Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) are severe because they often result in permanent physical damage, leading to full or partial paralysis. In addition, these injuries are expensive to treat and can significantly alter your life.
If you or a loved one suffered a spinal cord injury caused by someone else’s negligence, a Huntington spinal cord injury lawyer from Friedman & Simon Injury Lawyers L.L.P. will seek the compensation you need to care for yourself and protect your future. Our Huntington personal injury lawyers offer customized legal services designed to meet your expectations and goals. Our law firm has over three decades of experience representing injured Long Islanders. Contact us online or call for a free consultation.
- Let Our Huntington Spinal Cord Injury Attorneys Relieve Your Legal Burden
- Common Causes of Spinal Cord Injuries
- Spinal Cord Injury Liability
- The Time Limit for Filing a Spinal Cord Injury Lawsuit in Huntington, New York
- Connect With a Huntington Spinal Cord Injury Attorney at Friedman & Simon, L.L.P.
Let Our Huntington Spinal Cord Injury Attorneys Relieve Your Legal Burden
Friedman & Simon, L.L.P. is one of the top injury firms in New York. Our legal team has the skills and resources to handle complex cases involving catastrophic injuries, including SCIs. We work tirelessly to restore and improve our clients’ quality of life while they put their lives back together.
Our clients trust us to make the best of a bad situation, and we take that seriously. Our Huntington personal injury lawyers will do everything possible to build a robust case and reduce your legal burden, including:
- Updating you frequently on your claim’s status
- Identifying the liable party or parties
- Communicating with all those involved in your personal injury claim, including insurance companies and opposing attorneys
- Collecting case evidence and using it to prove your right to financial compensation
- Identifying and aggressively seeking compensation for all your damages
We Will Seek Maximum Compensation for Your Spinal Cord Injury
We have recovered over $250 million in settlements and verdicts for our clients, so we know what it takes to get maximum compensation for personal injuries. Ensuring you recover every cent you deserve is especially vital in an SCI claim because you will likely need compensation for future expenses, including ongoing medical treatment and lost wages.
In general, our Huntington SCI lawyers seek the following types of damages:
- Medical expenses – Including emergency treatment, hospital stays, surgeries, mobility aids and medical devices, physical therapy, nursing, and attendant care
- Lost income – Including wages, benefits, and earnings from missed work
- Lost future earning capacity – Including compensation for lost future earnings if you cannot return to your previous job or must permanently leave the workforce
- Household services – Including the costs of assistance with tasks your injury prevents you from performing, like cooking, cleaning, and home maintenance
As part of your larger injury claim, we will also seek compensation for non-economic damages, including physical pain and suffering, mental anguish, emotional distress, and diminished quality of life.
If your loved one sustained a fatal spinal injury, we extend our heartfelt condolences. Our Huntington wrongful death lawyers will manage a claim on behalf of their estate and survivors. It would be our honor to seek justice for your family.
To learn more, contact Friedman & Simon, L.L.P. online or call for a free consultation.
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Common Causes of Spinal Cord Injuries
According to NYC Spinal, each year, approximately 1,100 New York State residents will suffer and survive a spinal cord injury. Nearly 40 percent of all SCIs result from motor vehicle accidents, and about 33 percent occur due to falls. Other leading causes of spinal injuries include sports accidents, medical and surgical problems, and violence.
If you sustained injuries in an automobile accident, our Huntington car accident lawyers will handle your spinal cord injury case. Our personal injury law firm also handles slip and fall accidents, medical malpractice, and premises liability cases.
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Spinal Cord Injury Liability
Liability for a spinal cord injury will rest with the party whose negligent actions caused your accident. Depending on your case, this could be a liable driver, a property owner, a healthcare provider, a medical facility, or another person or entity.
Elements required to prove negligence include:
- Duty of care – The duty of care is the legal responsibility we all have to keep others safe and behave reasonably. A person’s specific duty varies based on the situation. For example, drivers have a duty to obey traffic laws and avoid causing accidents, and property owners have a duty to maintain their premises and warn visitors about known hazards.
- Breach of duty – A breach of duty occurs when someone acts in a way that most others would not judge as necessary or reasonable. For example, failing to treat patients according to acceptable medical practice or violating the law (such as drinking and driving) is a breach.
- Causation – Our Huntington SCI accident lawyers will aim to prove causation by showing, with evidence, how a liable party’s breach of duty caused your accident. For example, in a car accident lawsuit, we could demonstrate that a motorist was texting and driving, which caused them to run a red light and crash into you.
- Damages – Damages prove that your accident and injuries resulted in economic and non-economic damages.
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The Time Limit for Filing a Spinal Cord Injury Lawsuit in Huntington, New York
We encourage you to contact us as soon as possible after sustaining serious injuries. Legal deadlines are often short, and getting started immediately will allow our Huntington SCI accident attorneys to launch a speedy investigation and preserve case evidence.
If we must take legal action to get the money you deserve, we will not hesitate. However, New York Civil Practice Laws & Rules § 214 places a deadline on personal injury lawsuits, and New York Civil Practice Laws & Rules § 214-A does the same for wrongful death lawsuits. If time expires, the court will, subject to a narrow set of exceptions, refuse your lawsuit, so do not delay.
(It is also very important to note that a shorter statute of limitations may apply to your situation, depending upon the circumstances of your case. It is best to take advantage of a free case review with our firm so that you know exactly what deadlines you are facing and what your best options for legal action are.)
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Connect With a Huntington Spinal Cord Injury Attorney at Friedman & Simon, L.L.P.
Friedman & Simon, L.L.P. has fought for clients in New York and on Long Island since 1991. If you or your family member suffered an SCI due to negligence, our Huntington spinal cord injury lawyers will fight to hold liable parties accountable. We are passionate about advocating for injury victims. We provide aggressive representation combined with compassionate legal services.
Call us now to learn more. We offer free initial consultations and do not collect a fee unless and until we win your case.
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