When someone is injured as a result of dangerous conditions on that premises, the victim can usually sue the premises owner for damages. Victims are usually trespassers (uninvited, unwanted), invitees (invited on the property), or licensees (on the property legally for some purpose). Most premises liability cases that end up in court for a jury award or go to settlement for personal injury as those who are invitees or licensees. In these cases, the owner of the property has a basic responsibility to warn of any dangers on the property; he or she must also keep the premises reasonably safe and must correct any dangerous conditions that the owner does know about or should know about.

If you’re someone who goes on someone’s property and are injured through no fault of your own because of premises liability conditions, in that the owner or occupier didn’t take reasonable care to maintain the premises in a safe condition and avoid dangers, you may be entitled to compensation for pain and suffering and to take care of medical expenses. In this case, contact a personal injury attorney in New York City, Queens or Brooklyn to take a look at your case and see whether not it has merit. If it does, he or she will agree to take it on contingency and will work for you; if possible, your attorney will reach a settlement out of court, whereby you’ll get some kind of financial compensation for pain and suffering and so you can take care of any injuries you received as a result of the injury.

If necessary, though, your personal injury attorney in Nassau will not be afraid to go to court and fight for fair compensation if in fact the offending party is balking at taking responsibility and compensating you fairly for your injuries.

Don’t simply settle with the insurance company

The person who owns the promises you were injured on has an insurance company working for him or her to settle the case as quickly and inexpensively as possible. That’s good for the owner, but not so good for you, necessarily.

Especially if your injuries were very severe, it can be tempting to simply to settle quickly so that you have some money to take care of your expenses. If you have had a severe injury, it’s also not likely that you have the energy to argue with the insurance company yourself. That’s where a Brooklyn personal injury attorney can help you. By hiring representation, you can turn the bulk of the work needed to fight your case over to your NYC attorney. He or she will represent you and get you the fairest outcome possible; you won’t pay anything up front for his or her services, either. Instead, your attorney will agree to take your case on contingency. If it’s a valid case, once you win, your attorney will receive are portion of the proceeds, usually about a third, as compensation. If you don’t win, though, your attorney gets nothing. You can see, then, that your New York personal injury attorney is going to work very hard for you to make sure you receive the compensation you deserve.

If you or someone you love has been injured due to unsafe conditions on another party’s property, the Law Office of Cohen & Jaffe handles premises liability claims throughout Nassau, Queens, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Suffolk.  We have collected millions for our clients and we can do the same for you.  We invite you to contact us at (516) 358-6900 so that we can evaluate your premises liability claim and provide an estimate of the value of your claim.