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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All personal injury lawyers will provide a free consultation as part of the process of signing up new clients. Most potential clients want to know just how much their personal injury claim is worth and will, in most cases, ask the question before they sign a retainer agreement. The question presents ethical considerations for lawyers.
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: February 25, 2016 Thousands of people each year are injured while slipping on ice, wet floors, or damaged walkways; or by falling from unstable balconies, damaged stairs, or
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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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Generally, under the New York Workers’ Compensation Law, injured workers are barred from suing their employers to obtain personal injury damages. This law has its exceptions, such as claims by employees of interstate railroads covered by the Federal Employers Liability Act and maritime workers covered by the Jones Act. In addition, under the New York
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
