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Samuel Meirowitz is “Top 100 Trial Lawyer” and an accomplished personal injury lawyer, trial attorney and relentless advocate for his clients. Previously, he served the State of New York for four years as a prosecutor in the Bronx District Attorney’s office. Mr. Meirowitz is admitted to practice law in New York and Florida State Courts.
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- What is personal injury law?
- Types of Personal Injury Cases We Handle at Meirowitz & Wasserberg
- Steps to Take After a Personal Injury in Newark
- Proving Liability in a Newark Personal Injury Case
- What types of damages can I recover in a Newark personal injury case?
- New Jersey Statute of Limitations for Personal Injury Lawsuits
- Who can bring an action for Wrongful Death?
- How can the Newark personal injury attorneys at Meirowitz & Wasserberg help me if I’m injured?
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Newark Personal Injury Lawsuits
- Our Personal Injury Lawyers in New Jersey
A personal injury case can be filed when you’ve sustained an injury as a result of someone else’s negligence or fault. When liability lies with someone else, whether their actions resulted in your injury or they failed to provide adequate protection when it was their responsibility to do so, you may be entitled to receive compensation for your damages.
If you’ve been injured as a result of someone else’s negligence, contact an attorney at Meirowitz & Wasserberg to schedule a free consultation.
What is personal injury law?
Personal injury law is a type of legal practice that focuses on actual bodily or emotional harm due to someone else’s negligence, recklessness, or malicious actions.
A New Jersey personal injury lawyer can help you obtain monetary damages to cover medical costs, loss of income, and emotional anguish.
Types of Personal Injury Cases We Handle at Meirowitz & Wasserberg
Meirowitz & Wasserberg handles a wide variety of personal injury cases. Some of the most common types of cases we cover include:
Car Accidents
Newark car accidents can occur as a result of distracted driving, driving under the influence, and many other factors. In 2019, over 59,850 injuries and 524 fatalities were sustained from motor vehicle accidents in New Jersey.
Truck Accidents
Truck accidents often result in severe damage and personal injuries, due to the weight and size of commercial vehicles.
Motorcycle Accidents
A motorcycle accident can result in traumatic injuries and even death. A motorcyclist has little protection between their body and the pavement. Due to the inherent exposure that riders face, they can sustain significant trauma when they’re involved in an accident.
Pedestrian Accidents
Pedestrians may suffer personal injuries as a result of accidents, especially if they’re hit by a vehicle. Eighteen pedestrians were killed as a result of motor vehicle accidents in 2021 in New Jersey alone.
Slip and Fall Accidents
Slip and fall injuries are the most common type of premises liability case. Premise owners are liable when they fail to take measures to prevent slips and falls. Our Newark slip and fall lawyers at are committed to holding negligent property owners accountable.
A New York personal injury lawyer can help you with your slip and fall case by reviewing all of the facts and circumstances associated with the case, and making sure that your rights are protected. So for example, after you get injured, it’s really important to reach out to a lawyer because they can find out if there’s any video surveillance of your trip and fall, or your slip and fall, that caused you to get hurt. To see if you can prove that the reason for the fall was because of somebody else’s misconduct, an example of that would be if, let’s just say, a floor was in terrible disrepair or a staircase was without proper railing to protect people or a sidewalk was elevated because a tree was nearby, and it raised it to the point where it became a tripping hazard.
All of these factors are really important to consider, and it’s reason why you need to speak to a lawyer to determine whether or not you have a case. And if so, who might be responsible? That’s a whole other part of it; is to make sure that you can figure out, is it a business that’s responsible? Is it an individual resident? In some instances, if it’s a resident, they may not be responsible if it’s a public sidewalk. If it’s premises that the city owns or another type of municipality owns, uh, there are different ways in which a case is handled depending on whether or not it’s municipal or it’s a private defendant.
Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice can result in personal injuries caused by a doctor or nurse’s negligence. Medical malpractice can stem from inappropriate care, a failure to review medical history, misdiagnosis, and more.
Drunk Driving Accidents
Drunk driving accidents are especially dangerous. Those who are driving under the influence may be distracted, fail to respond appropriately to their surroundings, or make poor decisions behind the wheel. In the State of New Jersey, almost a third of all fatalities involve a drunk driver.
Workers’ Compensation
There were over 147,000 worker’s compensation cases filed in 2018 alone. These types of personal injury cases arise when an employee experiences an injury while on the job. Construction accidents are especially common in Newark.
