New York Car Accident Cases: "How Much Are You Suing For?" NY Attorney Gerry Oginski Explains

http://www.Oginski-Law.com 516-487-8207 [email protected] You read in the newspaper that someone was in a car accident and now they are bringing a lawsuit in New York seeking millions and millions of dollars. You think to yourself how could they possibly be asking for so much money? It seems that everybody who sues for a car accident in New York is asking for millions of dollars. How could this possibly be? Does the amount you are suing for have any rational relationship with your actual injuries or damages you suffered? Is there any connection between the amount you are asking for and the injuries you actually sustained? Want to learn a secret? The answer is that there is no real rational relationship between the amount you are suing for in a car accident in New York and your actual injuries. Why then do all the newspapers and news media make a big deal about the amount you are suing for, giving people the impression that since you are suing for that amount, you believe you are actually entitled to receive that amount? The answer has to do with something known as an ad damnum clause that appears in the lawsuit papers to start your lawsuit. The law requires that we specify how much we believe you are entitled to at the very beginning of your case. The problem with that is that your injuries may not be fully known at the time you start your negligence lawsuit. You still might be undergoing medical care and treatment or may need surgery in the future. You may still have a disability and the full extent of your injuries may not yet be known. Since the law requires that we put a specific number about how much we are suing for in a car accident case, we want to make sure that if the true value of your injuries become known during the course of the litigation, there is sufficient room between what your injuries are truly worth and what you have originally demanded at the beginning of your lawsuit. If you do not give sufficient wiggle room between the value of your injuries and what you have originally demanded, there is the possibility that a jury will come back and award you a significant amount of money, yet because you did not properly identify how much you believed your injuries were worth, you may never be able to receive the full value of what a jury believes you are entitled to. Watch the video to learn more... Here's a cardiac malpractice case where I was able to achieve a $6 million dollar settlement for my client: http://www.oginski-law.com/video/card... Here's a foot surgery case where a Westchester, NY jury awarded my client $1.55 million dollars for her pain and suffering: http://ow.ly/azKg6 To learn more about how medical malpractice cases work in the state of New York, I encourage you to explore my educational website, ‪http://www.Oginski-Law.com‬. If you have legal questions, I invite you to pick up the phone and call me at 516-487-8207 or by email at [email protected]. This is what I do every day and I'd be happy to chat with you. Law Office of Gerald Oginski 25 Great Neck Road, Ste. 4 Great Neck, NY 11021 516-487-8207 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @GerryOginski