Criminal Law

• DUI/DWI
  Yes, but it is rare. The most common causes of vehicle accidents are rear-end collisions, ignoring road signs and markings, driving unsuitably for weather conditions, failure to yield the right of way when turning left across traffic, speeding, drunk driving and simple inattentiveness. Even where ice or snow contributes to the driver losing control of the vehicle, the driver usually could have avoided the accident by driving at a more reasonable speed for the conditions. Our firm’s car accident lawyers serving the Syracuse community have confronted all kinds of driver excuses for causing crashes. We know how to defeat such defenses. Are Accidents Caused by Commercial Trucks any Different From Ordinary Car Crashes?
• Wrongful Death
  At Michaels Bersani Kalabanka, our Syracuse wrongful death attorneys have represented countless families who have lost loved ones through the negligence of others. When a loved one dies because of someone else’s negligence or wrong-doing, the surviving family members are entitled to compensation for their financial and other losses. If the loved one suffered before he died, the surviving family members are also entitled to recover compensation for the pain and suffering he or she endured before death. We have recovered millions of dollars to compensate family members whose loved one suffered a wrongful death for financial losses, pain and suffering and more. Please contact us and speak to an experienced attorney who can help you recover for your losses. Find out more below. What Kind of Compensation can I Claim for the Wrongful Death of My Family Member?
• Traffic Violations
• Sex Crimes
  With new advances in the science of DNA evidence, more and more New Yorkers doing time for heinous crimes such as murder and rape are being released because they were wrongfully convicted. Wrongful conviction happens for many reasons. Some of the most prevalent are: Eye witness misidentification, bad forensic science, false confessions (sometimes forced), and false informants who seek more favorable treatment in exchange for testifying against an alleged perpetrator of a crime. Back when these convictions happened, DNA science was not as advanced as it is today. In many such cases, in and around Syracuse, as well as elsewhere, the old DNA evidence can be re-analyzed with the new science, and innocence can be proved by our wrongful conviction lawyers
• Assault
• Murder
  Medical professionals are getting away with murder! How? By a New York law that says victims of medical malpractice have only two and a half years to…

Business and Corporate Law

• Intellectual Property
  7. Firm Intellectual Property. All of the Intellectual Property, including, without limitation, all content, text, graphics, video and sounds on the Firm Website, and all computer code associated therewith, are the valuable proprietary property of the Firm, its licensors and contributors, and are subject to copyright, trademark and other intellectual property protection. You acknowledge and agree that the Firm has expended substantial time and effort to create the Firm Website, and the Content and Services provided through the Firm Website, and that the Firm exclusively owns or has been licensed by third parties to use and sublicense all rights, title and interest therein and all associated information, data, databases, images and other material.

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  Parties other than your employer may be legally responsible for your injuries, including contractors, property owners, leasees, or equipment manufacturers. You may be able to bring a claim against those parties for compensation beyond workers' compensation. The law here is very favorable to the injured worker. In many cases, the law holds not only the negligent construction company who caused the accident legally liable to the injured worker, but also holds the owner of the site and the general contractor “vicariously liable” for other companies' or contractors' negligence. This means that there may be many many companies or contractors to sue. Construction accident lawyers who want to competently represent Syracuse area victims must know how to properly investigate the accident to determine who the proper defendants are so as to bring claims against all of them to ensure full recovery for the injured client. Why are There Special Laws in New York to Help Injured Construction Workers Get Compensation for Their Injuries?

Property Law

• Premises Liability
  The underlying principle of premises liability cases is that whoever owns or controls a piece of property or building has duty to maintain the property in a reasonable safe condition. Thus, a landowner, or tenant in control of the property, can be sued for injuries caused by icy conditions, tripping hazards, building codes violations, unguarded swimming pools and improperly installed or maintained playground equipment to exist on the property. The possibilities are endless. Any unsafe condition that causes injury can be the basis of an injury lawsuit if the landlord knew about it, should have known about it, or created it. For more information click here.
• Real Estate Transactions

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  If you have found this site, you are probably looking for a New York personal injury or malpractice lawyer. And if you are looking for a personal injury or malpractice attorney it's probably because you've been seriously hurt by the negligence of others.
• Medical Malpractice
  Anybody can cause injury to others through carelessness: electricians, plumbers, truck drivers, crane operators. Medical doctors are no exception. When they, or other medical professionals such as nurses, injury their patients through negligence, we call it "medical malpractice". In a medical malpractice case in New York, the plaintiff is required to prove that the doctor's care fell below the "standard of care" for a doctor in the community, and that the deviation from the standard of care caused harm to the patient. This almost always requires the testimony of a medical doctor, an "expert" hired by the plaintiff to prove his or her case. Since hiring a medical doctor to testify against a fellow doctor is very expensive, medical malpractice injuries have to be very damaging, and thus be "worth" a significant sum of money, to justify the cost. If the patient has suffered significant injuries, whether through prescription errors, surgical mistakes, birth errors, or misdiagnosis, the injury attorneys at our Syracuse firm will sue the doctor, hospital, and others responsible for the mistake in order to get full compensation for our client. For more information click here.
• Auto Accidents
• Dog Bites
  Thousands of people, many of them children, are bitten by dogs every year. Most dog bites are to the face, and the puncture wounds and scars that remain can be disfiguring. Plastic surgery or other surgical repair may be required or recommended, but still might not completely heal the scarring. If you or a loved one has been bitten by a dog, you may be entitled to compensation for the pain, suffering and scarring, as well as for your medical expenses and lost wages. Michaels Bersani Kalabanka has ample experience with these types of cases, so contact us about your case. How do You Prove a dog Bite Case?