NYC Serious Injuries Lawyer
Respected New York Personal Injury Attorneys Handling Claims for Catastrophic Injuries
Any serious accident can result in a catastrophic injury. While the facts and circumstances of every case are unique, the one constant in catastrophic injury cases is that lives are changed forever.
Whether you lost a limb or a loved one suffered a brain injury or paralysis, you and your family are now faced with a host of costs that may continue for the rest of your life. If your injuries were caused by the negligence of another, a personal injury claim could allow you to get the financial support you need and deserve.
Arye, Lustig & Sassower, P.C.
Representing Personal Injury Victims Since 1965
Contact us Online or Call for a Free Consultation 800.340.4992
At the law office of Arye, Lustig & Sassower, P.C., in New York City, our personal injury lawyers have more than forty years of experience helping injured people and their families try to maximize the compensation they receive.
Will you need ongoing medical care? Will you be able to work again? Will you need job retraining? The answers to these and other questions are all part of building an effective case for your financial recovery. We work closely with medical and rehabilitation experts, vocational experts, and life care planners to get the full picture of your immediate and long-term costs.
We prepare every case to be successful at trial. That preparation, and our reputation for fighting for our clients, puts us in a position of strength as we seek to maximize the financial recovery our clients receive. Insurance companies take us seriously. Our attorneys have litigated and settled many catastrophic injury cases for one million dollars or more.
However your injury occurred, we have the skills and resources you need to try to get full and fair financial recovery for:
- Brain injuries (closed head injuries, concussions and traumatic brain injuries (TBI))
- Spinal cord injuries and paralysis, paraplegia, or quadriplegia
- Burn injuries, electrocution and electrical injuries
- Amputations (loss of limbs)
- Birth injuries
Sample Catastrophic Injury Case Results
$7.5 Million settlement pursuant to high-low agreement (after jury verdict for $15.3 Million) for catastrophic injuries in construction accident for 42-year old steamfitter who fell from ladder due to extreme heat conditions which caused him to become woozy, with resulting comminuted fracture of the left humerus, two broken ribs, nondisplaced fractures of the pelvis, and head trauma resulting in post-traumatic epilepsy and psychiatric problems from organic brain syndrome and diffuse axonal injury. Verdict included $5 Million award for injured worker's wife for loss of services.
$4 Million settlement for catastrophic injuries in construction accident for 48-year old electrician who fell 40 feet through sheetrock that covered top of elevator shaftway and landed on top of the elevator car. He suffered severe internal injuries, including massive abdominal hemorrhage and ruptured pancreas, burst fracture of T-10 vertebra, and crush injuries of the right ankle and right hand; and he died 12 days later.
$3 Million settlement during trial for catastrophic injuries for medical malpractice for 73-year old patient who was undergoing routine bypass surgery but was given blood transfusion with the wrong blood type, and suffered renal failure and below-knee leg amputation.
$2.21 Million settlement during trial for catastrophic injuries for premises liability for 25-year old woman working as live-in nanny who was exposed to toxic acetone fumes when employer's home was cleaned (without her knowledge) to remove paint. She suffered toxic demyelination of the brain.
Contact a New York Serious and Catastrophic Injury Lawyer
If you or a family member has suffered a catastrophic personal injury, contact Arye, Lustig & Sassower by e-mail or call our Manhattan offices toll free at 800.340.4992. Your initial consultation is free, and we take all personal injury cases on a contingency basis, which means you will owe no legal fees unless we obtain compensation for you.
