Pittsburgh Personal Injury Lawyers

Pittsburgh Personal Injury Lawyers

An unexpected injury can affect nearly every part of your life. Medical treatment, time away from work, insurance problems, physical limitations, and uncertainty about the future can quickly become overwhelming.

Pisanchyn Law Firm represents people injured because of negligence throughout Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, and Western Pennsylvania.

Our Pittsburgh personal injury lawyers handle cases involving motor vehicle accidents, dangerous properties, dog attacks, medical negligence, workplace accidents involving third parties, catastrophic injuries, and other incidents in which another person, business, or organization may be responsible.

If you were seriously injured and aren’t sure whether you have a claim, we can review what happened and explain your options.

Personal Injury Cases We Handle in Pittsburgh

Personal injury law covers many different types of accidents and injuries. The evidence, insurance coverage, and parties involved can vary considerably depending upon how someone was hurt.

Our attorneys handle Pittsburgh-area cases involving:

• Car accidents
• Truck and tractor-trailer accidents
• Motorcycle accidents
• Slip and fall accidents
• Dog bites and animal attacks
• Medical malpractice
• Birth injuries
• Construction accidents
• Pedestrian accidents
• Bicycle accidents
• Dangerous properties
• Defective products
• Traumatic brain injuries
• Spinal cord injuries
• Amputations
• Catastrophic injuries
• Wrongful death

Some cases involve a single negligent person. Others may involve businesses, property owners, corporations, healthcare providers, trucking companies, manufacturers, or multiple potentially responsible parties.

What Makes an Accident a Personal Injury Case?

Being injured does not automatically mean someone else is legally responsible.

A personal injury claim generally involves determining whether another party owed a legal duty, failed to meet that duty, and caused an injury as a result.

For example, a driver may cause a collision by driving negligently. A property owner may fail to address a dangerous condition. A healthcare provider may provide care that falls below the applicable medical standard. A company may be responsible for the conduct of an employee or for an unsafe product.

Determining responsibility requires examining the specific circumstances surrounding the injury.

What Should You Do After a Serious Accident?

Your health should come first. Seek appropriate medical care and follow the treatment recommendations of your healthcare providers.

When possible, you should also preserve information concerning the accident.

Depending upon how you were injured, this may include:

• Photographs and video of the accident scene
• Photographs documenting your injuries
• Police or incident reports
• Names and contact information for witnesses
• Medical records and bills
• Insurance correspondence
• Employment and wage information
• Receipts for accident-related expenses
• Copies of emails, text messages, or other relevant communications

You should also be cautious about signing releases or providing detailed recorded statements to an insurance company before understanding how those decisions could affect a potential claim.

How Our Pittsburgh Personal Injury Attorneys Investigate a Case

The evidence necessary to prove a personal injury claim depends upon how the injury occurred.

A car accident may require photographs, vehicle damage, witness statements, electronic vehicle information, or surveillance footage.

A truck accident may involve driver logs, trucking-company records, maintenance information, and commercial vehicle data.

A slip and fall case may depend upon surveillance footage, inspection records, maintenance records, photographs, or evidence concerning snow and ice removal.

Medical malpractice cases may require extensive medical records and review by qualified medical professionals.

Our attorneys work to identify the evidence relevant to the particular case rather than treating every injury claim the same way.

Who Can Be Responsible for a Personal Injury?

Sometimes responsibility is straightforward. Other cases involve multiple parties.

Depending upon the circumstances, a personal injury claim may involve:

• Negligent drivers
• Employers
• Trucking companies
• Property owners
• Property management companies
• Businesses
• Contractors
• Healthcare providers
• Hospitals
• Manufacturers
• Insurance companies
• Other individuals or organizations

Identifying every potentially responsible party can be especially important when an accident causes severe or permanent injuries.

What Compensation May Be Available?

There is no predetermined value for a personal injury case.

The compensation that may be available depends upon factors such as the severity of the injuries, medical treatment, time away from work, long-term limitations, available insurance coverage, and the circumstances surrounding the accident.

Depending upon the case, damages may include:

• Medical expenses
• Future medical treatment
• Lost wages
• Reduced future earning capacity
• Rehabilitation and therapy
• Pain and suffering
• Permanent disability
• Scarring or disfigurement
• Loss of quality of life
• Other losses resulting from the injury

For catastrophic injuries, evaluating a claim may require looking years or even decades into the future.

Serious and Catastrophic Injury Cases

I’d keep catastrophic injuries on this page, just stop making them the entire damn page.

Some accidents cause injuries that permanently change a person’s ability to work, live independently, or participate in everyday activities.

Our attorneys represent clients who have suffered serious injuries including:

• Traumatic brain injuries
• Spinal cord injuries
• Paralysis
• Amputations
• Severe burns
• Internal organ injuries
• Permanent vision or hearing loss
• Multiple fractures
• Permanent neurological injuries

These cases may require evaluating future medical treatment, rehabilitation, assistive equipment, home modifications, lost earning capacity, and long-term personal care.

The existing page already has an extensive catastrophic-injury section and links to the firm’s catastrophic injury resources, so retaining a smaller, focused section preserves that topical connection without confusing the primary intent of the page.

What If More Than One Person Caused the Accident?

Some accidents involve multiple responsible parties.

For example, a serious truck crash might involve both a driver and trucking company. A construction accident could involve several contractors. A dangerous property condition may involve an owner, tenant, or maintenance company.

Pennsylvania’s comparative negligence rules may also become relevant if an injured person is accused of sharing responsibility for an accident.

Our attorneys can investigate the circumstances and determine how questions of shared responsibility may affect a claim.

Don’t Let an Insurance Company Decide What Your Injury Is Worth

Insurance companies investigate claims with their own financial interests in mind.

An adjuster may request a recorded statement, seek medical information, dispute responsibility, question the severity of an injury, or offer a settlement before the full effects of an injury are known.

A settlement generally ends the claim.

Before accepting an offer, it is important to understand the nature of your injuries, expected future treatment, lost income, and other consequences of the accident.

How Long Do You Have to File a Personal Injury Claim?

Pennsylvania law imposes deadlines on personal injury claims, and different circumstances can affect which deadline applies.

But the legal filing deadline isn’t the only reason to investigate an accident promptly.

Surveillance footage can be overwritten. Vehicles may be repaired. Dangerous property conditions can change. Witnesses can become difficult to locate. Records can become harder to obtain.

If you believe another party may be responsible for a serious injury, beginning the investigation sooner can help preserve important evidence.

Pittsburgh Personal Injury Lawyers Serving Western Pennsylvania

Pisanchyn Law Firm represents injury victims throughout Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, and communities across Western Pennsylvania.

Our Pittsburgh office is located at:

Pisanchyn Law Firm
241 Fourth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-261-1212

The current site confirms that Pittsburgh office address and phone number.

Talk to a Pittsburgh Personal Injury Lawyer

You do not need to determine who is legally responsible or know exactly what type of claim you have before contacting us.

If you or someone in your family suffered a serious injury, Pisanchyn Law Firm can review what happened, investigate potentially responsible parties, evaluate available insurance coverage, and explain your legal options.

Call our Pittsburgh office at 412-261-1212 or 1-800-444-5309 for a free consultation.

For personal injury cases accepted on a contingency-fee basis, there is no attorney fee unless we recover compensation for you.