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The attorneys at Flink Smith are prepared to handle the prosecution or defense of all manner of torts claims, including malicious prosecution, defamation, libel, slander, false imprisonment and assault claims on behalf of their clients. Unlike a motor vehicle accident where the chances of the parties having any relationship are miniscule and usually coincidental, oftentimes these “other torts” involve people who know each other as they have had a history or relationship with each other. The attorneys at Flink Smith are sensitive to the heightened emotional impact such relationships bring and find that the early investigation of that prior personal history or relationship is very often critical to a favorable resolution.
By way of example, in April, 2006, our firm obtained a verdict in favor of a physician client who had been falsely accused of sexually molesting his three year old daughter. The defendant was the maternal grandmother of the child, and had arrayed the entire child protective services system against our client in order to help the child’s mother in her custody dispute with our client. The pre-trial proceedings were complex and extended over almost 10 years, involving several trips to the Appellate Division and requiring us to climb over many roadblocks, some of which are inherent in the Social Services system. The decision to pursue this particular case, and others like it, must be carefully made by the client and our firm, and will often require an hourly rate retainer, or hybrid retainer agreement. We consider the successful prosecution of this case one of our finest moments.
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