Getting into your car after a long day, it can be tempting to kick off uncomfortable dress shoes in favor of driving home barefoot. If you’re wearing high heels or thick-soled or stiff shoes, driving barefoot may even seem like the safer choice. But what if you get pulled over while driving without shoes, or…
If you have been in a rental car accident in New York, it is in your best interest to seek immediate legal counsel from an injury lawyer who specializes in car accident cases. When another’s negligence causes you harm in any type of motor vehicle accident, you may be entitled to substantial compensation for medical…
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is not only suffered by soldiers returning from war. It can affect anyone involved in a traumatic event. For some people in New York, the most traumatic situation they will ever encounter in their lives is a serious car accident. The trauma suffered after an accident like that is very real…
Car accidents are among the most stressful events that can occur in a person’s life. A study by MIT researchers found that getting sideswiped by another car produces a comparable stress response to jumping out of an airplane. Even minor car accidents can result in long-lasting consequences, such as neck pain from whiplash or financially…
If you have been injured in a motor vehicle accident in New York, you may prefer to avoid the emergency room and seek treatment from your family doctor instead. Or you may need follow-up care after being released from the emergency department. But when you call for an appointment, you might be in for a…
Losing a loved one in a fatal car accident is a devastating experience, and dealing with legal issues, insurance companies, and hospital bills is the last thing surviving family members want to deal with.
As a “no-fault” state, New York requires all vehicle owners to have Personal Injury Protection insurance, or PIP, to provide coverage for costs sustained after a motor vehicle accident.
Car accidents are stressful. Even a seemingly minor accident can cause expensive damage to the vehicles involved and leave the drivers and any passengers suffering physically and emotionally.
The State of New York has strict car seat and booster seat laws designed to protect children in the event of a car accident. The law requires children under the age of four to ride in a car seat, and all children between the ages of four and eight to ride in a child restraint system such as a booster seat.
In addition to physical pain and trauma, miscarriage car accident victims suffer psychological distress for years or even the rest of their lives. If you or someone you love has recently been in a car accident while pregnant, you may be entitled to rightful compensation.