Personal Injury

Port Jefferson, Long Island Personal Injury Attorney

 

Our mission has always been to help rebuild the lives of those harmed by the negligent and wrongful conduct of others.

For the past 22 years, the Law Office of Richard J. Kaufman has been among the leading Suffolk County law firms in the area of personal injury and tort law. Our office located in Port Jefferson, New York, handles each matter thoroughly from the initial investigation through to trial and even through the appeals process if necessary to protect a favorable ruling and to challenge an unfavorable one. Mr. Kaufman’s 34 years of trial experience ranges from having been an assistant district attorney and the Confidential Law Secretary to a New York Supreme Court Justice to having obtained a $2 million recovery for a client upon a favorable verdict after trial. In fact, our office’s reputation for quality and personal legal services in this field has often been the source of matters being referred to us by our own colleagues.

We accept all personal injury and wrongful death cases on a contingency fee basis which mean that if there is NO RECOVERY, NO FEE is charged. Only after your case has been settled or a judgment obtained and satisfied do we deduct legal fees and costs from the amount recovered.  Our goal is to achieve fair and just compensation for our clients through understanding and compassion, while using aggressive representation throughout the legal process. 

Our law firm handles numerous types of personal injury matters and includes having obtained substantial recoveries on behalf of our clients over the past years for:

• Automobile accidents

• Motorcycle accidents

• Premises liability

• Slip/trip & fall

• Schoolyard accidents

• Dog bite accidents

• Medical & dental malpractice

• Hospital negligence

• Food poisoning

• Products liability

• Assault and battery

• Wrongful death

Among the recent successes we have been able to achieve on behalf of our clients are:

• $2,000,000 recovery after liability verdict in trial involving a major Long Island hospital’s failure to warn the client of an FDA recall for a defective TMJ implant prosthetic
  

• $450,000 recovery against a school district on behalf of an 8-year old girl for head trauma caused by negligent placement of a rope divider on the playground
  

• $377,500 recovery against a Suffolk County driver for multiple fractures of the hand and foot, requiring surgery and insertion of hardware
  

• $260,000 recovery on behalf of a florist delivery person against a homeowner for creating a hazardous slippery condition by having improperly painted the cement front stoop causing back injuries, which required surgery
  

• $210,000 recovery against the owner of a commercial office building for hand injuries sustained as a result of slipping on ice in the parking lot
  

• $200,000 recovery for neurological injury suffered by an adult cyclist crossing a Suffolk County roadway against traffic
  

If you think you have been the victim of an accident or other wrong for which you may deserve compensation, our staff is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to discuss your case at no charge. Please feel free to review the Helpful Information section for general advice about what to do, should you be in an accident.

If you have any questions regarding your personal injury matter, please feel free to contact our Long Island personal injury attorneys by calling 1-800-701-9137 or e-mailing our Port Jefferson law office directly at info@kaufmanatlaw.com.