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ATTORNEYS WHO HANDLE LINE OF DUTY INJURY CASES IN NEW YORK
ATTORNEYS WHO HANDLE LINE OF DUTY INJURY CASES IN NEW YORKWE REPRESENT NEW YORK'S FINEST
TYPES OF CASES OUR POLICE INJURY LAWYERS HANDLE
NEW YORK POLICE OFFICER -LINE OF DUTY INJURIES
Often when police officers suffer a line of duty injury, they are able to recover much more money than the disability pay they receive. While most police officers are aware that they get their full pay and medical bills paid, while they are out on a line of duty injury, sometimes they are also able to sue for pain and suffering.
One of the most frequent questions that our NYC police officer line of duty attorneys are asked is "If a police officer gets hurt in the line of duty, can they sue?" The answer is that sometimes they can. New York’s General Municipal Law section 205(e) allows New York police officers injured in the line of duty to sue anyone who broke a law or violated a statute, which directly or indirectly caused an injury. This indirect causation standard allows a wide reach for those who violate the law and cause a police officer to become injured, either directly or as an indirect cause of the legal violation.
Police officers in New York, also have the right to sue other people or companies who are responsible for their injuries under ordinary negligence and premises liability. Our New York personal injury lawyers have represented numerous New York City police officers, as well as Westchester police officers in a variety of job related injury lawsuits.
THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW
General Municipal Law 205e allows all police officers in the State of New York who are injured or killed in an accident to sue anyone who failed to comply with the requirements of any of the statutes, ordinances, rules, orders and requirements of the federal, state, county, village, town or city governments or of any and all their departments, divisions and bureaus.
WHEN DOES A POLICE OFFICER HAVE A LAWSUIT
These cases arise in wide variety of circumstances including vehicle accidents, premises liability and even injuries which occur because of assaults, breaking up fights and illegal gun sales. For more specific information on who may be responsible for your on the job accident, speak with our New York City police officer injury lawyers in our Manhattan office at 212-858-0503, or for an appointment with our Westchester police injury attorneys in our New York office, call us at 914-574-8330.
Police officers often have to investigate criminal activity or respond to calls in buildings which are sub-standard and fail to comply with applicable building codes. These dangerous conditions and buildings can be sued if a police officer sustains an injury because of the dangerous conditions. These include broken or deteriorated floors, slippery substances and floors with broken concrete. Another major cause of injuries are stairways that are defective and not up to code because the stairs are too deep, uneven or are missing handrails or nosings.
If you got hurt while investigating criminal activity because a building was not properly maintained or was not kept up to Code, then the building owner’s insurance may be responsible to compensate you for your accident.
Police officers, especially in Westchester County and New York City, including the Bronx and Queens spend a lot time on the road and therefore are at risk of car accidents. Anyone who hits a police cruiser because they violated the Vehicle and Traffic Law, can be sued for causing an officer's personal injury.
Our New York car accident lawyers are very familiar with the Vehicle and Traffic laws and have handled numerous car accidents involving police officers. Accidents often happen during high speed pursuits where officers are utilizing lights and sirens, which gives them the right of way. The right of way rule is especially important because officers are often required to drive at high speeds and even disregard the traffic control devices, and the failure of a motorist to yield the right of way and pay attention to their surroundings can cause serious personal injuries to a police officer and even end a career. Our New York personal injury lawyers are committed to aggressively representing New York’s police officers who are injured in line of duty injuries.
Whether you were in a marked cruiser or an undercover vehicle, if you were on the job, and injured in a car accident call our New York police officer car accident lawyers.
One of the more frequent cases that our police on the job injury lawyers have handled, is an officer injured as a result of being dragged by a vehicle. This usually happens when officers approach a suspicious vehicle on foot for an investigatory stop, where the vehicle's occupants appear to be involved in drug activity. When a vehicle operator fails to comply with an officer's request for information and takes off in such a manner as to place the officer in danger, the car's owner and insurance company are legally responsible for the actions of the driver. Our attorneys have successfully negotiated several full insurance policy settlements for police officers injured when the other vehicle fled the scene and dragged an officer. In this scenario, the officer's personal insurance can also be claimed, where the fleeing driver escapes and is unidentified or the perpetrator's vehicle has less insurance than the officer has on their personal vehicle.
Often police officers are called to break up fights in bars or night clubs that get out of control. When an officer is injured by an intoxicated patron of a bar or night club or other event, the business can be sued for the officer's injuries. New York's dram shop law allows anyone injured by an intoxicated person to sue for injuries caused by an illegal sale of alcohol. Likewise New York's alcohol beverage and control law prohibits serving alcohol to an already intoxicated person. New York City's cabaret laws also prohibit licensed premises from permitting the premises to be rowdy or disorderly. So if you responded to an unruly scene and were injured breaking up a fight between intoxicated bar patrons or unruly night club patrons, the bar can be sued for your injuries.
SLIP ON FALL ON ICE OR SNOW
If you were on duty and were injured because you slipped and fell on ice or snow outside of a building, the building owner can be sued for your personal injures. New York City's administrative code places the responsibility to clean and clear the sidewalk in front of an apartment building or business on the property owner. Most of the Westchester towns, such as White Plains, Mount Vernon and Yonkers have similar requirements.
Marina Police Accidents
Corrections officers, New York Police Harbor officers and several of the New York river towns have police divisions which spend a lot of time on the water and are subjected to the hazards of the sea. Under federal law, any officer who spends more than a third of his time on navigable waters including the East River, the Hudson River and the Long Island Sound, is a Jones Act seaman and can sue their employer if they are injured because of any unsafe condition on a vessel or for negligence which causes their injury.
Our White Plains Law Office
From our White Plains office, our attorneys who handle officer injury cases represent injured police officer in on the job injures that occur in White Plains, Yonkers, New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, Sleepy Hollow, Greenburgh, Tarrytown, Port Chester, Mt. Vernon, Harrison and all over Westchester County.
FOR AN APPOINTMENT IN WHITE PLAINS
CALL: 914-574-8330
OUR MANHATTAN LAW OFFICE
From our New York City office in Midtown Manhattan, our police officer injury lawyers represent New York City police officers who suffered on the job injuries because someone else was negligent or violated a law or regulation in Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn.
FOR AN APPOINTMENT IN MANHATTAN:
CALL 212-858-0503
POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY
If you are the spouse or child of a police officer killed in the line of duty, our experienced police injury attorneys also have extensive experience in handling wrongful death cases. Our attorneys can recover the lost financial support and significant damages for the loss of your loved one.
Our wrongful death attorneys know that every officer should be able to come home to their family at the end of their shift.
