Wrongful Death Attorney NYC
A New York wrongful death attorney is needed when a loved
one’s death is caused by the negligence or recklessness of another person,
company or government entity. In these tragic instances, the family members of
the victim can file a New York wrongful death lawsuit against the responsible
parties. The attorneys at the Cocca wrongful death law firm can help after a
fatal accident. Sadly, over 130,000 individuals die each year in the U.S. as a result
of preventable wrongful death accidents according to the Centers for Disease
Control and Preventions. Our New York wrongful death lawyers in NYC offer free
consultations and we work on a contingency fee, meaning we do not get paid
until we recover financial compensation for you and your family. Call us
anytime at (212) 485-2339.
Losing a family member is very tragic and overwhelming
experience. There may be no occurrence worse than losing a loved one
unexpectedly. Our New York wrongful death attorneys understand the emotional trauma
and stress that comes with such great loss. The Cocca Wrongful Death Law Firm
is here to help you and your family deal with the anger, grief, anxiety and
financial stress. Our job is to quickly preserve all relevant evidence so that
you can focus on mourning your lost loved one and taking care of your family.
The Cocca Wrongful Death Law Firm will work tirelessly to represent your family’s
legal rights after suffering from a NY wrongful death accident. We offer free
wrongful death consultations and our fatal accident lawyers are happy to meet
you at your home or NYC apartment if that is most convenient.
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Our New York birth injury lawyers will meet you at any NYC hospital for a free and confidential consultation if your child has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy in New York City. Please call an NY birth injury attorney today.
New York Wrongful Death Statute
The New York Estates, Powers and Trust Laws (EPTL) govern
New York wrongful death lawsuits. EPTL, Section 5-4.1 is entitled “Action by
personal representative for wrongful act, neglect or default causing death to
decedent.” This is the New York wrongful death statute that gives the right to
the legal representative of the estate to bring a lawsuit for wrongful death in
NYC. An experienced New York wrongful death attorney at the Cocca Wrongful
Death Law Firm can explain the NY statute in more detail. Call us anytime day
or night at (212) 485-2339.
When litigating a New York wrongful death lawsuit, there are
two separate causes of action to recover damages for a loved one’s death:
survivorship and wrongful death. The wrongful death action belongs to the decedents
who have suffered pecuniary loss due to the NYC wrongful death. The
survivorship claim belongs to the estate to cover the victim’s conscious pain
and suffering prior to their untimely death. Our wrongful death lawyers in New
York are happy to discuss the difference between a New York wrongful death
claim and a survivorship action in NYC.
The right to recover damages for wrongful death in New York
is governed by EPTL, Section 5-4.3 “Amount of recovery.” This New York wrongful
death statute is also known as the New York pecuniary loss statute. In order to
obtain a New York wrongful death recovery for damages, the legal representative
of the decedent must prove pecuniary loss. New York pecuniary loss includes:
loss of support for the victim’s next of kin as a result of the loss of the
decedent’s earnings or lost wages. A surviving spouse or dependent children of the deceased typically brings this claim for economic loss or lost wages. Under
the New York statute, dependent children may also bring a claim for loss of
guidance and loss of parental care. If you’ve lost a loved one in a fatal NY
wrongful death accident, call a wrongful death attorney NYC anytime to discuss
all your legal options.
New York Wrongful Death Statute of Limitations
The wrongful death New York statute of limitations is two
years. This means that the estate of a New York wrongful death victim must file
a New York wrongful death complaint within two years from the date of death. Please
keep in mind that this time period is shorter than the New York medical malpractice
statute of limitations and the New York personal injury statute of limitations.
In New York wrongful death lawsuits against a Government
entity, the plaintiff must serve a Notice of Claim to the public entity within
90 days of the appointment of a representative of the decedent’s estate. It is
important to keep this in mind when you have lost a family member in a New York
wrongful death case involving a transit system, like the NYC subway, the New York
City Transit Authority, the Port Authority-Hudson (PATH), a New York City
School District or any other state or city government agency. We suggest you
hire the best wrongful death lawyers in NYC to walk you through every step of
the legal process. A top wrongful death attorney in NYC will have a track record
of New York wrongful death lawsuit settlement success and high moral character
in the local NYC community.
