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The other side has adjusters and lawyers on the claim from day one. Choosing Zemsky and Salomon is choosing to have the same on yours.
Zemsky and Salomon have represented people injured by another party failing to use reasonable care since December 1999, across lower New York.
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Zemsky and Salomon PC have represented people injured by someone failing to use reasonable care since 1999.
The firm practices across lower New York, including Manhattan, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Nassau County and Suffolk County.
The questions we hear most often.
Nothing up front. Zemsky & Salomon PC handles car accident claims on a contingency fee, so the attorney fee comes out of the recovery and there is no attorney fee if there is no recovery. If the case does not recover, you may still be responsible for costs and court expenses, and those terms are set out in the fee agreement you sign.
New York generally gives you three years from the date of the accident to file a personal injury lawsuit. Some situations shorten or extend that window, and claims against a city or county can carry much earlier notice deadlines. If the accident is approaching three years old, treat it as urgent.
You may still be able to recover. New York generally allows a claim where fault is shared, with the recovery reduced by your share of the fault, and there is a threshold above which it is barred. Fault is also frequently disputed, and the insurer's first assessment of it is not the final word - that is one of the things worth having reviewed.
You are not required to give the other driver's insurer a recorded statement, and it is worth talking to a lawyer before you do. The insurer takes that statement early, before the full cost of the accident is known. Later it uses the statement to argue your claim is worth less.
Most car accident claims resolve without a trial. Filing suit is sometimes necessary to move a claim an insurer is underpaying, and even then the great majority settle before a jury hears it.
Most of the wait is finding out the full cost of the accident: the bills and the missed work. Straightforward claims can resolve in months. A case takes longer when the other side denies fault or the injury is serious.
No cost, no obligation, and no fee unless we win. If we cannot help, we will tell you that too.
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