Bronx, NY Personal Injury Lawyer

At Hill & Moin, we know that when you leave your home in the Bronx, the last thing you may expect is to experience a personal injury. Yet, despite your best efforts to be safe, an unexpected accident that results in an injury can occur anywhere and at any time. In fact, every year, some 1.5 million New Yorkers seek emergency medical treatment for an injury.  

Often, your injury will be caused because of the negligence of another person or another company.If you or a loved one has experienced a personal injury in the Bronx due to negligence, our New York lawyers can review your case carefully and help you determine how to pursue compensation for injuries. Please contact Hill & Moin today at (212) 668-6000 to learn your legal options.

Types of Cases We Handle in The Bronx

Personal injury law governs how you may proceed after being injured due to the recklessness or negligence of someone else. When you hire the experienced lawyers of Hill & Moin to bring a personal injury lawsuit, we will try to recover as much money as possible to secure you, the injured person, fair and reasonable compensation. By suing the responsible party, it will also discourage others from committing the same offense. 

Some areas of personal injury law that our firm handles in The Bronx include the following.

Premises liability and slip-and-falls

The law in New York states requires property owners to keep their premises in a reasonably safe condition for all persons who pass through their property. The owner or manager of the property could be held liable if he or she failed to correct or warn of a foreseeable hazard if an injury occurs. Certain property owners have a responsibility to keep their sidewalk free of any tripping hazards, regardless of whether they actually noticed the hazard develop in their sidewalk.    

Premises liability cases can occur in residential and commercial properties. These may include grocery and department stores, restaurants, offices, movie theaters, sidewalks, and parking lots. 

Construction Accidents

Construction workers in New York are covered by the extraordinary protections of the New York Labor Law, which can hold a general contractor or property owner fully responsible for a Labor Law violation that caused injury to a construction worker. An injured construction worker may be entitled to significant monetary compensation if they fell from a height or an object fell on them from a height, even if the injured worker was also negligent.

Common causes of serious injuries on a construction site can occur because of improperly secured ladders or scaffolds, falling objects, construction debris, missing guards on power tools and various other unsafe work conditions.

Car accidents 

Every year, there are 6 million car accidents in the US, which results in 3 million people being injured. In 2018, 37 people were killed in car accidents in just The Bronx alone. 

Quite often it is found that the cause of an accident was the driver, who was either disobeying the law or driving distracted. Some common forms of negligent driving include texting while driving, tailgating, speeding, failing to yield, improper lane changing, and DUI.   

Pedestrian accidents 

In New York City, 76 pedestrians were involved in fatal accidents in 2019. Frequently, when a pedestrian is struck by a moving vehicle, catastrophic injuries result. Statistics also show that pedestrian fatalities are increasing. Distracted driving, speeding, low visibility, and failing to yield are some common causes of pedestrian accidents.

Workers’ compensation

All employers in the Bronx are responsible for providing a safe work environment for their employees. Nevertheless, in the US, a worker is injured on the job about every 7 seconds. In 2017, New York had 313 work-related deaths. 

Your company in the Bronx may hold workers’ compensation insurance, but the adjuster may only seek to minimize the cost of your claim. Meanwhile, if third parties, not employed by your company, are responsible for your injury, Hill & Moin can assist you with a third-party negligence claim to recover significant compensation for your serious and permanent injuries.

Medical malpractice

When a medical professional or a medical facility violates the standard of care and injures a patient or causes his or her death, it is considered to be medical malpractice. This violation may occur by an act of omission or negligence.

Annually, there are more than 250,000 deaths nationwide due to medical errors, according to one report. In 2020, New York had 958 adverse action reports filed against health care practitioners.

Product liability

Manufacturers have the legal responsibility to make sure that their products are safe. If a product is defective, it may harm or even kill an individual. Failure to detect a problem, correct the issue, or warn consumers could warrant a lawsuit for injuries suffered. 

There are various types of product liability cases. Some involve prescription and over-the-counter drugs, medical devices, auto parts, toys, appliances, cleaning products, and electronics.

Nursing home abuse

When you are no longer able to provide quality care for your loved one, you may seek a facility that has the resources to do so. Unfortunately though, sometimes the trust that you have placed in that facility is betrayed, and abuse through neglect or intention may occur. 

Physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, and even financial abuse may occur in the facility. In some of these cases, nursing homes may  be found liable for the actions of their employees, entitling the victim to significant monetary compensation for their pain and suffering.

Wrongful death

When someone’s negligence results in the death of another, this constitutes wrongful death. Losing a loved one is emotionally crushing. The pain of this loss may be further compounded, however, when it’s discovered that the accident could have been avoided. 

Wrongful death cases cover a wide range of areas, such as construction accidents, motor vehicle or bicycle accidents, medical malpractice, product liability, and violent acts.

Contact NY Lawyers Serving The Bronx For a Free Consultation

When you are hurt due to someone else’s carelessness, it only makes sense that his or her insurance should pay for your recovery. However, the insurance adjuster could use your words against you later on or may resist paying you the maximum amount you’re entitled to receive . 

Never settle without consulting a lawyer! Remember that the empathetic lawyers at Hill & Moin LLP in New York City stand ready to hear your story. As some of our clients like to say, with us, “it’s like having a lawyer in the family.” 

We want to hear from you before your statute of limitations runs out. 

Regardless of your immigration status, you have the right to receive compensation for injuries in New York. There is no need to fear. Hill & Moin stands by your rights and wants to help you get the compensation you need when we take on your case.

A qualified personal injury lawyer is able to arrange a completely free consultation  to make sure that you receive compensation for the personal injuries you sustained. Contact us today at (212) 668-6000 for a free consultation with an attorney to learn your Personal Injury Recovery SolutionsⓇ.

Don’t wonder about your rights!