In the first five months of 2026 alone, Queens recorded 8,554 motor vehicle collisions, many of which were violent side-impact crashes that left...
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Did you know the median personal injury award in New York is nearly eight times higher than the national average? While the average personal injury...
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In New York City, a "simple" fender bender is a myth that disappears the moment you feel that first sharp jolt in your neck. With 30,179 motor...
Continue readingMost New York car accident claims never become lawsuits. They settle in negotiation, quietly, on paper. But when the insurer will not pay what the case is worth, or when the statute of limitations is closing, a car accident lawsuit is the only remaining leverage. Understanding what that process actually looks like, step by step, removes most of the fear attached to the word.This guide walks through a New York car accident lawsuit from the day the summons is filed to the day a jury returns a verdict, including the stages where most cases quietly resolve along the way.Filing Suit...
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New York's highest court held in 2018 that setting your account to private does not shield it from discovery. Here is what the defense can obtain, what they look for, and why deleting posts is far more dangerous than leaving them up....
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New York's highest court requires you to explain why you stopped treating. Here is how long physical therapy usually needs to continue, which explanations courts accept, and why an unexplained gap is the fastest way to lose a threshold case....
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The IME is the single most common way New York no-fault benefits get terminated. Here is how the exam works, the 30-day rule insurers must follow, why missing one can void your entire claim, and how a cutoff is fought....
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The multiplier method is not New York law. Here is how pain and suffering is really valued in a New York injury case, what the courts use as a yardstick, and illustrative examples showing why two similar injuries settle for very different amounts....
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No surgery does not mean no case. Here is how New York actually values a back or neck injury claim without an operation, why the averages you find online are misleading, and the factors that move the number up or down....
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Every injured motorcyclist in New York City runs into the same wall in the first week: the No-Fault benefits that pay a car occupant’s medical bills do not exist for them. There is no PIP application to file, no carrier paying the hospital, no wage benefit arriving while they are out of work. It feels like the system has singled riders out for worse treatment.It has, but not entirely. The same exclusion that strips riders of No-Fault benefits also frees them from the restriction that limits what every car occupant can sue for. Understanding both halves of that trade is...
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