect your entire life. Your road to recovery depends on the diagnosis and severity of your injury. According to the National Institutes of Health, various treatments may eliminate different emotional, physical and cognitive...
Recovery of damages from Long Island car crash – case study
Car insurance companies are known for trying to undervalue your injuries when you’ve been in an accident. I had a case a couple of years ago that was published in the New York Law Journal which illustrates this scenario. My client was rear-ended after a motorist...
Can I sue my spouse in a car accident in New York?
Here's a personal injury attorney lesson you don’t want to learn the hard way. Contrary to popular misconception, you can sue your spouse for a car accident which occurs in New York, as long as your spouse is negligent. The question is, will your insurance company pay...
Age and safe driving from a personal injury attorney
Americans are living longer and want to maintain their independence. By staying current with new car technology, keeping driving skills up to date and caring for our bodies and minds we don’t have to lose that independence. Driving consists of perception, decision and...
Eyewitness case example from a long island personal injury attorney
I represented an attorney who was injured in a car accident. She was making a left turn when her car was struck violently by a car who was speeding with no headlights on (it was dark out), who left the scene of the accident. The other car was going straight and would...
Witness value from a personal injury attorney
The value of an independent eyewitness cannot be overstated. If you are in an accident, get identifying information on any witnesses – name, phone number, address. See if they will wait for the police and if so, have the police take their information and their...
Why I became a personal injury attorney (Part 2)
I no longer practice medical malpractice, I contain my practice to personal injury (I do refer out viable cases in the malpractice area) but when I did, I handled the case which spoke to my heart. In my last blog, I discussed why I became a personal injury attorney. A...
Why am I a personal injury lawyer?
The facts of everyone’s life frame who they become. When I was six years old, my father developed rheumatoid arthritis. He was 33. I watched my young, strong, athletic father lose his ability to walk over three years. First slower, then with a cane and finally, he...
Lawyers need personal injury attorneys also
One of the things of which I am proud, is that other attorneys hire me to represent them in personal injury cases. A worker’s compensation attorney was making a left turn when she was struck by a speeding vehicle proceeding straight, in the dark, without headlights....
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