As a New York personal injury lawyer who has been handling serious injury cases stemming from auto accidents for 37 years, I am especially aware of the epidemic of distracted driving that brings many new clients to my firm. It’s very easy to recognize when drivers are texting and driving. The tell-tale signs of that activity are: the …
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FREE consultations by telephone or by internet video conferencing are now available. Fishkill Injury Attorney Serving Wappingers Falls, Beacon, Lagrangeville and Nearby Areas of Hudson Valley Posted: June 18, 2016 Shared from the Mid Hudson Valley, NY Patch By Lanning Taliaferro (Patch Staff) – June 18, 2016 4:39 pm ET Fatal Crash on I-84 Fishkill, …
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There is an presumption in the law that when someone driving a motor vehicle strikes a vehicle in front of them, that they were negligent in doing so. This presumption can be refuted by the defendant driver by showing that there is a reasonable alternative explanation for the hit-in-the rear accident. For example, if the …
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FREE consultations by telephone or by internet video conferencing are now available. Fishkill Injury Attorney Serving Wappingers Falls, Beacon, Lagrangeville and Nearby Areas of Hudson Valley Posted: June 27, 2015 When it is clear that the defendant was negligent, a common tactic used by insurance companies and their lawyers is to formally admit liability and …
It is possible to have the court decide who was to blame for a car accident (liability) before trial. Â Whoever files the motion for summary judgment before trial asking the court to decide the liability issue before trial has the burden of demonstrating negligent conduct. Â Then the other party must offer admissable evidence that demonstrates …
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Under the New York No-Fault law, a car accident injury victim has several different ways that they can satisfy the law’s requirement of having sustained a “serious injury”. If none apply, there is the catch all 90/180 day rule. Â What exactly is that rule? The injury victim must have a medically-determined injury or impairment of …
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When a vehicle rear ends another stopped or stopping vehicle, the law permits the inference that the vehicle that struck the other vehicle in the rear was negligent. Â However, the courts will not grant a motion for pre-trial determination of liability in this circumstance if the defendant can demonstrate a non-negligent explanation for the accident …
FREE consultations by telephone or by internet video conferencing are now available. Fishkill Injury Attorney Serving Wappingers Falls, Beacon, Lagrangeville and Nearby Areas of Hudson Valley Posted: June 25, 2014 New Yorkers hoping for a mild winter may not realize that warmer winter weather brings with it an increase in certain motor vehicle accidents. For …
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Car Accidents: Â Courts are frequently asked to set aside jury verdicts on the grounds that the damages awarded are “shockingly high” or, less frequently, “shockingly low.” Â In this First Department appeals court decision, the appellate court determined that the victim was not conscious long enough to substantiate the award for conscious pain and suffering. Santana …
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