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Just because you're injured because of carelessness does that mean I'm automatically going to
take your case? Would you like to learn the answer? Come join me as I share with you this
great information. Hi. I'm Gerry Oginski. I'm a New York medical malpractice and personal
injury trial lawyer practicing law here in the state of New York. The answer is no, it
doesn't. There are a number of factors that go into determining whether or not I'm going
to accept the case and the mere fact that you have the first component, the first element
of what's known as liability, now means that I have to evaluate the second and third elements
as well. Because in order to determine first whether you have a valid basis for a case,
I have to know whether there was wrongdoing. I then have to know whether the wrongdoing
caused injury. There has to be what's known as a 'causal connection' there has to be a
bridge between the wrongdoing and the injury. And then I have to see what is the extent
of your injury? Then I have to see what type of permanent injury you have, what type of
disabling injury do you have? Just because you have the first element where you can show
that somebody was careless, that caused you some type of injury, does not mean that (1)
you have a valid basis for a case and (2) that I'm going to take on your case. You should
remember that not every case is right for every attorney and one of the things that
we do when evaluating a possible case is we need to look at many different factors. And
the first one is is there liability? Was there wrongdoing? Number two, did the wrongdoing
cause injury? And number three, is the injury significant and/or permanent? And now, we
also look at many other factors. What is your age? Where did this happen? What is the likelihood
that we will be successful? And we have to go through an entire evaluation and a thorough
investigation to make the assessment to whether or not this is something that I'm willing
to look into. Now you should know that when you call my office to find out if you have
a valid basis for a case, the very first call that you and I have will be simply a screening
call. And that call is only going to last for a very few minutes and I only want to
know a couple of key things. I want to know what do you think was done wrong and what
injury did you suffer as a result of that? And contained within those two questions - which
is a compound question -- are the three elements necessary for me to initially evaluate whether
or not you may have a basis for a case. So why do I share this great information with
you? I share it with you just to give you an insight and an understanding into what
goes on when evaluating a possible case here in the state of New York whether it's an accident
case, whether it's a medical malpractice case or even a wrongful death case. In all likelihood,
you have questions or concerns about your own particular matter. Well if your matter
happened here in New York and you do have legal questions, what I encourage you to do
is pick up the phone and call me. I can answer your legal questions. This is something that
I do every single day and I'd love to talk to you. You can reach me at 516-487-8207 or
by email at Gerry@Oginski-law.com. That's it for today's quick video. I'm Gerry Oginski,
have a wonderful day!