Suppose you are involved in a car accident and suffered extensive scarring as a result of cuts to the skin. You may wonder if you can recover damages for these injuries, even if they are not internal injuries. Yes. You can seek compensation for extensive scarring in...
Parents generally do everything in their power to keep their children safe and healthy. However, there are certain factors that are frankly outside of a parent's control. Children may fall down icy stairs at an apartment building. They may end up injured in a car...
Many New Yorkers are injured at their job every year, and for the majority of them, they can obtain compensation from their employer through their workers' compensation insurance program. However, there are situations where a worker can file a lawsuit on the basis of...
It’s hard to avoid talk about lawsuits. They make the news all the time, from disputes between private citizens to celebrities suing for royalties. Even when you are casually watching internet videos, there’s a good chance an ad for your local law firm will appear. Legal talk can get confusing. It’s easy to get lost. This person lost a lawsuit…
When a car hits a pedestrian, the driver is not automatically at fault. Walkers are expected to obey traffic laws just like everyone else. Just because they are more vulnerable than a driver, they are not shielded from liability. In fact, a driver could even sue a badly injured pedestrian. Understanding the right of way is a big part of…
We hear a lot of talk about “pain and suffering” in lawsuits. Essentially, this is extra financial compensation that someone receives for their injuries. Of course, no amount of money can fix pain of an injury, but pain and suffering rewards can offer some relief. They give someone breathing room, allowing them to rebuild their lives with fewer financial woes.…
Anything can go wrong with a product you purchased. It can break after only a few uses, or it could be dysfunctional from the start. However, not every problem with a product qualifies as a defect. Product defects are legally defined in a specific way, and you can file a lawsuit using only one of three direct claims. In this…
Depending on your circumstances, you can file a lawsuit for your emotional distress. To be clear, this does not include a relationship gone wrong or an unhappy childhood. Legally speaking, emotional distress happens when someone, through either negligence or direct intent, wrongs you. The result of that wrong is severe trauma or distress, affecting every aspect of your life. Typically,…
Person injury law is centered around fault. The person responsible for an injury should compensate the injured. It is the very backbone of civil justice. Imagine, then, that you are hurt in an accident, but you know you are partly to blame. Let’s say you slip on a puddle in a dilapidated parking lot, and you injure your back. Without…
In the mid-1990s, O.J. Simpson was famously found not guilty for the murder of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. Not long after, the family of the deceased sued Mr. Simpson and won millions. Many wondered how this was possible if he had already been acquitted. The answer lies in the difference between civil and criminal justice. Criminal justice exists to…