Areas of Practice
AREAS OF PERSONAL INJURY PRACTICE
Michael W. Goldstein is a New York plaintiff’s personal injury attorney representing seriously injured victims of New York accidents caused by the negligence, carelessness or violation of law by motor vehicle drivers or owners, property owners, general contractors, and others who are responsible for causing accidental injuries. He is a New York accident lawyer handling many types of personal injury cases throughout New York State since 1979. Michael W. Goldstein has substantial experience aggressively and effectively representing plaintiffs who have sustained numerous types of accidental injuries caused by a defendant’s negligence.
The following are some examples of NY accidental injury cases we accept:
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS
• Automobile accidents
• Hit & run accidents
• Motor vehicle accidents caused by uninsured or underinsured drivers
• Collisions involving a taxi, car service or other livery vehicle
• Collisions caused by drunk drivers
• Car accidents at railroad crossings
• Serious injuries caused by motor vehicle collisions
• Bus accidents
• Subway accidents
• Train accidents
• Truck accidents
• Vehicle rollovers
• Wrongful death/accidental death cases
• Motorcycle accidents
• Bicycle accidents
• Roller blade accidents
• Pedestrian accidents
PREMISES ACCIDENTS
• Trip and fall injuries
• Slip & fall accidents
• Accidental injuries sustained in stores, restaurants and other businesses
• Personal injuries sustained in apartment buildings, office buildings, and other premises
• Elevator accidents
• Fires caused by negligence of landlords, contractors or tenants
• Accidents caused by defective sidewalk bridge or scaffolding
• Carbon monoxide poisoning due to improperly maintained furnace
WORK RELATED ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES
• Construction site accidents
• Scaffolding accidents
• Falls from ladders, scaffolding or other heights
• Injuries caused by falling objects at a construction site
• Backhoe accidents
• Forklift accidents
• Crane accidents
• Construction site injuries caused by unsafe equipment
• Construction site explosions and fires
• Electrocutions
• Exposure to asbestos & other toxic substances
• On the job injuries
INJURIES CAUSED BY IMPROPER SECURITY
• Assaults due to inadequate apartment building security
• Rape or sexual assault resulting from unlocked front doors in an apartment building
INJURIES CAUSED BY DOGS & OTHER PETS
• Dog bite injuries caused by unleashed or unrestrained dogs
• Unprovoked attacks by dogs and other animals
INJURIES TO CHILDREN
• Injuries to children caused by unsafe playground equipment, inadequate supervision at school or camp, etc.
We also work with co-counsel in the following types of New York accidental injury cases:
MARITIME ACCIDENTS
• Boating accidents
• Cruise ship accidental injuries
• Ferry accidents causing injuries
• Jones Act Injuries
AVIATION ACCIDENTS
• Airplane crashes
• Helicopter accidents
INJURIES CAUSED BY IMPROPER POLICE CONDUCT
• Police brutality
• Police shooting victim
• Excessive force used by police
• Unlawful arrest
• Wrongful imprisonment
PRODUCTS LIABILITY
• Accidental injuries caused by defective products
NURSING HOME INJURIES
• Serious injuries sustained by nursing home patients due to neglect, improper care or abuse by the nursing home employees.
OTHER TYPES OF CASES NOT INVOLVING PERSONAL INJURIES
• Employment discrimination based on race, ethnicity, sex or age
• Sexual harassment at the workplace
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Under New York law, in the event there is no recovery in a contingency fee case, the client is responsible for the expenses of the litigation, including court costs and disbursements.
Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome with respect to any future case or legal matter.
NEW YORK ACCIDENTAL INJURY ATTORNEY DISCLAIMER
The New York personal injury, accidental injury, serious accident, or other personal injury legal information contained in this website is not intended to constitute legal advice, nor to create an attorney-client relationship or lawyer-client relationship. We recommend that you discuss your accident case with a New York Personal Injury Attorney or New York Accident Lawyer promptly, since there are strict time limitations that apply to New York personal injury litigation.
This website is not intended to solicit clients for accident cases outside of New York State. However, we do represent accident victims who live outside of New York, who sustained fractures or other serious injuries in a motor vehicle collision, hit & run accident, uninsured motorist accident, under-insured motorist collision, motorcycle collision, pedestrian accident, bicycle accident, roller blade accident, in-line skating accident, premises accident, trip & fall accident, construction site accident, or on the job accident that occurred in New York State, as well as wrongful death or accidental death caused by a NY accident.
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