Wrongful Death
If someone is killed as the result of someone else’s negligence in a motor vehicle, workplace injury, or another type of accident, their spouse or children may be entitled to file a wrongful death lawsuit.
Steps to Take After a Personal Injury in Newark
If you’ve suffered an injury as the result of an accident, the first thing to do is visit a hospital or other health care clinic or facility for a full medical evaluation. A doctor can document the injuries you’ve sustained and provide you with medical care and a treatment plan.
In addition to visiting your primary care physician (PCP), in the event of an emergency, there are several well-qualified hospitals in Newark, including:
201 Lyons Avenue at Osborne Terrace
Newark, NJ 07112
(973) 926-7000
If you were involved in a vehicular accident, make sure to get a copy of the police report. If you were unable to get a copy of the police report after an accident due to injuries, you may contact their non-emergency line at (973) 733-6007.
After an accident has occurred, ask for the contact information of any witnesses. Take notes and pictures of the site where the injuries happened. You may need this information if you decide to file a personal injury lawsuit later.
If the accident occurred at work, seek medical care as soon as possible, especially if you’re seriously injured. Laws in New Jersey require that the employee report the incident to the employer within 14 days of the occurrence.
Make sure to handle the notification properly, as failure to report the issue can result in delays or denial of your workers’ compensation claim.
To improve the chances of receiving any compensation you may be entitled to, reach out to a personal injury attorneys at Meirowitz & Wasserberg for a free consultation.
Proving Liability in a Newark Personal Injury Case
Determining liability in a New Jersey personal injury case really involves an analysis of the circumstances under which it occurred. A lawsuit is comprised of two different parts. One, there has to be injuries; somebody has to have actually gotten hurt from somebody else’s misconduct. Then, the other part of it is the misconduct has to directly cause those very injuries.
So, for example, if somebody does something on the road that is reckless, like cuts you off, but ultimately there is no collision of the cars and everybody continues on without any kind of an incident or impact, then although the conduct may have been illegal and improper, and if there had been any injuries, that person would be liable for those injuries. Because they were driving recklessly, the fact that it happened doesn’t automatically entitle you to sue. There needs to be injuries that are directly related to the bad conduct.
It’s really important to be able to speak to a lawyer about what types of conduct causing specific types of injuries could a person or a corporation be held accountable for.
There are four elements required to prove negligence. These include:
Duty of Care
A duty of care arises when the law recognizes a relationship between two parties. Due to the nature of this relationship, one party has an obligation to exercise reasonable care that another person in a similar situation would exercise.
For example, drivers on public roadways have a responsibility or duty of care to others on the roads.
Breach of Duty
A breach of duty occurs when the defendant does or fails to do something that an average person would do in a similar circumstance. For example, if a driver fails to signal before merging lanes, they might have breached their duty of care.
Causation
Causation requires a plaintiff to show that the defendant’s breach of duty was the cause of the plaintiff’s injury and losses.
Proximate Cause
Proximate cause means that the injury could be reasonably expected to occur from the breach of duty. It also means that the injury was directly caused by the behavior of the at-fault party.
Actual Damages
Actual damages refer to proof of the injury and its resulting financial harm, such as medical bills or lost wages.
To prove negligence, you should first seek medical attention and documentation of your injury. Next, consult with a personal injury attorney who can listen to the facts of your case and help you to determine whether negligence was involved.
What types of damages can I recover in a Newark personal injury case?
It’s really important to speak to a lawyer before accepting any settlements in a personal injury matter. I have, sadly, seen too many incidences where somebody speaks to an insurance adjuster soon after an accident. They decide to take what they perceive as quick money, and then it turns out that they have serious injuries that develop, called latent injuries or what have you.
By ‘what have you’, I mean that today, I suffer from back pain and from whiplash. The next day it continues to get worse; I go for treatment and I try to use conservative measures – pain management, chiropractic, physical therapy – and the next thing I know, nothing’s working and I have to get a fusion surgery. Well, at that point, if you’ve signed a release agreeing to accept a small amount of money from the insurance company right off the bat, you cannot come back to the insurance company and ask for more, simply because your injuries just got tremendously worse.
That’s why it is really important to speak to a lawyer to make sure that they fully evaluate your case and determine whether you’re getting a fair shake. Most of the time, what you’ll learn is that speaking to a lawyer can increase the amount of compensation that you receive tremendously.
