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Our Prac­tice Areas : Injury Law : Personal

Wel­come to the Per­sonal Injury web­page for Ziff Law Firm, LLP. If you have suf­fered injuries or the death of a loved one due to someone else’s care­less actions, our attor­neys can help eval­uate your case and offer win­ning strate­gies and advice to pros­e­cute those who caused your suf­fering. We have a proven track record of achieving great results on behalf of our clients.

The Ziff Law Firm legal team has pro­vided skilled, aggres­sive and eth­ical legal ser­vices to res­i­dents of New York and Penn­syl­vania for more than 50 years. This web­page was devel­oped to serve as a resource for per­sonal injury vic­tims to gain a basic under­standing of the law, the respon­si­bil­i­ties of those who caused harm, and to offer infor­ma­tion on the types of dam­ages you may receive. While Ziff Law Firm, LLP rec­og­nizes that finan­cial com­pen­sa­tion cannot alle­viate the harm suf­fered by vic­tims of per­sonal injury, we rec­og­nize that mon­e­tary con­sid­er­a­tion may help to ease your burden.

Torts
“Per­sonal injury”? is the gen­eral title given to civil wrongs (torts) that cause bodily injury or harm. A tort assigns respon­si­bility to an indi­vidual, group or cor­po­ra­tion (defen­dant) for causing injury to another person (plain­tiff). The pri­mary goals of per­sonal injury law are to pro­vide relief (dam­ages) to the plain­tiff and to deter the defen­dant from inflicting fur­ther harm to others. Per­sonal injury lit­i­ga­tion encom­passes a wide variety of claims including:

• wrongful death
• birth defects caused by DELAY IN DELIVERY or toxic chemicals
• cancer caused by toxic chemicals
• acci­dents:
  • slip and fall
  • avi­a­tion
  • motor vehicle
  • rail­road
  • ATV
  • motor­cycle accidents
  • boating and water­craft accidents
• DOG AND animal bites
• med­ical malpractice
• premises
• product lia­bility (e.g., defect in either man­u­fac­turing or design of product; failure to warn)
• wrongful death: sur­vivor recovers eco­nomic value of remainder of decedent’s life
• nursing home and elder abuse
• toxic torts — including chem­i­cals & cos­metics, class actions, haz­ardous waste, pes­ti­cides, radi­a­tion and elec­tro­mag­netic energy
• Class action (sev­eral related law­suits are com­bined into one to avoid swamping the judi­cial system with hun­dreds or thou­sands of indi­vidual cases)
• med­ical devices
• phar­ma­ceu­tical products

Dam­ages
If you have an injury that was caused by someone else’s actions or neg­li­gence, you should seek advice on filing a suit to recover dam­ages. According to the law, per­sonal injury vic­tims are enti­tled to com­pen­sa­tion for the plaintiff’s breach of duty or vio­la­tion of some right. If the jury finds the defen­dant guilty of neg­li­gence or wrongful con­duct, then you will be enti­tled to receive plain­tiff dam­ages. Dam­ages can be eco­nomic (for lost wages or med­ical expenses), non-economic (for pain and suf­fering), and puni­tive (to punish reck­less behavior). Puni­tive dam­ages are usu­ally awarded only if the defendant’s actions were so heinous that the judge believes it nec­es­sary to make an example of the defen­dant. If your injury was caused by a defect in a product’s design, pro­duc­tion or labeling, any or all par­ties involved in the man­u­fac­turing chain can be held liable for damages.

While some per­sonal injury suits may be based on inten­tional acts such as assault and bat­tery, most claims are due to neg­li­gence. To win your case, the four crit­ical com­po­nents of neg­li­gence must be estab­lished. These crit­ical ele­ments are:

1. The defen­dant had a duty to you;
2. The defen­dant failed in that duty (breach of duty);
3. That you were harmed because of the defendant’s breach of duty; and
4. That dam­ages resulted from the harm.

Only a skilled and expe­ri­enced per­sonal injury attorney will be able present and prove these fac­tors and ensure that you receive fair con­sid­er­a­tion. At Ziff Law Firm, we know the law, the legal system and victim rights, and can effec­tively rep­re­sent your case and help to ensure that you receive com­pen­sa­tion for any dam­ages you have suffered.

Our firm rec­og­nizes the deep trust placed in us by our clients, and we strive to uphold that trust by working hard and fighting hard for our clients. We do the best we pos­sibly can for every client on every case.

Because per­sonal injury claims are sub­ject to the time con­straints of a statute of lim­i­ta­tions, take action now. Please call Ziff Law Firm, LLP at 1−800−806−2852, or save time with our online Con­tact Form.

Please see our per­sonal injury glos­sary for def­i­n­i­tions of per­sonal injury terms.

Please see our Per­sonal Injury Fre­quently Asked Ques­tions for more infor­ma­tion on Per­sonal Injury.

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