Personal Injury

Our Personal Injury Department has obtained numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for our clients. As a client of HoganWillig, you will have the benefit of experienced attorneys working with an on-staff registered nurse and a licensed physician to evaluate your case and medical records.

Clients of HoganWillig come from all walks of life, and their parents, surviving spouses, children and individuals whose families do not live in the Western New York region have found the HoganWillig approach to representing our personal injury clients to be a supportive and caring experience. It is our primary goal that the person injured by the negligence and carelessness of others, whether in a motorcycle or car accident, aviation accident, construction site injury, slip and fall accident or wrongful death claim, will be compensated by the negligent party's insurance company.

In all matters involving personal injury, it is essential that measures be taken promptly to preserve evidence, investigate the accident, and to file a lawsuit or notice of claim prior to the imposition of deadlines or the statue of limitations. If you or a loved one has sustained injuries as a result of another person's wrongdoing, allow the experienced attorneys of HoganWillig to fight on your behalf.

Our goal is to ensure that each client gets treated with the level of professionalism that they deserve. We welcome questions or inquiries at any time and strive to promptly return all phone calls. Our service is second to none. We know a client's time is valuable, so we work hard to make sure that our clients are provided with all necessary information in a timely matter. We have four convenient offices, located in Amherst, Buffalo, Lancaster, and Lockport.  For those unable to travel we are willing to meet with clients at their homes or other locations.

Personal Injury Attorneys

Areas of Focus

• Amputations
• Amusement and Water Park Accidents
• Animal and Dog Bites
• Asbestos Exposure
• All-Terrain Vehicles (ATV) Accidents
• Auto & Motorcycle Accidents
• Aviation Accidents
• Benzene
• Bicycle and Pedestrian Accidents
• Boating Accidents
• Brain Injury
• Bus Accidents
• Construction Site, Ladder or Scaffold Collapse Injuries
• Farming Accidents
• Fire and Burn Injury
• Lead Paint Poisoning
• No-Fault and Other Insurance Denials
• Orthopedic and Spinal Cord Injury
• Premises Liability (Slip & Fall)
• Product Liability (Defective Products)
• Swimming Pool Accidents
• Wrongful Death

Personal Injury Helpful Tips

• Report the accident immediately
• Get medical treatment
• Contact an attorney
• Note what happened
• Save all physical evidence
• Take photos of all damages
• Find witnesses
• Do not discuss your case with anyone
• Keep a journal
• Avoid gaps in time between medical treatments
• Do not sign anything without the approval of your lawyer

Report the accident immediately

If it is a car accident, call the police. If it is an accident at a business or store, tell the manager or whomever works there, and get their full name and title.

Get medical treatment

Do not try to be your own doctor and think that it can wait. Go to an emergency room at a hospital if you have to.

Contact an attorney

Hire an experienced personal injury attorney as soon as possible.

Note what happened

Write a detailed summary of all facts surrounding the accident. (Only give this to your attorney.)

Save all physical evidence

Mark them with some type of identification tag. This may mean the shoes involved in a trip and fall accident, the receipt for products purchased at a store where you fell, or material or foreign objects which caused a fall.

Take photos of all damages

This means damages to any motor vehicle, motorcycle, etc. Take photos of your injuries right away and at different times like once a week. The injuries will look different over time. Also in the case of bruises they will fade over time but may be evidence of serious internal injury that you cannot see from the outside. Be sure to develop these pictures immediately. If they do not come out well, retake the photographs before the physical injuries have healed. If a dangerous condition caused a fall, take pictures of the dangerous condition before it is changed or repaired.

Find witnesses

Obtain and save the names of all witnesses and persons involved in an accident. Be sure to get the telephone number and address of the witnesses.

Do not discuss your case with anyone

You should only discuss your case with our firm's personnel.  First and foremost, do not speak to any person from any insurance company about your case.  This prohibition includes your own insurance company.  Please inform any insurance adjusters or insurance company representatives that contact you that you are already represented by counsel and then refer them to our offices if they wish to discuss the case.  Especially do not give  a statement.

Keep a journal

Record how you are doing with your injuries and how they are affecting you.

Avoid gaps in time between medical treatments

A long period of time between medical appointments is used by the defense to argue that the later treatment is not related to the accident. Also be sure to give each doctor you see an accurate history of all of the physical and mental problems experienced as a result of the accident.

Do not sign anything without the approval of your lawyer

Insurance companies and adjusters frequently request people to sign authorizations to obtain information or releases of all claims. Be sure to show these documents to your attorney before signing them.