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Jeffrey A. Perla 

Jeff’s practice is limited to personal injury litigation, including automobile, slip and fall and construction related injuries. 

Email: jeffperla@perlalegal.com

Practice Areas

Personal Injury
Automobile Collision
Construction Injury
Slip and Fall Cases  

Memberships

Erie County Bar Association
New York Trial Lawyers Association  

Education

JD, SUNY Buffalo School of Law
BA, SUNY Buffalo

Other
Former Volunteer Fireman
Former Instructor of Business and
Business Law at Erie County College  

Practice

During his over 30 years of practice, Jeff has handled hundreds of personal injury cases on behalf of the injured and has had numerous multi-million dollar recoveries. He has taken dozens of cases to trial and is the recipient of the Erie County Trial Lawyers Award for outstanding performance in trial technique. 

Significant Past Auto Recoveries 

- 3.5 million dollars recovered for Rochester pedestrian injured when pinned between vehicles.

- 3.2 million dollars recovered for a young Buffalo woman who suffered severe spinal injuries (12 million dollars paid over lifetime).

- 2.75 million dollars recovered for a Hamburg woman who suffered back injuries in an automobile crash.

- 2.1 million dollars recovered for a Hamburg man whose vehicle was rear ended by a tractor trailer.

- 2.1 million dollars recovered for a Lancaster woman injured when a tractor trailer backed into her car.

- 2.1 million dollars recovered for the estate of an Amherst couple killed in a Thruway accident.

- 1.8 million dollars recovered for a motorcycle operator hit by a school bus.

- 1 million dollars recovered for Hamburg man who suffered back injuries in automobile crash.

- 1.4 million dollars recovered to Pennsylvania truck driver who was run down while exiting his tractor trailer.  

Significant Past Construction Accident Recoveries 

- 3 million dollars recovered for family of North Tonawanda painter who died as a result of a fall from scaffold.

- 2.5 million dollars recovered for Hamburg construction worker who fell off roof.

- 2.1 million dollars recovered for a West Seneca construction worker who fell through a skylight.

- 2 million dollars recovered for construction worker injured when she slid off a roof.

- 1.7 million dollars recovered for a Buffalo roofer who fell through an opening in a roof.

- 1.5 million dollars recovered for a roofer who was injured because of lack of safety devices.

- 1 million dollars recovered for a Lancaster roofer injured in a construction fall.

*Past results do not guarantee similar outcome. 

Other Significant Recoveries

Through his career, Jeff has also had significant recoveries in the areas of premises liability, slip and fall, airline crash litigation and products liability.