Personal Injury
Brooklyn Personal Injury Lawyer
Legal Advocates for Injury Victims in and Around Brooklyn.
Suffering a personal injury can change your life instantly. You may suddenly find yourself missing time from work and dealing with large medical bills. Your injuries may result in permanent disability, which can prevent you from working again all while experiencing pain and emotional hardship.
Effectively seeking compensation for your financial losses and pain and suffering from the party that caused your injury means securing dedicated legal counsel. That’s where the Brooklyn firm Gabriel Law comes in. Learn how we can advocate for you to help you recover from your injuries.
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Your Guide to Brooklyn Personal Injury Claims
Why Choose Gabriel Law?
Accident victims can choose any law firm to represent them. What sets us apart is our client-focused approach. We don’t consider you a file number and we don’t pass your case off to another law firm. Rather, one of our experienced personal injury lawyers will handle your case with professionalism and dedication from start to finish.
Specifically, when you retain Gabriel Law as your personal injury firm, we immediately get to work on your case by:
- Offering you a free, no-obligation initial consultation
- Taking cases on contingency; there are no upfront fees and you pay nothing if we don’t win
- Thoroughly investigating the facts and circumstances surrounding your personal injury incident
- Acquiring all available evidence that pertains to the incident through an initial investigation and, if necessary, the discovery process in litigation
- Identifying the parties that can be held liable for your injuries
- Assisting you with filing an accident claim if you have not already done so and, if necessary, filing a lawsuit on your behalf
- Leveraging the extensive experience of our trial team
- Handling all communications and negotiations with the insurance companies
- Hiring expert witnesses who can support your claim and your demand for damages
- Representing you during mediation to try to reach an out-of-court settlement
- Taking your case to trial if a fair settlement cannot be reached
Gabriel Law has a proven track record of successfully representing numerous personal injury victims in and around Brooklyn. Although past results do not guarantee future outcomes, they do speak to our firm’s commitment to advocating for our clients.
The Elements of a Brooklyn Personal Injury Case
A personal injury case is a lawsuit alleging that one party has negligently or intentionally caused physical, mental, or emotional injury to the victim. The objective of filing a lawsuit is to seek monetary compensation, known as damages, from the at-fault party.
In Brooklyn and other boroughs in New York, the victim generally has the burden of proving four elements in a negligence-based personal injury claim:
- Duty of care: This refers to the legal obligation that individuals have to avoid conduct that causes foreseeable harm to someone else. All drivers, for example, have a duty to obey traffic laws and safely operate their vehicles.
- Breach: The person or business failed to meet the duty of care. This could mean speeding, texting while driving, failing to clean up a spill, ignoring a broken stair or otherwise acting carelessly.
- Causation: The careless conduct must be connected to the injury. In simple terms, you must show that the accident happened because of what the other party did or failed to do.
- Damages: The injured party must have suffered real harm. This can include medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, reduced earning ability or other losses.
Personal Injury Cases We Handle
If you or a loved one has suffered one of these types of personal injuries, let us explain how we can serve your legal needs:
Car accidents
These include wrecks caused by drunk driving, distracted driving, and speeding. Some accidents result from faulty cars or car parts, pointing to liability on the part of manufacturers and others.
Bus accidents
When buses get into accidents, the results can be disastrous. Whether you were a passenger on a bus or a pedestrian hit by a bus, we can help.
Motorcycle accidents
Motorcycles don’t have the protective features of passenger vehicles, which can lead to more severe injuries. Victims also must sometimes contend with unfair insurance and juror biases against them.
Pedestrian accidents
Pedestrians have the right to cross streets and walk down sidewalks without fear of being struck by a negligent driver. Victims tend to suffer serious injuries like traumatic brain injuries and paralysis.
Truck accidents
Due to their size and weight, trucks cause catastrophic and often life-threatening injuries. There are unique considerations for these accidents, such as black boxes in commercial trucks and liability that might point to the driver’s employer.
Slip and fall accidents
Slipping on ice, snow, and other slick surfaces, or tripping and falling over uneven sidewalk slabs and flooring, can leave victims with permanent disabilities.
