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Protecting and Promoting the Rights of Car Accident Injury Victims

tCar Accident Attorney Many hazards come with the privilege of living in New York City, and nowhere are these hazards more visible than on our city’s many streets, intersections, roads and highways. Everyday, New Yorkers are first-hand witnesses to serious car accidents, taxicab accidents, motorcycle accidents and truck accidents that shouldn’t have happened, caused by negligent people driving like Hollywood stuntmen on a movie set instead of responsible drivers and citizens. We’ve all seen them: reckless drivers weaving through traffic-filled streets, inattentive drivers speeding through stop signs and traffic lights, and aggressive drivers cutting off other vehicles like they weren’t even there. And we all know that unlike the movies, real pain and suffering results from car, truck, motorcycle, pedestrian and bicycle accidents caused by this type of negligent driving.

If we haven’t faced injury from car accidents ourselves, most of us know people whose lives have been forever damaged because of other drivers who chose to close their eyes to roadway laws designed to make our streets as safe as possible. Most car accidents are completely preventable, and if everyone paid the proper attention and respect for the laws of the road, New York City would be a safer place.

Unfortunately, that’s not likely to happen, and that means more than 17,000 New Yorkers will suffer serious injuries in the next year. Whatever their many causes – which can include road rage, intoxication, inattention, negligence or simple joyriding - the injuries resulting from these car accidents will permanently impact the lives of their victims. These injuries can include severe compound fractures of the limbs, spinal cord injury, dismemberment, back injury, neck injury, severe burns and scarring and traumatic head and brain injury. Between 600 and 700 more New Yorkers will die as a result of these traffic injuries, fatalities that include drivers, vehicle passengers, pedestrians and bicyclists.

Why in New York You Need to Move Fast Following a Car Accident Injury

Car Accident Attorney Most of us know that if a car accident occurs and you’re injured, your recovery isn’t limited to the personal wealth or net worth of the other driver, which in many cases may be nothing. It is the insurance company’s responsibility (either your insurance company, the other driver’s, or a combination of both) to pay for the financial losses you’ve sustained as a result of your car accident injury. This can include pain and suffering, lost time at work, and the full costs of the medical care required to help you through your injury, both immediate and long-term.

What many people don’t know is that the typical insurance company is far more interested in how much money it can avoid paying out than the real value of how much money your injury has cost you. Because the entire structure of the insurance industry is based on protecting profits (the premiums policyholders pay each month) and minimizing payouts to paying customers, the average person will almost never receive the recovery they deserve for their injury. As with almost every kind of personal injury, the insurance industry has made a science of damage control to hem in the claims of car accident injury victims. Blatant lying, withholding or destroying medical or physical evidence, and presenting “take it or leave it” ultimatums is standard operating procedure with a car accident injury victim who fails to seek legal advice from an aggressive attorney as early after the accident as possible.

The longer you wait to involve an attorney in your car accident injury case, the more ground your insurance company gains in persuading you to make uninformed decisions and accept a settlement that is far less than you deserve. In order for the many victims of car accidents and their families to receive the appropriate compensation for severe injury or death suffered in New York City, they need an attorney determined to protect their rights against forces equally determined to take them away. Since 1988, residents of Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, the Bronx and the greater New York City area have consistently relied on car accident injury attorney Gerry Oginski to demand fair treatment and consideration from their insurance companies in times when their injuries have left them most vulnerable.

Enlisting Gerry’s legal support and guidance for your car accident injury gives you the advantage of a solo practitioner’s focus on every legal circumstance and hurdle involved in your New York vehicle and traffic case. As an attorney that began his career defending the interests of insurance companies, Gerry knows all too well the wide array of tactics insurance companies deploy against vehicle accident victims in order to coerce, trick or trap them into inadequate settlements for their injuries. He’ll investigate your case, help you determine your legal options, stand up for your rights and ensure you get everything you deserve for your car accident injury under New York State law.

If you or a loved one has suffered a personal injury due to a car accident, never sign or agree to anything until you’ve had a chance to talk to an attorney. Your insurance company will advise you against it, and if you insist they may claim you are being “hostile ” or “unreasonable.” Don’t listen to them. Listen to an attorney who will tell you that, when it comes to car accident injuries, the insurance industry invented those terms.

If you’ve been in a car accident and been injured in the New York metropolitan area, the 5 boroughs, or Nassau or Suffolk Counties, contact Gerry Oginski today for a full review of your case and the best legal options available to you. Call Gerry personally at 516-487-8207. For free video tips on New York injury and medical malpractice law take a look at Gerry's video blog.

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Description: In New York, an injured victim must be compensated for their medical expenses both in the past and in the future, their lost earnings, their lost future income, their pain and the suffering it caused to both the victim and their spouse, as well as any lost opportunities he would have had, had the accident not happened. When a wrongdoer causes an accident that causes harm, he incurs a debt that must be repaid. Often, with a seriously injured victim, the cost to repay that debt is significant.

If an accident happens, call Gerry Oginski, an experienced New York personal injury and accident attorney, to make sure that your rights and ability to obtain proper compensation is protected. Gerry can be reached through his website: http://www.oginski-law.com or you can call Gerry personally at 516-487-8207. For more information, take a look at Gerry’s educational video tips on his website as well as hundreds of free reports about accidents, wrongful death and medical malpractice in New York.
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Description: Learn the top ten things to look for when choosing a car accident lawyer in New York. The purpose of this article is to provide you, the consumer, with information about what you need to know BEFORE you ever step into a lawyer's office. Learn from Gerry Oginski, an experienced New York accident attorney who practices in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, New York, Staten Island, Nassau & Suffolk Counties.
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