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Dreyer Boyajian LLP handles all types of serious personal
injury and wrongful death claims, including those arising
from motor vehicle accidents, defective premises, construction
accidents, defective products, toxic torts, nursing home
negligence and medical malpractice. Our philosophy in handling
these cases is simple - get the client all of the compensation
that they deserve. This is done by working closely with each
client and considering their individual circumstances and
goals. We are proud of our reputation for success and the
long term relationships that have been fostered by helping
our clients through some of their most difficult times.
Please click on one of the links below to learn more about some of our personal
injury practice areas. Each link provides general information, and is not an exhaustive
list of the services that we provide. All cases, however, require
individualized assessment after a face-to-face consultation with an attorney.
Our attorneys have handled all types of motor vehicle accidents,
including those involving automobiles, motorcycles, trucks,
buses, common carriers, bicycles and pedestrians. We are
well versed in the science of accident reconstruction and
have the expert resources available to prove our client's
case. Forensic engineering often makes the difference between
success and failure in the courtroom. In short, it is necessary
to look not only at the obvious causative factors, but also
the not-so-obvious circumstances surrounding an accident.
This analysis is often critical in obtaining fair and just
compensation for the injured party. While some motor vehicular
accidents are straightforward and can be handled by most
attorneys with experience in personal injury litigation,
many accidents require a litigator experienced in the areas
of product design, highway engineering, accident reconstruction
and bio-medical/bio-mechanical analysis.
It is absolutely necessary in a motor vehicle claim involving a serious or catastrophic injury to explore all possible causative factors giving rise to the accident and injury. Many times, there are insufficient resources to compensate the injured victim. Dreyer Boyajian LLP explores all appropriate theories of liability and sources of recovery in order to obtain compensation for our clients who are motor vehicle accident victims.
Special rules of law and procedure apply to accidents involving
injury, death, property damage and environmental damage
occurring on navigable waters. Dreyer Boyajian LLP has successfully
prosecuted and defended both personal injury and property
damage claims involving oceangoing cargo vessels, cruise
ships, tour vessels and pleasure crafts involved in mishaps,
on both navigable and non-navigable waterways. We have worked
with some of the nation's foremost admiralty and marine
consultants and engineers capable of performing complex
accident reconstructions and evaluations often necessary
to prove causation in maritime cases. With our firms' combined
experience in personal injury, product liability and admiralty
law, we are well suited to represent victims of boating
accidents to achieve fair compensation for their injuries.
Most people think of premises liability as claims involving
injuries of people who slip and fall on snow and ice or from
potholes. While these are the most common types of cases
involving defective premises, there are many others that
may result in injury to innocent victims. At Dreyer Boyajian
LLP, we have experience in a wide variety of defective premises
claims, including injuries arising from improper maintenance,
inadequate lighting, dog attacks, fallen trees and limbs,
structural collapse, fire and explosions, toxic chemical
exposure, pollution or contamination, negligent security
at residential and commercial locations and other dangerous
and unsafe conditions caused by the failure to warn or properly
maintain premises. We utilize a team of civil engineers,
mechanical engineers, structural engineers, electrical engineers
and architects in order to establish our client’s claim
that their injuries were caused by a defect in the premises.
Unfortunately, construction sites are often dangerous places
where severe injuries occur. Workers are afforded special
protection under the New York State Labor Law, which imposes
a duty upon contractors, property owners and their agents
to provide proper protection and safety devices such as scaffolding
and other fall prevention equipment.
For injured workers who come under the protection of these
statutes, the law has historically provided a successful framework
for obtaining fair compensation. Unfortunately, due to heavy
lobbying by the insurance and construction industries, the
legislature, and subsequently the courts, have greatly limited
the interpretation of these protective laws. It is therefore
crucial that an attorney handling such cases be aware of the
nuances in the ever developing case law which could make the
difference between a significant recovery for the injured
claimant as opposed to no recovery at all. We at Dreyer Boyajian
LLP have been on the cutting edge of litigating these cases,
and are therefore familiar with the attitude of the judiciary
in interpreting these laws throughout the State of New York.
This sort of edge can mean the difference between success
and failure of a client’s claim.
When a product is manufactured or sold with a defect that
makes it unreasonably dangerous for its reasonably anticipated
uses, a product liability claim may exist. Design defects,
manufacturing defects and the failure to warn of dangers
are common product liability claims. These claims may involve
the most simple type of consumer types of products or the
most complicated pieces of mechanical machinery. It is therefore
critical to have an attorney who is able to understand the
complex nature of manufacturing and design processes which
may result in a product being deemed unsafe. At Dreyer Boyajian
LLP, we have successfully prosecuted many product liability
claims involving heavy equipment such as tractors and forklifts,
as well as, industrial equipment such as saws, wood chippers
and other mechanical products used in the construction trades.
We have also successfully handled consumer claims involving
personal care products, as well as, claims involving contaminated
food products.
The successful prosecution of a product liability claim,
like many areas of complex litigation, involves the employment
of competent and highly trained experts. An expert is often
required to provide an opinion concerning the technical
and economic feasibility of making the product safer prior
to it being placed into the public marketplace and into
the hands of consumers who might be injured as a result.
The successful prosecution of a product liability claim
requires an ability to gather and understand volumes of design
and manufacturing documents. Our attorneys know what to
look for and how to go about obtaining this critical documentation.
We then work closely with our experts to ensure that they
have the resources and information necessary for the success
of our client’s
claims.
Dreyer Boyajian LLP believes that environmental injury
to persons and property should be addressed not only by
governmental regulationors but, when appropriate, by the
injured and aggrieved citizens who often have no other recourse
to protect their rights.
The environmental practice at Dreyer Boyajian LLP is focused
on helping those persons harmed by exposure to toxic substances
released into the environment. We have extensive experience
in connection with toxic tort cases arising from oil and
chemical spills, improper landfill administration, E-coli
contamination of food products, air pollution and its effect
on children, as well as health and property damage caused
by the unlawful release of petroleum products into the environment.
Our attorneys are experienced in litigating claims under
the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, as well as, common
law environmental tort claims. The firm has acted as lead
counsel in class and mass action enviromental claims in both
State and Federal courts
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