Practice Areas

The Law Office of Michael A. De Vito represents men, women and children injured in all types of accidents. The following is a sampling of the types of cases that we handle:

Bicycle related accidents
Boating and watercraft accidents
Car and truck accidents
Defective staircase, sidewalks and walkways
Dog bites and animal attacks
Hit and run accidents
Labor Law claims
Ladder and scaffold falls
Liquid or other debris on walking surfaces
Medical and dental malpractice claims
Motorcycle accidents
No-fault claims
Nursing home abuse and neglect
Pedestrian knockdowns
Slip and fall accidents
Snow and ice falls
Sports and recreation related injuries
Supplementary Underinsured Motorist (SUM) claims
Tractor-trailer collisions
Trip and fall injuries
Uninsured Motorist (UM) claims
Work and construction site accidents
Workers’ Compensation injuries
Work related injuries
Wrongful death claims

The firm represents accident victims who have suffered from all types of injuries and damages including the following:

Amputations
Arm and shoulder damage
Bulging and herniated discs of the spine
Facial and body scarring and disfigurement
Head trauma
Leg and knee injuries
Loss of services, consortium, society and companionship
Lost earnings and benefits
Medical costs and expenses
Neck and back injuries
Nerve damage, e.g., Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)
Pain and suffering
Simple to complex fractures
Surgeries of the spine, e.g., discectomy, laminectomy and fusion
Surgical procedures

The following is a list of the insurance companies, third-party administrators and self-insured defendants that we have successfully negotiated settlements with and/or obtained verdicts against on behalf of our clients:

Access General Insurance Adjusters, Inc.
Access Insurance Company, Inc.
ACE-USA Insurance Company f/k/a Cigna Property and Casualty Insurance Company
Admiral Indemnity Company
AIG Claims Service
AIG Insurance Company
Allstate Insurance Company
Allstate Indemnity Company
Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company
American International Group, Inc.
American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Company
American Honda Financial
American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company
American Motorists Insurance Company
American Transit Insurance Company
Autoone Insurance Company
Autoone Insurance Group
AutoOne Select Insurance Company
Axa Insurance Company

Blue Ridge Insurance Company
Broadspire Services, Inc.

CGU Insurance Company
Chris-Mitch Realty Corp.
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
City of New York
City of New York Board of Education
Clarendon National Insurance Company
Colonial Insurance Company of California
Constitution State Services

Daimler Chrysler Insurance Company
Discover Property and Casualty Insurance Company
Douglas Cab Corp.

Eagle Insurance Company
Elrac, Inc.
Empire Insurance Group
Encompass Insurance Company, f/k/a, CNA personal Insurance

Farm Family Insurance Company
Firemans Fund Insurance Company
Firemans Fund Insurance Company of Ohio
Firemens Insurance Company of Washington D.C.

GAB Robins North America, Inc.
GEICO General Insurance Company
GEICO Insurance Company
General Casualty Insurance Company
Government Employees Insurance Company
Granite State Insurance
Great American E & S Insurance Company
Great American Insurance Company
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Inc.
Great Northern Insurance Company
Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company
Gulf Insurance Company

Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Hartford Insurance Company
Hertz Claim Management
Hertz Corporation
Hills Adjustment Bureau, Inc.
Home Depot USA Inc.

Illinois National Insurance Company
Insurance Company for the State of Pennsylvania
Interboro Insurance Company
Interstate Fire and Casualty Company

Kemper Insurance Companies
Kemper Services
K-Mart Corporation

Lancer Insurance Company
Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Liberty Mutual Group
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Lumbermans Mutual Casualty Company
Lumberman Mutual Insurance Company

Material Damage Adjustment Corporation
Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company
Merchants Insurance Company
MetLife Auto and Home Insurance Company
Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company
Metropolitan Group Property

National Grange Mutual Insurance Company
National Independent Truckers Insurance Company
National Union Fire Insurance Company
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company
New York City Transit Authority
New York State

One Beacon Insurance Company f/k/a CGU Insurance Company

Palisades Insurance Company
Palisades Safety and Insurance Association
Peerless Insurance Company
Peter Turner Insurance Company
Praetorian Insurance Company
Progressive Insurance Company
Progressive Northeastern Insurance Company
Prudential Insurance Company
Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Company

Reliance Direct Insurance Company
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company

Sears Holding Corporation
Sedgewick Claims Management Services, Inc.
Somo Japan Insurance Company of America
Specialty National Insurance Company
St. Paul Insurance Company
St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company
State Farm Indemnity Company
State Farm Insurance Company
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
State of New York
State Wide Insurance Company
SUNY at Farmingdale

Tower Insurance Company of New York and Property Resources
Tower National Insurance Company
Transcontinental Insurance Company
Travelers Insurance Company
Travelers Property and Casualty Insurance Company

United States Fire Insurance Company
USAA Casualty Insurance Company
Utica First Insurance Company

Victoria Insurance Group

Washington International Insurance Company
Ward North America, Inc.
Wesco Insurance Company

Zurich American Insurance Company
Zurich Insurance Company
Zurich North America Insurance Company