Practice Areas

Personal Injury

Accidental or Intentional Injury

You’re Hurt. Who’s responsible?

People are injured every day. Sometimes by accident. Sometimes on purpose. How do you know if someone else owes you money for your injury? The first thing you should do is to call one of our attorneys today. We can help you figure out who is to blame and how much they owe you.

  • Pedestrian hit by motor vehicles
  • Sidewalk slip and falls 
  • Construction accidents
  • Ladder/Scaffold Accidents
  • Animal bites
  • Motorcycle accidents
  • Trucking accidents
  • Bus accidents
  • Police assaults
  • Police/Excessive force
  • False imprisonment
  • Premises liability
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Head injury
  • Neck injury
  • Spine injury
  • Spinal cord injury
  • Paralysis
  • Amputation
  • Quadriplegia
  • Wrongful death
  • Defective products

Slip and Fall. Is It Your Fault? Slip, Trip, or Fall

Sidewalk Accidents, Neighbor’s Property, City Streets

You’re at a corner store, and there’s water or oil spilled on the floor. You don’t notice, and there’s no warning sign. You slip. You can’t catch yourself. You fall. You break your elbow.

It may be an innocent accident, and perhaps no one is to blame, but that doesn’t mean that no one is responsible. If you are injured on someone else’s property, and it’s not your own doing, then you may be entitled to recover for the damage done to you.

If you have tripped over a loose piece of sidewalk, or slipped on items in a store, then you should call us today. We can help you get the money you deserve.

More than just Accidents

Personal injury law does not just cover accidental injury. It also deals with intentional harms. In a fit of road rage, the driver behind you might hit the accelerator and smack your bumper. In an act of pure cruelty, a neighborhood teenager might ball up ice and snow and throw it at your face. Maybe you get into an argument with a coworker and he or she pulls your chair out from under you when you go to sit down. These events occur every day. Maybe not to you, and maybe not exactly described; but if you have been hurt by someone else, and they did it on purpose, then you have a case for personal injury law.

Money Heals All Wounds

Maybe money doesn’t literally heal all wounds, but in reality, money is usually the only means of compensation for your injury. A settlement or jury award can offer a sense of vindication and relief that even an apology cannot. It is a way to show that you are right and they were wrong. It will hopefully make the offender, and others, think about their actions in the future. Short of miraculous cures, money is the best way to get your life back on track, especially if your injury has kept you from earning a living.

If you’ve been injured in an accident and it’s someone else’s fault, or if you’ve been hurt on purpose, then call or contact us. We can help.

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Pearlman, Apat & Futterman has an office in Queens, New York, and an office in Nassau County, New York. We provide quality legal services to clients in Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan/New York City, and Nassau and Suffolk counties. Whether you were in a car accident, injured by medical malpractice, or are buying a home and need a real estate lawyer, you can count on us!