Personal Injury

At the Iwona Pankowska Law Office, we know that your injuries affect you very personally. When you or someone you love suffer a serious injury, in a single moment you can lose your health, your work, your happiness, and even a spouse or child, leaving you to handle what are often huge medical bills, lost income, and the devastating emotional distress.

When you have been injured and the bills are mounting up, it is time to put the skills of an experienced personal injury lawyer to work for you. At the law office of Iwona Pankowska our personal injury lawyers are dedicated to helping injured clients obtain the compensation they need to recover.

We have devoted our practice to preserving the rights of our clients and ensuring the recovery of the maximum amount of compensation on their behalf.

At the law office of Iwona Pankowska we are passionately committed to helping injured people recover. No matter how devastating your injury, we can make a major difference in your motional and financial recovery.

 

Medical Malpractice

The law office of Iwona Pankowska has represented individuals who have been injured as a result of medical malpractice. Unfortunately, it's a tragedy that happens too frequently. Every day, doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals across the country commit acts of negligence that can result in serious and permanent injuries for the unfortunate patient. Whether it involves a physician's failure to properly diagnose an illness, a pharmacist filling the wrong prescription, or a nurse's mistake resulting from her failure to properly read a patient's chart, medical malpractice in the U.S. results in millions of dollars of additional medical expenses for injured patients, and a lifetime of pain and suffering, both for the patient and for his or her loved ones.Medical malpractice does not happen only in a doctor's office or hospital emergency room. Nursing home malpractice is a serious and relatively unknown problem that afflicts millions of our senior citizens who reside in long-term care facilities and receive substandard health care.

There are types of medical errors that can give rise to a medical malpractice claim. Some of the more common examples of medical malpractice include:

• A nurse's failure to remove a ‘’surgical tools’’ or sponge from the patient after surgery
• A surgeon's operation on the on the wrong body part or even on the wrong patient
• An anesthesiologist's improper administration of anesthesia prior to surgery
• A doctor's failure to diagnose cancer or other serious illness
• Neglect of an elderly nursing home patient
• Prescribing a medication to a patient who is allergic to the medication
• A hospital's failure to maintain sterile conditions

If you have been injured as a result of medical malpractice, you need an experienced and aggressive litigation team to take on the medical establishment. The law office of Iwona Pankowska is the right choice. We have sued doctors, nurses, hospitals who have committed medical malpractice, and we have recovered millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements on behalf of our clients. We know which medical experts you'll need to make your case, and we'll stand by your side no matter how long it takes to get your case to a negotiated settlement or a trial.

 

Workers Compensation

The workplace can be a very dangerous place. According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor, there were almost 5 million nonfatal workplace illnesses and injuries in 2006, and more than 5,000 fatal work injuries. Although these numbers appear to be decreasing, almost everyone is likely to suffer some type of work related injury illness during their working career. State laws require your employer or their insurance company to compensate you and your family for injuries or death that occur while you are working. You may be entitled to:

• Weekly benefits while you are temporarily totally disabled and unable to work.
• The payment of your medical expenses.

We know that these cases are far from simple. If you have been injured in the course of your employment, in most instances your case is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of your state's workers' compensation system, and you may not file a lawsuit and obtain a jury trial, as is the case in most injury cases.

 

Construction Accident Cases

Whether you are a construction worker injured on a job site, or a pedestrian injured while walking by a construction site, you'll need an aggressive and knowledgeable attorney who can identify and take action against all the parties who may be responsible for your injury. 

 

Automobile Accidents and Injuries

Accidents, by definition, always happen at the wrong time. Iwona Pankowska really understands how dangerous an auto injury can be. We hope that people never need the assistance that we provide. Yet we recognize that accidents have a devastating effect on the victims and their families. We are confident that when a client trusts us to handle their case, we can do so in a professional and ethical manner.

According to the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration, auto accidents are the second leading cause of death for individuals under the age of 35 in the United States. There were an estimated 6 million auto accidents in 2006, resulting in 42,815 deaths and more than 3 million injuries.