We can help you recover the benefits you deserve.

Contact us whether you've suffered an injury or lost a loved one because of someone else's negligence.

The attorneys in the Negligence Department at Brecher Fishman Pasternack Walsh Tilker and Ziegler, P.C., are experienced at helping accident victims recover the money damages they deserve, in additions to the benefits available through such programs as Worker's Compensation or Social Security.

The firm's negligence department handles all types of personal injury cases, including construction and other work site accidents, automobile accidents, product malfunctions and medical malpractice. The department's attorneys have gained a well-deserved reputation for fighting hard for the rights of injured workers as well as the other accident victims and their families. And we have a solid track record of successes on behalf of our many clients throughout our firm's history.

When we represent you in your personal injury case, we make a commitment to you and your family to do everything in our power to obtain a fair and just recovery on your claims, whether by trying a case through to a jury verdict or by obtaining an excellent settlement before trial.

The personal injury department is headed up by Senior Partner Robert Fishman who also serves as the senior supervising attorney. The other partners in the department are Vincent Gonzalez and Elliot Schaktman. The department handles a wide variety of cases arising from construction site accidents, motor vehicle accidents, slip and/or trip and falls at residential, commercial and municipal locations, elevator accidents, medical malpractice and product liability. The department also includes a number of associate attorneys and a large support staff including paralegals and clerks.

The most up-to-date computer technology is utilized to better represent our clients, whether it be for discovering levels of insurance coverage to maximize a client's recovery, finding the identities of property owners or business owners, tracking a client's case electronically in the New York State Court computer system, or staying abreast of the constant changes which take place in the state courts and legislature.

Each case we handle is prepared as if it is going to trial. While many of the cases are settled prior to actually beginning a trial, our experienced trial attorneys are ready to go to verdict if necessary to get what you deserve. By being prepared to go to trial, we are able to obtain the maximum settlement possible for our clients.

We are the right choice to handle your case.

The reasons for our reputation, and our success, are simple: We devote the time and resources it takes to thoroughly prepare our cases for trial. We have the capability and the willingness to take any case to trial, when necessary, to gain a favorable result. And when we have gone to trial, we have won significant jury verdicts for our clients in a wide variety of cases.

Our trial experience is a powerful weapon, and it often makes the lawyers and insurance companies representing our opponents choose to offer favorable settlements to our clients rather than face us in a trial. These lawyers and insurance companies know that we stand ready, willing and able to take your case to trial when necessary to protect your rights.

Some of our recent results:

Jury verdict of more than $4.1 million for a 35-year-old carpenter who had been given no safety eyewear and lost total vision in one eye when a nail he was hammering bounced back and struck him in that eye.
Jury verdict of more than $1.35 million for a construction worker who fell from a faulty ladder.
$3.6 million settlement for a 46-year-old woman who suffered a traumatic amputation of her left leg.
$3 million settlement settlement for a 32-year-old construction worker who was injured when a concrete slab fell on him.
$2 million settlement for a plumber who lost vision in one eye.
$1.9 million settlement for a 41-year-old plaintiff who suffered a fractured elbow and back pain, eventually undergoing surgury which required the insertion of screws in his back.
$1.6 million settlement for a construction worker who fell from a caffold when ductwork fell and struck him from the ceiling above.
$1.3 million settlement for a construction worker who suffered severe back injuries and underwent surgical repair of a torn rotator cuff in his shoulder when he fell on a defective scafford.
$1 million settlement for worker killed in motor vehicle accident.
$950,000 settlement for the widow of a construction worker who had suffered spinal injuries and later died after he fell from a scaffold that had no guardrails.

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Over the years our firm has helped thousands of New Yorkers get the Compensation that they deserve, serving our fellow workers in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Kings and Queens Counties, Staten Island, The Bronx, Rockland, Westchester and Nassau and Suffolk Counties.