Attorney Referrals for New York Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases

Korman Lynch Lustig & Sassower welcomes personal injury and wrongful death referrals from attorneys across New York. Many of the clients we represent came to us through another lawyer, often a lawyer whose own practice does not include personal injury work, or who wanted the matter handled by a firm that concentrates in it. When you refer a client to us, you are handing the case to a firm that prepares every file as if a jury will hear it.

We understand what a referral costs you. It is your reputation and your relationship with the client on the line, not only ours. We treat both with care, from the first call through the resolution of the case.

What Types of Cases Do We Accept on Referral From Other New York Attorneys?

We accept serious personal injury and wrongful death referrals throughout New York City and the surrounding region. The cases we handle include:

• Construction accidents: falls from heights, scaffold and ladder failures, and falling object injuries on New York job sites.
• Car and motor vehicle accidents: serious crashes on city streets, highways, and bridges.
• Premises liability: injuries from dangerous property conditions, including slip and fall and inadequate security cases.
• Municipal liability: claims against the City of New York, the MTA, the Housing Authority, and other public bodies, where early deadlines apply.
• Medical malpractice: cases for people harmed by a preventable mistake in medical care.
• Workplace injuries: on-the-job injuries, including the workers' compensation claim and any separate case against a party other than the employer.
• Wrongful death: claims brought on behalf of the families of people killed by another's carelessness.

If you are not sure whether a matter fits, send it to us anyway. We will look at it and tell you plainly whether it is one we can help with.

Why Do Other New York Lawyers Refer Personal Injury Cases to Our Firm?

Attorneys refer these cases to us because personal injury and trial work is what our firm is built around. We take on high-exposure cases where the injuries are catastrophic, the medical record is complex, and the willingness to try the case in front of a jury is what determines whether the carrier pays what the client actually lost.

We build each file from intake to be ready for trial, and we handle a case at every stage, from the pre-suit investigation and the service of a notice of claim against a public entity, through discovery, depositions, and motion practice, through settlement conference and mediation, through trial and verdict, and through appeal in the Appellate Division and, where the issue warrants it, the New York Court of Appeals. Settlement on the right number is welcome. Settlement on a number that shortchanges your client is not. [FILL IN: confirm approved language on the firm's years of experience and trial and appellate track record for referring-attorney copy.]

What Happens to the Referring Attorney's Relationship With the Client?

It stays yours. We keep you informed as the case moves, we do not go after your other clients, and we protect the relationship you built. Any fee arrangement on a referral is handled in keeping with the rules that govern lawyers in New York, and we are glad to discuss that with you before the case is placed.

Our aim on a referred case is the same as on any other: build it so your client is in the strongest position the facts allow, and pursue the full value of the case rather than the first number the other side offers.

How Do I Refer a Personal Injury or Wrongful Death Case to Korman Lynch Lustig & Sassower?

Reach out to our Manhattan office to discuss the matter. We will review the facts with you, tell you honestly whether it is a case we can take, and move quickly when a deadline is already running on a notice of claim or the statute of limitations. Your client will be well served, and so will the relationship you have with them.