General personal injury claims fall under the category of "negligence claims". The law of negligence or "tort" law allows individuals to recover monetary awards for injury or damage caused by the conduct of others. The person who prosecutes such a claim is the "plaintiff". The person or entity against whom recovery is sought is the "defendant". In order to prevail, the plaintiff must prove that the conduct of the defendant causing injury was "tortious". Tortious conduct includes an act or acts that would not have been committed by a reasonable person or falls below a "reasonable standard of care".

Examples of personal injury claims include injuries sustained in motor vehicle accidents, tripping or slipping incidents, construction or workplace accidents and injuries caused by generally by one's "lack of reasonable care".

At Dankner & Milstein, we pride ourselves on limiting our caseload to representing individuals in general negligence matters involving significant personal injury or the survivors of those who died. This allows us to focus our attention and resources on a select number of cases which are handled expeditiously and resolved in a relatively short period of time.

We actively pursue all potential defendants against whom a recovery may be warranted and use every means available to maximize a resolution of the claim through settlement or trial, if necessary.

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