Category: Personal Injury

In a New York deposition, you must answer every question except in three narrow situations: to preserve a privilege or a right of confidentiality, to enforce a limitation set in a court order, or when a question is plainly improper and answering it would cause significant prejudice to...

New York does not pay you for the condition you already had. It pays you for what the accident added, and a defendant has to take you as you are.

You hurt your back years before the crash. Now the pain is different, the adjuster...

Can You Still Recover Compensation If You Were Partly at Fault?

Yes, you may still have a personal injury claim. Being partly responsible for an accident does not automatically prevent you from recovering compensation in New York. Under the state's comparative negligence law, an injured person may...

Most personal injury cases settle before trial, but a strong case is one prepared as if it will be tried. In New York, your willingness to go to court is often what drives a fair settlement offer.

The large majority of personal injury cases settle...

Claims against the MTA and NYC Transit have strict 90-day notice deadlines, missing this window can cost you your case.

You board the same bus or subway every day without thinking twice. Then one morning, a sudden stop sends you crashing into a pole, or...