Buffalo Injury Questions and Answers

If the jury in a Buffalo personal injury lawsuit finds that the injured party is owed damages, it then must make specific decisions regarding the amount of damages and how they will be allocated.  For cases not involving medical, dental or podiatric malpractice, the rules regarding what the jury must decide are found at Rule […]

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When a personal injury lawsuit taking place in Buffalo or Western New York requires an appeal, that appeal will usually be made to the Appellate Division for the Fourth Department.  New York State Law and the rules of the Fourth Department set forth a specific time line that must be complied with when making an […]

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Under New York State law, Buffalo personal injury attorneys are usually able to have videotapes admitted into evidence.  Doing so, however, requires that the video recording adhere to certain standards regarding its content. The decision as to whether to admit or exclude videotape evidence is at the discretion of the judge, and if the plaintiff’s […]

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When a Buffalo resident is awarded a large amount of compensation after having suffered severe injuries, the payment of this compensation may be broken up into periodic installments.  How long these periodic payments for future damages are to continue varies depending on the nature of the injuries, the age and health of the injured person, […]

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When a dog bite occurs in Buffalo, New York State law requires that for the bitten person to successfully sue for injuries, he or she must prove that the dog owner knew that the dog had “vicious propensities.”  What constitutes proof of knowledge of vicious propensities is a complex area of law that has been […]

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Doctors in the Buffalo area are busy people, and their job is to provide patients with proper medical treatment, not to spend their days giving testimony in personal injury cases.  As a result, when a personal injury attorney needs testimony from a doctor, he or she will usually try to find a way around having […]

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Depending on the nature of an injury, Buffalo personal injury attorneys may ask an injured client to show his or her injuries directly to the jury.  Whether an injured person should be allowed to exhibit personal injuries has been an area of law that has been extensively contested. In this situation, the defendant may argue […]

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It can be easy for Buffalo personal injury attorneys to forget that sometimes their non-lawyer clients don’t know what they’re talking about.  While most people would know what the word “presumption” means in normal conversation, it also has a specific legal meaning.  Many clients would not be aware of this legal definition when the term […]

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When a Buffalo injury victim wishes to pursue damages from a public agency, New York State law requires that a Notice of Claim be filed with the agency involved.  In most personal injury cases, this Notice of Claim must be filed within 90 days of the accident that led to an injury. A Notice of […]

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