What Is Personal Injury Law?

We see advertisements all the time from personal injury lawyers, asking people who have been wrongfully harmed to contact their firms for a free initial consultation. Many of us have learned to drown those messages out as we have so many other advertisements over the years, but that, unfortunately, means that too many people are not fully aware of what personal injury law actually is. 

Feiner & Lavy are Bronx injury lawyers who have been fighting for clients for years. As accident lawyers in the Bronx, we continue to be surprised at how many people will ask what a personal injury lawyer actually does when we meet with people who have been injured in a car accident, because of faulty medical care or some other reason. We’d like to provide you with a brief overview of the role of a personal injury attorney below.

Personal Injury Law – A Brief Description

Things go wrong every day. Someone makes a mistake and someone else suffers as a result. We see this type of thing all the time, and when it occurs it sets off a chain of events. If someone forgets to put his earbuds in before talking on the phone while driving and he hits a pedestrian he didn’t see, that pedestrian is now forced to deal with the consequences. If a store owner doesn’t keep slippery debris off of his floor and someone falls and is injured, that person now has to recover physically, emotionally, medically, and financially.

These are not “wrongs” per se in that there was no real intent on the part of those who caused the injuries. Yes, some personal injury cases involve intentional conduct, but in essence personal injury law is about righting accidental wrongs and making those who have been harmed whole, or as whole as possible given the new set of circumstances.  For instance, that pedestrian who was hit by the distracted driver may face the following types of losses:

• Loss of enjoyment of life
• Loss of being pain-free and free of suffering
• Medical expenses 
• Lost income

These losses can quickly add up to untenable amounts for the average person. Personal injury law exists in order to help people who need help getting past these challenges by recovering damages to compensate for these losses.

What Is a Personal Injury Lawyer?

A personal injury lawyer is someone who fights for the legal rights of those who have been injured in scenarios described above and as a result of many other incidents. If you have ever been injured, you likely know what it’s like to be in constant pain, to wonder if you’re ever going to feel normal again, to feel completely overwhelmed with the situation. Now imagine having all of that to deal with and then you suddenly have to manage:

• Filing insurance claims
• Negotiating with insurance adjusters
• Organizing and gathering medical records
• Taking witness statements
• Filing court documents in a timely manner
• Engaging in the discovery process
• Preparing your case
• Negotiating and corresponding with defense attorneys

That’s too much for any person to handle. This is where professionals like the Bronx injury lawyers at Feiner & Lavy come into the equation. A personal injury attorney manages all of this for an injured client. This is helpful not only because the injured person needs to do whatever he or she can to fight for physical and emotional recovery, but because in the vast majority of these cases, those injured are not Bronx injury lawyers. 

We Level the Playing Field

Think about what you do for a living, whatever it is. Now imagine someone who has never done what you do for a living and consider how that person would perform on his or her first day or first attempt. If you’re a chef at a restaurant, how well do you think someone who has never cooked before is going to do when attempting to make a beef wellington? Probably not very well, to say the least.

The same analysis is applicable in situations involving personal injury law. If you are injured because someone else made a mistake, acted recklessly or even acted intentionally, you suddenly find yourself dealing with insurance company representatives and defense attorneys. You’ve probably never handled a personal injury case before, but these people do this work every day. They are experts, and they know how to work towards a positive result for themselves and their clients.

Feiner & Lavy are accident lawyers in the Bronx who level the playing field. We do what we do every day as well, so there is no advantage for the insurance companies or defense attorneys anymore. Our reputation precedes us, so it’s not uncommon for the defense to quickly change its approach once we get involved in a case. 

If you are ready to make things right after being wrongfully harmed, contact the Bronx injury lawyers at Feiner & Lavy today to schedule a free initial consultation. We will do everything possible to make sure that personal injury law in New York serves the purpose of justice for you and your family.