Practice Areas
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Bicycle AccidentsFor over 32 years, Dansker & Aspromonte has successfuly resolved many accident cases involving injured bicyclists. Our cases have involved bicyclists being hit by cars, trucks and buses as well as bicycles striking defects in the roadway. |
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Construction AccidentsConstruction Accident Attorneys representing Injured New Yorkers. Construction is dangerous and the law in the area of construction injuries is complex. Many of these construction accident injuries are caused by falls from scaffolds, ladders or heights. |
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Medical MalpracticeMedical Malpractice is an extremely complex field. Dansker & Aspromonte's track record is excellent with respect to medical malpractice cases, despite the fact that 4 out of 5 malpractice cases are lost by plaintiffs in the New York City metropolitan area. |
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Elevator AccidentsAccidents involving elevators are prevalent in the City of New York where skyscrapers abound. Just a short fall of one story when you're in an elevator, could mean the difference between life and death or life and severe long term disability. |
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Motor Vehicle AccidentsDansker & Aspromonte Associates are Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyers with Results Exceeding $100 Million in Damages. The attorneys at Dansker & Aspromonte Associates have litigated thousands of motor vehicle cases over 32 years of practice. |
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Truck AccidentsThe truck accident attorneys at Dansker & Aspromonte not only frequently represent motorists against truck drivers, but were involved in a high profile major case involving a tanker truck on the New York State Thruway that was reported on television and in all the metropolitan area newspapers. |
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Brain InjuriesDansker & Aspromonte Associates are Brain Injury Lawyers with Results Exceeding $100 Million in Damages.The term "brain damage" encompasses a wide variety of extremely serious injuries. |
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Firefighter AccidentsFirefighters keep our city safe. They are brave and devoted civil servants who serve the public in an occupation that is one of the most dangerous in the world. No one needs to be reminded of the valor of the firefighters on September 11th. |
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Bus AccidentsBuses are extremely dangerous by virtue of their large size, lack of quick maneuverability and multiple blind spots making it impossible for the driver to see all the way around the bus. A bus driver must use a high degree of care because a bus cannot stop as quickly as a car, nor does it turn in the same way. |
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Cerebral PalsyCerebral Palsy is simply a tragedy. There are many causes for the disease but no matter what the cause, it is devastating for the child and the child's family. It is permanent and not reversible. The treatment is really supportive therapy to make the child comfortable but not better like other diseases. |
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Pedestrian AccidentsIn our crowded city, pedestrians are literally everywhere, on every street and sidewalk, coming out of stores and office buildings, restaurants and ballgames. Unlike suburban or country terrain, city life poses particular challenges to both pedestrians and drivers alike. |
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Subway AccidentsThe New York City Transit Authority is the owner/operator of the biggest subway system in the world. It is a miracle of modern construction and daily operation, moving about four million people a day through all five boroughs of New York City. |
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Negligent RoadwayNegligent roadway design is a complex and multifaceted area of the law. It is difficult to prove and fraught with peril at every turn due to the maze of notice of claim requirements with municipal and state governmental entities. |
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Exposure to ToxinsIn New York City, lead based paint was used throughout the five boroughs for many decades before it was discovered that little children exposed to dust from peeling lead paint or from actually eating or teething on lead paint chips could sustain brain damage which would affect every aspect of their lives. |
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School LiabilityStudents get injured at school all the time. Many injuries are the kind that happen through normal activities, sports, running where it is no one's fault, just simply part of growing up. Then there is another category of injuries at school where, because of the negligence of the school Administration or a particular teacher, a child is seriously injured and that injury should have been Avoided if proper care had been utilitzed at the time. |
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Slips, Trips and FallsDansker & Aspromonte Associates are Slip, Trip and Fall Lawyers with Results Exceeding $100 Million in Damages. Falls, either as a result of tripping, slipping or other reasons, are some of the most common types of accidents causing injuries in the metropolitan area. |
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Motorcycle AccidentsMotorcyclists can injure people just as seriously as automobiles, trucks and buses as the featured case illustrates. Additionally, operators of motorcycles are much more vulnerable to serious injuries because of the lack of protection that cars or trucks afford their operators and do not get No Fault protection for any injuries sustained by them. |
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Sanitation AccidentsMost people don't realize just how dangerous sanitation equipment can be to pedestrians and other motor vehicle operators and to the sanitation employees themselves. We at Dansker & Aspromonte have represented people on both sides of that equation. |
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Tavern LiabilityLaws passed down from England allow third parties injured due to the negligence of a drunken person, to sue the owner/operator of the bar or "dram shop" where the drunk person was drinking if it could be shown that the drunken person was served alcohol after he or she was "visibly intoxicated" and then caused the accident which resulted in serious injuries. |
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Playground AccidentsIn recent years this area of the law has grown in large part due to an awareness by parents, teachers and attorneys, that there are certain things a school system, municipality or private school can do to make the playgrounds where children play much safer without incurring an enormous expense or inhibiting the children to express themselves. |