When there’s an accident in New York, particularly a construction accident in New York, you want to look for a New York construction accident Attorney. This is important because that attorney will know or should know the ins and outs of proceeding with the court system of New York. And when the court system of New York is governed by the CPLR, which is an important procedural set of laws to know because of these types of lawsuits in every other type of lawsuit or most lawsuits in New York, there are always exceptions, which are governed by the CPLR. And the CPLR is one of the best resources to review when you are looking at the ins and outs and the procedures of the New York State Court system. And the New York State Court system also applies to New York City, which is part of New York State.
Your New York Construction accident attorney will be able to tell you of all of the deadlines that are involved in your particular case. This is important to know because you don’t wanna miss deadlines. And you don’t want to miss deadlines because those could affect your substance of rights in the case. For instance, one of the most important deadlines is when you would need to file the case. This is often known as the statue of limitations. It’s important to have the statue of limitations to hand because you would want to know when you need to buy your case. Because if you file your case after the statute limitations expires, then you may not be able to bring any case at all, and you may not be able to obtain any of your recovery against any of the defendants or other responsible parties and connection with the construction accident in New York. This is very important and it should be evident why.
So there are at least two parts that your New York Construction accident attorney should know when it comes to knowing the law about construction accidents in New York. One of them is procedural, and that as a for asset is governed by the CPLR. The other is the substance of law of construction accidents in New York, and those are important because they would let you know what your recovery would be in the likelihood of your recovery and what you would need to prove in order to have any recovery at all. And this assumes that you are the plaintiff in the case. And if you are the plaintiff, in the case, it means you are your pursuing some recovery against defendants, and there can be one or more defendants in the case and so when you are speaking with your attorneys office, it’s important to have these details ready so that they will be able to help you to the best extent possible maximize your chances of recovery.
In terms of the parties involved, your New York Construction accident attorney will be able to tell you that there are typically many other attorneys involved, depending on the severity of the accident, and the severity of the injury, and the parties involved. Typically their insurance companies that are involved in these types of accidents because that construction sites these accidents tend to happen and then in order for the construction to take place, there has to be construction and place, and this is the reason why so that the anybody injured on the construction site will be able to fair an adequate compensation, provided that the burden is met for recovery. And so when there is a plaintiff that is involved, and that plaintiff is injured, and that plaintiff seeks to recover compensation for those injuries against responsible parties, those responsible parties can be named as defendant in the lawsuit. And when they’re named as defendants in the lawsuit, sometimes they hire or the insurance companies jump in and get involved, and that means more attorneys.
So while you may have your New York Construction accident attorney working for you, there are or tend to be many other attorneys that are involved as well. Those attorneys could represent the defendant themselves, the insurance companies, and sometimes the insurance company sue. The defendant as well for recovery of attorneys fees, and if there are many insurance companies with many defendants involved, sometimes those insurance companies will seek recovery from the other defendants in the context of cross claims or perhaps even separate lawsuits. The insurance companies have what are called subrogation clauses in those subrogation clauses allow the insurance companies, including in construction accidents in New York to take over the rights of any party that they pay on behalf of and seek any other responsible party or damages from any other responsible party.
So not only is there typically one New York Construction accident attorney involved in these types of lawsuits, there are often many. And when there are many attorneys involved, and there’s a lot of dollars at stake, these can be very serious discussions that can occur when these discussions occur and it is important to have all of the facts, straight and hand. And once you have all these facts straight, and it gives a path of liability, and it gives a path conversation, the plaintiff should be able to recover. Of course, there are no guarantees, and there are nuances of every case, but the nuances depend on the fact, and this is why it’s important to have a good handle on the fact of your case so that you can discuss them with the attorneys that are involved and the attorney attorneys can then discuss these facts with their clients and and hopefully lead to a potential resolution of the case. Because this is the best step for everybody. If you have any questions, it’s best to discuss it with somebody over the phone, and you can reach us at 212-500-1891. We are happy to talk to you at any time, just make an appointment with one of our attorneys and will be happy to assist you.