Hiring a Long Island slip-and-fall accident lawyer is an important decision, and it is up to you and your family to determine if it is worth it. Ask yourself the following questions as you consider your options:
- Do you have any legal experience?
- Will you be able to handle the stress of a legal case and the stress of your injuries at the same time?
- Are you prepared to fight a large insurance company that might try to minimize or completely avoid your payout or undermine your case?
- Do you know how much your case is worth?
- Legal Experience Makes a Difference in Slip and Fall Cases
- Slip and Fall Accident Cases Are Hard Work
- The Insurance Company Might Push Back Against Your Accident Case
- Know Your Fall Accident Case’s Value Before Negotiations
- Our Slip-and-Fall Accident Law Firm Offers Free Consultations
Legal Experience Makes a Difference in Slip and Fall Cases
The legal system is often very inflexible. If you do not know how the system works, it is easy to make a mistake, such as submitting an incorrect form, that unnecessarily delays or even ends your case.
Getting a slip-and-fall accident lawyer is worth it for those who need help navigating the legal system.
Steps for Filing a Slip or Trip and Fall Case
Filing a slip or trip and fall legal action involves a lot of work, including but not limited to:
- Making sure your case is filed on time
- Conducting a timely investigation to make sure you collect all available evidence while it is still available
- Identifying who is liable for your slip and fall accident
- Engaging in back-and-forth conversations with the insurance company and defense lawyers and negotiating for an appropriate settlement
- Preparing to take your case to trial and presenting evidence before a judge and jury if the insurer refuses to settle
Trying to complete each of these steps within the legal time limit described in laws like New York’s New York Civil Practice Laws & Rules § 214 is daunting. If you hire our personal injury law firm, you do not have to worry about managing your case alone.
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Slip and Fall Accident Cases Are Hard Work
It could take months or years to resolve your slip or trip and fall case. If you do not hire legal representation, you will be solely responsible for keeping up with deadlines and staying in touch with all of the other involved parties at the same time as you:
- Keep up with doctor’s appointments
- Cope with the physical and emotional pain of your injuries
- Arrange for others to take care of your familial and professional obligations
- Make long-term plans, if your injuries are permanent and you need to change your lifestyle
This is a lot to ask of anyone. Law firms like ours exist so that accident survivors can seek compensation without putting their health at risk.
Our Premises Liability Lawyers Let You Focus on You
From the moment you put your case in our hands, you will be free of all day-to-day legal responsibilities. We will keep you updated on your case’s progress and provide advice whenever you ask for it, but other than that, you will have all of the space you need to do what you must to recover from your fall.
The Insurance Company Might Push Back Against Your Accident Case
The liable party’s insurance company will have to pay whatever compensation you are owed. To reduce the amount they pay, the insurer might:
- Claim that you caused the accident by failing to exercise the proper degree of care
- Claim that the dangerous condition that caused your injury was “open and obvious” and you ought to have avoided it or “de minimis”, meaning so small that their failure to correct it, fence it off or warn of it was not unreasonable
- Try to attribute your suffering and losses to something other than the accident
- Ask for a recorded statement to scrutinize your words in search of a way to deny a settlement
- Pressure you to accept whatever settlement they offer, even if it is not enough to meet your needs
When you are already distressed and in pain, it is easy to get worn down by the insurer and accept an inadequate settlement so you can put the matter behind you. By getting a slip or trip and fall accident attorney, you give yourself another option.
Handling Reasonable Requests from the Slip and Fall Insurance Company
Even if the insurer cooperates with your case, you will still have to communicate with them regularly and field any requests they make, such as access to materials you own that are related to the case. This task is often tiresome for injured accident victims, so many choose to hire our slip or trip and fall attorneys.
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Know Your Fall Accident Case’s Value Before Negotiations
As previously mentioned, the insurer might offer you a settlement, but there is no guarantee that what they offer will compensate you for your losses. The best way to be sure of asking for everything you need is by allowing our slip-and-fall accident law firm to:
- Review any receipts or bills you have received for goods or services rendered after the accident
- Recruit expert witnesses, such as medical experts and life care planners, to provide testimony in support of your case
- Request relevant paperwork and other evidence (e.g., maintenance records,) from the at-fault party
- Request paperwork from your healthcare providers
- Examine photos or video footage that shows your injuries or the damage done to your personal property
- Review your tax filings and/or paystubs to determine the wages you lost or will lose
Our Accident Lawyers Will Seek Appropriate Compensation for You
Gathering and interpreting all of this material is often challenging for injured parties. You might also have trouble generating an accurate value for intangible damages, which are subjective and do not come with a bill or official paperwork.
For many people, it is worth hiring our slip-and-fall accident attorneys so they can avoid approaching so many different parties and spending so many hours constructing a strong case for damages.
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Our Slip-and-Fall Accident Law Firm Offers Free Consultations
The attorneys at Friedman & Simon, L.L.P., have represented people injured as a result of the negligence of others since 1991, serving Long Island, the five boroughs of The City of New York, and Westchester County.
We have won over $250 million for our clients. Call today for a free case review and give our legal team the chance to explain why it is worth getting our slip-and-fall accident lawyers involved in your case.
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