Wrongful Death Lawsuit NYC
In order to bring a wrongful death lawsuit in New York City,
the Plaintiff’s Estate must file a New York wrongful death Complaint in the
appropriate court. This wrongful death complaint must be filed within the
statute of limitations, as discussed above. Once a NY lawsuit is progressing
through the legal process, there may come a time when both parties reach a wrongful
death settlement New York. If a NYC wrongful death settlement cannot be reached,
our New York wrongful death lawyers are prepared to litigate a NY wrongful
death trial by jury. Should the jury find in favor of the Plaintiff’s estate at
trial, we will receive a New York wrongful death recovery in the amount of
finical compensation for the loss of a loved one. At that time, we will ask the
NYC surrogate’s court for permission to distribute the finances to the
appropriate family members. This is done through a New York wrongful death
compromise. This legal process is a petition
to compromise a wrongful death NYC. The process can be complicated and we
suggest you allow experienced wrongful death lawyers in New York represent you
and your family in order to get the wrongful death settlement you deserve.
Types of NYC Wrongful Death Accidents
Our wrongful death attorneys in NYC are prepared to handle
many types of NYC wrongful death lawsuits. We will litigate car accident and
truck accident wrongful death lawsuits. Our wrongful death law firm handles cases under the New York
Labor law Section 240, also known as the “scaffolding law” which was designed
to protect NYC workers from falls and personal injury from falling objects.
Please give us a call after a NYC construction accident wrongful death. Further
our New York medical malpractice lawyers will help your family after an NYC
medical malpractice wrongful death accident by a NYC hospital or Doctor in New
York City. We are familiar with wrongful death subway accident in New York and
NYC train accident wrongful death lawsuits. If your loved one has suffered a
wrongful death bus accident or a workplace wrongful death such as an NYC
mesothelioma diagnosis our NYC cancer lawyers can help. Call an experienced
wrongful death attorney NYC anytime for a free NYC wrongful death consolation
at the Cocca wrongful death law firm located at 461 Park Ave S, Suite 502, New
York, NY 10016.
New York City
Courthouses
New York City has several important NYC courthouses. The New
York County Supreme Court is located at 60 Centre Street, New York, NY 10007. The
U.S. District Court - Southern District of New York, Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S.
Courthouse is located at 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007. Additionally the
US District Court – Eastern District of New York is located at 225 Cadman Plaza
E, Brooklyn, NY 11201. A New York City wrongful death lawsuit can be brought in
any of these locations depending on the facts and circumstances surrounding the
New York fatal accident. The Cocca Wrongful Death Law Firm is prepared to bring
a NYC wrongful death lawsuit in the New York County Supreme Court and the U.S. District
Courts in the Southern District or Eastern District. Call a experienced
wrongful death attorney NYC anytime for a free consultation.
New York Highways
and Tunnels
New York highways have seen an increase in NYC fatal
motor-vehicle accidents over the past few years. Highways, tunnels and bridges
near NYC like the Lincoln Tunnel, I-95, the Pulaski Skyway between I-95 and Central
Avenue in Newark, NJ or Broadway, I-678 between Queens Boulevard and Liberty
Avenue, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Holland Tunnel and the Long island Expressway
(I-495) between 58th St. and 48th St. There has been an
increase in the volume of tractor-trailer truck accidents and passenger bus
accidents in the NYC area as well. Additionally, inclement New York weather has
caused numerous fatal car accidents on I-287, Interstate 78 to Hoboken, NJ.
Sadly, there are 1,098 wrongful death motor vehicle accidents in New York, on
average each year. NY wrongful death accidents can take place on busy streets
like: Broadway, Wall Street, Bowery, Houston Street, Avenue of the Americas, Madison
Park and Lexington Avenue. Our NY wrongful death attorneys at the Cocca
Wrongful Death Law Firm work with the highly regarded car accident
reconstructionists to unsure to best results for our New York City clients.
Hospitals in New
York City
Our NYC wrongful death lawyers will meet you and your family
at any of the local New York City hospitals, if that is more convenient. We
travel to New York – Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital at 170 William St,
New York, NY 10038, Lenox Hill Hospital at 100 E 77th St, New York,
NY 10075, Bellevue Hospital Center at 462 1st Avenue, New York, NY
10016, NYU Medical Center, Trisch Hospital at 550 1st Avenue, New
York, NY 10016, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center at 1 Brookdale Plaza, Brooklyn,
NY 11212, NYC Health Harlem Hospital Center at 506 Lenox Ave, New York, NY
10037, New York Presbyterian Methodist Hospital at 506 6th St,
Brooklyn, NY 11215, New York – Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
at 3959 Broadway, New York, NY 10032, New York – Presbyterian The Allen Hospital
5141 Broadway, New York, NY 10034 and NYC Health + Hospitals Elmhurst at 79-01
Broadway, Elmhurst NY 11373.
