Burns and Scarring Accident Cases

When someone suffers a disfigurement such as a burn or gash wound that becomes a scar, they suffer not only from the pain of the injury, but from the emotional pain of living with scarring at the injury site. The emotional injury of a scar or disfigurement can be worse than the actual physical pain and the injured party is entitled to compensation for both.

The Law Office Of Lisa has successfully reached settlements and verdicts in cases involving broken glass from a windshield breaking during a car accident, dog bite scars, burn scars, and scars caused by trip and fall accidents. Our smithtown NY Personal injury lawyer do so with sensitivity, compassion and expertise.

Children and Minor Accident Victims

Law Office of Lisa S. Fine, P.C. has a great deal of experience representing minors who are injured due to the negligence of others. Children’s claims must be handled differently than adults’. There are different statutes of limitations and more stringent requirements involved in the settlement of these matters.
Our smithtown NY Personal injury lawyer handling personal injury claims for a minor claimant must be aware that children under a certain age are automatically non sui juris, which means the child is not responsible for his or her own actions in contributing to the accident.

This is important as it means that a settlement or verdict should not be reduced to account for the contributory negligence of the child. It takes a special type of firm to handle children’s cases and children relate to our staff and to our attorney who is, herself a mother, and who makes even the most shy and frightened injured child feel comfortable describing the incident that caused him or her pain.

Ms. Fine understands the challenges inherent in representing a child who may be the only witness to their own accident, and will work with the child to patiently piece together the happenings of their unfortunate incident.

Trip and Fall Accident Cases

Trip and fall cases can be especially tricky, and have their own statutory guidelines and time frames that must be strictly adhered to. Law Office of Lisa's personal injury attorney smithtown has extensive experience dealing with municipalities and property owners in these challenging matters.

Claims against municipalities must be filed with the municipality by way of Notice of Claim within 90 days of the occurrence. Ms. Fine has attended hundreds of 50H hearings with the city and city agencies, and local municipalities, and has had successful settlements and trials against municipalities in trip and fall cases.

SUM/UM Motor Vehicle Accident Cases

Sometimes the party responsible for your car accident leaves the scene undocumented by police and without providing any information without which it becomes impossible to sustain an accident case against that party. Our personal injury attorney smithtown have a great deal of experience handling Uninsured Motorist or “UM” claims.

This type of claim is filed against the insurance company for the vehicle in which the injured party was situated at the time of the accident. It is different procedurally, as it stems from a contract based relationship between the insurance company and the insured.

The claim is generally heard by an arbitrator, rather than a jury, and requires an attorney who understands what it takes to persuade an experienced arbitrator to award money to an accident victim.

Another type of first party claim is a Supplementary Underinsured claim or “SUM”. This arises when the tortfeasor has only limited coverage, and tenders the full amount of that policy to the injured party. It is important that you hire an attorney who understands the ins and outs of sustaining a proper SUM claim. Lisa S. Fine has been successful in assisting clients in getting clients access to SUM benefits to compensate them for their personal injuries.