If you’re injured as the result of another’s negligence, you may pursue various types of damages, including:
Economic Damages
Economic damages can include monetary compensation for current and future medical costs, loss of income, disability, and loss of employment.
Non-Economic Damages
Damages that are non-economic in nature may include pain and suffering and emotional distress.
Punitive Damages
Punitive damages may be incurred if the negligence was particularly grievous. These penalties are designed to be severe, usually to set a public example and deter similar acts.
New Jersey Statute of Limitations for Personal Injury Lawsuits
New Jersey sets a statute of limitations for personal injury cases or wrongful death claims. All cases must be filed within two years after the injury occurs.
Typically you have two years the statute of limitations is two years to file a personal injury lawsuit in New Jersey, that can be shorter for example if you are suing a municipality just as an example and it can be longer if there are some exceptions to that. So it’s really important to consult with an attorney about your particular situation and your particular set of facts with regard to your New Jersey personal injury claim.
Who can bring an action for Wrongful Death?
In New Jersey, surviving family members can seek compensation for their resulting losses due to the death of their relative. Damages are limited to loss of income, reasonable funeral and medical expenses, and loss of services.
How can the Newark personal injury attorneys at Meirowitz & Wasserberg help me if I'm injured?
We’re very proud to be part of the Newark, New Jersey, community. Our lawyers have practiced in New Jersey for many, many years. New Jersey has very, very specific rules and procedures that have to be followed, and having experience for many, many years handling cases in New Jersey, our lawyers are well prepared to take on some of the biggest companies in America in New Jersey because we know the rules, we know how it works, and we’ve gotten great results at trial against companies.
Newark is home to a great deal of commercial industry. Unfortunately, what can happen is when you have trucks coming in and out of large industrial complexes, going through the streets and intersecting with pedestrians and single vehicle traffic, unfortunately, accidents can occur. So, we really need to have lawyers that are familiar with how to handle commercial trucking accident cases.
Our lawyers have spent years fine-tuning their skills to be able to handle these types of cases. So, if you ever get into an accident involving a commercial vehicle in New Jersey, you need to make sure that you have a law firm that understands how to handle those cases, and our law firm can do that.
An attorney can assist you in recovering monetary damages that you’ve incurred as the result of an accident in which another person or entity acted with negligence or malicious intentions.
The lawyers at Meirowitz & Wasserberg are highly qualified in personal injury law. Every case is important to us and we have a reputation for excellence when serving our clients and obtaining fair compensation.
Contact the injury attorneys at Meirowitz & Wasserberg today for a free consultation.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Newark Personal Injury Lawsuits
If you’re thinking about contacting an attorney regarding a personal injury, you might have questions. Here are answers to some of the most common questions we encounter.
Meirowitz & Wasserberg operates on a contingency fee basis, meaning there are no upfront fees. You’re not responsible for attorneys’ fees unless we win your case. After we secure a settlement or jury verdict in your favor, we will receive a percentage of any damages we’re able to recover on your behalf.
A personal injury attorney can work to understand the facts of your case and determine who may be at fault for your injuries. In a car accident, you’ll likely be able to sue the other driver if they were negligent. In the event of a truck accident, you may be able to hold the driver’s employer responsible for damages. Additionally, you may be able to sue the manufacturer if faulty brakes or another defect contributed to the accident.
If your injury was the fault of the City of Newark or the State of New Jersey, you may file a personal injury lawsuit against them. The Torts Claim Act requires that all claims be filed within 90 days of the accident. The State of New Jersey has six months to review and respond to any claims.
New Jersey has a comparative fault rule, meaning that damages may be recovered up to the extent that the victim was not at fault. Thus, if a judge finds that the victim was 25% at fault for the accident, they may receive up to 75% of the damages that would have otherwise been available to them.
Approximately 95% to 96% of personal injury cases end in settlement, meaning that the parties involved in the lawsuit come to an agreement for damages. The remaining cases go to trial, and a judge or jury must make a decision on liability and appropriate monetary compensation.
Once you receive a personal injury settlement, your attorney will work with the parties involved to obtain the documentation and signatures required to finalize the case. Settlements are typically paid out within six weeks.
Outstanding medical and repair bills are paid first. Afterward, your attorney will receive payment for their services as agreed upon upfront. The remaining amount will be yours to keep.
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The lawyers at Meirowitz & Wasserberg gave me some of the best service I could’ve ever asked for. They were extremely professional and their communication was amazing. So glad I chose them to help me through my accident.
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