Our relationships
with each NYC hospital are an asset for collecting crucial medical records for every
NYC wrongful death lawsuit as well as medical malpractice wrongful death
lawsuits in NYC. We’re happy to reserve a conference room at any of the
aforementioned hospitals in New York for a free consultation at your convenience.
If you need a NYC lawyer near me, we are happy to meet you at your residence,
apartment or home in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island or the Bronx,
NY. Call our New York wrongful death law firm today for a free consultation.
New York City Transportation
Anyone
who lives in or around NYC knows that the city runs on public transportation.
The New York City Subway is owned by the City of New York and leased to the New
York City Transit Authority. The New York City Subway is the largest rapid
transit system in the world. The Port Authority Trans-Hudson or PATH connects
Hoboken and Newark NJ with Manhattan NYC. A quick look at a NYC map shows a
very popular stop is the Grand Central Terminal or Grand Central Station at 42nd
Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Pennsylvania Station or Penn
Station is the main intercity railroad in New York City. We always have an NYC subway
map handy. Our lawyers often commute between NYC
and Philadelphia using the Penn Station Amtrak located at 34 Street and 7th
Ave, New York, NY 10001. This area contains many NYC hotels, where we are happy
to meet potential clients. New York’s public transportation does an excellent
job of connecting all five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and
Staten Island. We handle wrongful death subway accident litigation and wrongful
death train accident lawsuits in NYC.
Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey oversees much of the public transportation
including the George Washington Bridge, the Lincoln Tunnel, the Holland Tunnel
and local airports: LaGuardia Airport in Queens, NY 11371, John F. Kennedy
International Airport in Queens, NY 11430 and Newark Liberty International
Airport located at 3 Brewster Rd, Newark, NJ 07114. Attorney Cocca regularly uses
NYC public transportation to get to NY Giants and NY Yankees games. Sadly, nothing
is more traumatic than losing a loved one due to the negligent conduct of our
New York City public transportation institutions. We see this often due to the
harsh NYC weather and we’re sure you’ve seen it on the NYC news. Sadly, these
avoidable tragedies and wrongful death accidents occur repeatedly in NYC and
across the country. Our NYC attorneys handle wrongful death bus accident
lawsuits in New York City. We’re the experienced NYC wrongful death lawyers
that can help get you and your family back on your feet. Call us anytime for a
free consultation.
Fatal Construction Accident NYC
Some of the most
common causes of serious NYC construction accidents and New York wrongful death
construction accidents are construction accidents involving falls from heights
like scaffolding and faulty ladders, falling objects, motor vehicle accidents
with trucks, cranes, forklifts, dump trucks, garbage trucks and tractor-trailers,
and more. Our wrongful death lawyers handle cases under the New York Labor law
Section 240, also known as the “scaffolding law” which was designed to protect
NYC workers from falls and personal injury from falling objects. If you are in need of a New York City construction accident
lawyer, we are here to help. Furthermore, common NYC workplace accidents can
result from electrocution, trench cave-ins, unsafe warehouse conditions,
structural collapse, utility worker falls, ironworker injury, burns and carbon
monoxide poisoning. Our experienced construction accident wrongful death lawyer
NYC has helped many victims of fatal construction accident wrongful deaths in NYC and
Manhattan.
New
York Jury Selection
Our New
York wrongful death lawyers in NY are extremely familiar with NYC and Manhattan,
which is crucial when picking a New York City jury for a wrongful death trial. Our
lawyers spend time in each New York borough and every Manhattan neighborhood,
so that we have a familiarity with the local NY community. On the weekends, our
lawyers will visit popular sites like the NYC marathon or NYC pride 2019 and
Central Park NYC. We get our New York daily news from the New York Times and
the New York Post to see how we did in the New York lottery that week. When
he’s not litigating NY wrongful death lawsuits, attorney Cocca is a passionate
supporter of all NYC sports including the New York Yankees, NY Giants, NY Mets
and NY Knicks located at Madison Square Garden 4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York,
NY 10001. Our NYC wrongful death attorneys are happy to reserve a conference
room in the Empire State Building at 350 5th A