medical liability & PERSONAL INJURY LAW IN NEW YORK

A new law came into force in just the other day. Prosecutors are no longer obliged to its customers for the costs of lawyers, for their names to unsuccessful claims in cases where the lawyers' fee was payable only if the customer won.

Previously, it was so that a New York lawyer was obliged to tell their customers that, even if they lose their case, they were still responsible for paying the costs lawyers their case they have. For example, if the lawyer spent $ 25,000 pursuing a medical malpractice trial, and they lost the case, the lawyer was legally in his right to turn to the customer and ask the customer to reimburse the lawyer for the $ 25,000 .

In reality, it was not really so. Most medical practice liability and personal injury lawyers Do not move from one client to reimburse them for their costs if they lost the case. Can you imagine the humiliation that result from such a case? Not only did they lose their case, but now they are hit with a huge bill for the lawyers cost? What is meant by "" No, no recovery? "" Well, if you ever been in the fine print in these ads, or in a law firm "retainer agreement, there was always a sentence that said:" The customer is ultimately responsible for the legal costs incurred on their case. " "

It is important that the law that Governor Pataki just says that a lawyer is no longer necessary to serve its customers for the costs. In most cases, at least in the greater New York metropolitan area, most medical malpractice lawyers are not asking their customers to repay their costs if they lost the case. It's just bad business.

In 18 years of practice I have never asked a client to reimburse me for my costs if we lost a case. However, I know that in some districts of the hinterland, there are lawyers who have no problem calling their customers on the bill for all their legal expenses if they meet the case and guess what? Legally, they were quite within their rights to do so.

Well, lawyers are not faced with the dilemma, the client for legal expenses. What does this mean for the potential customer, a medical malpractice or personal injury lawyer?

Make sure that your lawyer will have a sentence in your retainer agreement that states that he, or not, the reimbursement of its attorney's fees if your case. In this way you know exactly what will happen at the end of the case, and whether you are on the hook for thousands of dollars.

Oginski Gerry is an experienced New York medical liability and personal injury trial lawyer and practices in the State of New York. He has tirelessly represented injured victims in all types of medical malpractice and injury cases in the last 19 years. As a solo doctor, he is able to be 100% of his time to each individual customer. A client is never a file in his office.

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