How Does Personal Injury Law Work?
Our Rochester Personal Injury Lawyers Can Help You with Your Case
When you are injured due to someone's negligence in an auto accident, truck accident, fall on defective stairs, by a medical mistake, by toxic contamination released from a nearby manufacturing plant, or by a defective drug or product, your remedy to recover damages is to bring a personal injury claim within the civil justice system.
The rules followed in this system are based on a combination of statutory law (laws passed by the legislature) and what is referred to as common law, the law we inherited from the judicial precedents of English law, which have evolved through the judicial decisions of judges in the State of New York over the past few hundred years.
As compared to the criminal justice system, which is designed to punish and deter criminal conduct, the civil justice system is designed to compensate victims of negligence and to resolve other private disputes between citizens or corporations. Although there are rare cases in which a court can order that a defendant do something or stop doing something, referred to as injunctive relief, the vast majority of civil cases request payment of money damages for injuries suffered to person or property or to settle some other type of dispute, e.g. a breach of contract.
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Over 55 Years of Experience
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Focusing Solely on Personal Injury Cases
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Compassionately Helping Injured Victims in Western NY Since 1968
Why Choosing the Right Attorney Matters
Firms like Faraci Lange, LLP, which have seasoned trial lawyers with years of experience and the respect of their peers and insurance companies alike, will frequently be offered much higher amounts to settle than firms without this experience and reputation. That is why choosing the right personal injury attorney is very important to the outcome of your case.
If you believe you may be entitled to a potential personal injury claim, contact us today for a free legal consultation with one of our Buffalo personal injury attorneys. Call (888) 997-4110.
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