Plattekill, NY Personal Injury Law Firms & Lawyers

The District Attorney will decide what charges to bring against your neighbor: it can be as little as petit larceny, or go all the way to include forgery, fraud, and federal charges (because the check was stolen from the mail). Then the court will decide what penalties to impose, depending on the charges, the facts of the case (including the defendant's circumstances and criminal history), and the sentencing guidelines.

An owner or operator of business premises may be liable for your injuries if they have created or maintained, or should have known but failed to warn you of, a defective or dangerous condition (such as poor lighting, misplaced materials and other trip hazards) that substantially contributed to causing your injury. Some businesses also have "medical payments" insurance which covers medical expenses for accidental injuries on their premises, even if the business was not at fault. There may be other entities who may have liability, or other theories of liability. The best advice is to contact an experienced personal injury lawyer as soon as possible who can investigate the circumstances and liability involved. In the meantime or if you can't make that contact right away, you may want to immediately get good pictures of the area where you fell showing the object(s) involved before they are moved or disappear, and record the names and contact information of any witnesses who saw you fall or saw you at the scene. You should also save any medical records, bills, and emergency responder (police, fire, ambulance) information available.