Personal Injury

New York Personal Injury Lawyer & Attorney

In an instant, an unexpected injury can turn your world upside down. The physical pain is often just the beginning, followed by a cascade of emotional distress, mounting medical bills, and the stress of lost income. When this suffering is caused by the carelessness or recklessness of another person or entity, you have the legal right to seek justice and financial compensation. At the Law Office of Bradley A. Sacks, we serve as your unwavering advocates, dedicated to navigating the complexities of New York’s legal system to help you reclaim your life. As your personal injury attorney, Bradley A. Sacks will personally invest the time, resources, and aggressive representation needed to secure the maximum compensation you are entitled to.

The Foundation of a Personal Injury Claim: Proving Negligence
Personal injury law, also known as tort law, is built on the legal principle of negligence. Simply being injured is not enough to have a valid claim; we must prove that another party was legally at fault. Successfully proving negligence requires demonstrating four critical elements:

1. Duty of Care: We must first establish that the at-fault party (the defendant) owed you a legal duty to act with a certain level of care. For example, a driver has a duty to obey traffic laws and pay attention to the road. A property owner has a duty to keep their premises safe from known hazards.
2. Breach of Duty: Next, we must show that the defendant breached, or violated, that duty of care. This could be an action (like running a red light) or an inaction (like failing to clean up a spill). This is the “negligent act” itself.
3. Causation: It is essential to draw a direct link between the defendant’s breach of duty and your injuries. We must prove that “but for” their negligent act, you would not have been harmed. The injury must be a foreseeable result of their carelessness.
4. Damages: Finally, we must demonstrate that you suffered actual harm, or “damages,” as a result of the injury. These damages can be economic (quantifiable financial losses) and non-economic (intangible suffering).

Our legal team excels at meticulously investigating every facet of your case to gather the evidence needed to build an irrefutable argument for negligence. We leave no stone unturned in our pursuit of justice for you.

Our Comprehensive Personal Injury Practice Areas
While our firm has a special focus on specific types of catastrophic injuries, our experience as New York personal injury lawyers is broad and encompasses a wide range of incidents, including but not limited to:

• Motor Vehicle Accidents: Including cars, trucks, motorcycles, buses, pedestrians, and bicyclists.
• Premises Liability: Such as slip, trip, and fall accidents on dangerous property.
• Construction Accidents: Representing workers injured due to unsafe job site conditions.
• Medical Malpractice: Holding negligent medical professionals and facilities accountable.
• Product Liability: Injuries caused by defective or dangerous consumer products.
• Wrongful Death: Representing families who have lost a loved one due to another’s negligence.
• Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect: Protecting our most vulnerable citizens from harm.
• Dog Bites and Animal Attacks: Holding pet owners responsible for the actions of their animals.
• Municipal Liability: Claims against government entities for injuries on public property.
• Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and Spinal Cord Injuries: Cases involving life-altering catastrophic harm.

Understanding the Compensation You Deserve
The goal of a personal injury lawsuit is to make the victim “whole” again, as much as money can. The compensation, or damages, we fight for is designed to cover every aspect of your loss. This typically includes:

• Economic Damages: These are the tangible financial losses you have incurred. This includes all past and future medical expenses, lost wages from time off work, loss of future earning capacity if you are permanently disabled, property damage, and costs for rehabilitation or physical therapy.
• Non-Economic Damages: These damages compensate you for the intangible, but very real, human suffering you have endured. This includes pain and suffering, emotional anguish, mental distress, loss of enjoyment of life, scarring and disfigurement, and loss of consortium (the impact on your spousal relationship).

At the Law Office of Bradley A. Sacks, we work with medical experts, life care planners, and economists to accurately calculate the full, long-term cost of your injury. We refuse to let insurance companies devalue your suffering and will fight for a settlement or verdict that truly reflects what you have lost. The statute of limitations in New York for most personal injury cases is three years from the date of the incident. It is critical to contact us long before this deadline to preserve your legal rights. Your journey to recovery starts here.