Amputation

Legal Representation Regarding Injuries Requiring Amputation 

When someone loses a limb or limbs in an accident, crucial legal questions immediately arise. Who is liable for the accident? What really caused the accident? And what is the financial value of a potential case, i.e., what future income will be lost, what past, present and future expenses will be incurred, and what dollar value can be attached to pain, suffering and diminished quality of life? 

These questions and hundreds more must be competently addressed in order to obtain the full value for an amputation injury case. If you or a loved one is dealing with the trauma of an amputation, you have to worry about making the fullest possible physical recovery. At the New York City personal injury law firm of Smiley & Smiley, LLP, we have handled numerous catastrophic injury cases involving amputation/loss of limb. 

Lengthy Experience Helping Victims of Amputation

We have served injured men, women and children in New York City and beyond for over 40 years. We are prepared to aggressively handle serious injury cases immediately upon being contacted. We have a network of medical experts who are ready to testify in court regarding injury causes and effects, and we work with investigators and liability experts to strengthen each case. Our decades of local legal work also mean we’re familiar with hospital staff across the city’s five boroughs. 

A famous case illustrates our ability to recover compensation for loss of limb cases. Our client passed out on a subway rail due to excessive alcohol consumption and lost a foot when a train drove over it. A first glance at this case might signal that our client caused the injury due to his drinking. 

Our investigation, though, revealed that, had the train driver been paying attention like he was supposed to, he could have stopped in time, like he was trained to do. We presented our case before a Manhattan jury, and our client was awarded a $3.595 million verdict.