Workplace accidents
Although victims may have the right to file a workers’ compensation claim, they can sometimes file third-party claims, which can compensate them for their pain and suffering.
Construction accidents
New York has special laws, like the scaffold law, which provides statutory protections for injured workers. As with other workplace accidents, a third-party claim could be available to the victim.
Defective consumer products
Everyday products like appliances may have design or manufacturing defects. Another type of consumer product injury case involves failure to warn consumers or include adequate instructions for safe use.
Nursing home abuse and neglect
Families throughout Brooklyn trust nursing homes and assisted living facilities to care for their loved ones. Sadly, however, this trust is often misplaced.
Medical malpractice
Proving malpractice requires more than evidence of a mistake; rather, the mistake has to fall short of the applicable standard of medical care.
Possible Damages Available in Your Case
The nature and amount of your damages will depend on the specifics of your case. In most personal injury lawsuits, however, victims can seek the following:
Economic damages
Economic damages are objective in nature and less difficult to calculate than non-economic damages. Some examples include:
- Medical bills: Not only can the victim seek compensation for bills they have already incurred, but they can also include expenses for reasonably estimated future medical needs.
- Lost income: The money that a victim loses while recovering from their injuries can be included in the demand for damages.
- Lost earning capacity: Similarly, the victim can seek compensation for future income, promotions, and benefits they won’t be able to enjoy due to their injuries.
- Property damage: This includes, for example, the costs of vehicle repairs as well as any personal property that was lost or destroyed in the accident.
Non-economic damages
Compared to economic damages, non-economic damages are more intangible and subjective in nature. They include:
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
- Mental anguish
- Reduced quality of life
- Permanent disability or impairment
- Scarring
- Disfigurement
- Loss of consortium, where available to a spouse
Punitive damages
In rare cases involving willful or intentional misconduct or gross negligence, victims can also seek punitive damages. As the name suggests, these are intended to punish especially wrongful behavior and deter similar future conduct.
Locations
Is There a Personal Injury Attorney Near Me?
Gabriel Law’s Brooklyn office is at 2653 Coney Island Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11223. Located in the Homecrest area of southern Brooklyn, we are a short drive from both Ocean Parkway and the Belt Parkway. Nearby bus access is available, and the Q/B subway lines run near Avenue U and Kings Highway. Some notable nearby landmarks include Coney Island and Marine Park.
Our firm maintains an office within a five-mile radius of the following neighborhoods:
- Sheepshead Bay
- Brighton Beach
- Manhattan Beach
- Gravesend
- Bensonhurst
- Dyker Heights
- Mapleton
- Midwood
- Marine Park
- Mill Basin
- Bay Ridge
Long Island — Main Office
2 Lincoln Ave., Suite 400, Rockville Centre, NY 11570
In Rockville Centre, Nassau County — serving all of Long Island.
Manhattan
340 W 57th St #2L
New York, NY 10019
Brooklyn
2653 Coney Island Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11223
Queens
39-10 Main St #200
Queens, NY 11354
The Bronx
1136 Castle Hill Ave
Bronx, NY 10462
Can’t make it in? Phone and video consultations are available. When you’re ready to talk, we’re ready to listen.
Brooklyn Personal Injury Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, there is a time limit known as the statute of limitations. For most personal injury cases, the deadline is three years from the date of the accident. For medical malpractice, the deadline is generally two years and six months. For wrongful death cases, it is two years. Again, it is important to note that there are different circumstances in each case, so it is important you speak with an attorney to understand your options.
Different rules and procedures apply when suing the government. For instance, you may first need to file a notice of claim within 90 days. Some claims may also involve separate notice requirements within 30 days.
If you miss any of the applicable filing deadlines for your personal injury, wrongful death, or medical malpractice case, the court may dismiss your lawsuit and bar any recovery. It is strongly advised that you talk to a lawyer right away.
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Contact Our Brooklyn Personal Injury Lawyer
Have you or a loved one been in an accident? If so, get in touch with a Brooklyn personal injury lawyer at Gabriel Law. We can schedule a free case evaluation to review the facts of your injury and advise you of your legal options. Connect with us today.