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Have you been injured in a pedestrian accident in Brooklyn, NY? At the Law Offices of Jay S. Knispel Personal Injury Lawyers, we have dedicated our practice to representing victims of serious accidents. Contact our Brooklyn pedestrian accident lawyers at (718) 802-1600 today for a free case evaluation.
We commit 100% of our time to personal injury law. When we represent you in a personal injury claim, we put our 25 years of experience to work for you.
We will help you understand your legal rights, and put you on the path to recovery — physically and financially.
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After being struck by a car, motorcycle, truck, or bus, you need a lawyer with a proven track record of success with personal injury and wrongful death claims. We want the Law Offices of Jay S. Knispel to be your first call after a Kings County pedestrian accident.
When you hire us, you can count on our legal team to:
Jay Knispel, the founding attorney of our law office, has more than two decades of experience representing personal injury victims in Brooklyn, NY. He has handled complex catastrophic pedestrian accident claims involving passenger vehicles, commercial trucks, and New York City Transit Authority buses, including cases that other lawyers have turned away.
If you would like to know more about your legal rights, contact our personal injury lawyers in Brooklyn to arrange your free consultation.
In New York, pedestrians have the right of way in crosswalks and at all intersections with marked or unmarked crosswalks. Pedestrians should follow the signal and cross only during the “Walk” phase at intersections with pedestrian-control signals.
Brooklyn covers 69.5 square miles of land and is NYC’s most populous borough. There are 4,371 estimated intersections with traffic signals in Brooklyn. Many people walk to work and school in Brooklyn. Around 44 percent of Brooklyn households own cars, and a lower percentage use them to commute.
Congested roads and distracted, reckless drivers lead to hundreds of motor vehicle accidents and dozens of fatalities involving pedestrians each year. Pedestrians died and were injured throughout Brooklyn.
The below list includes all intersections where pedestrian fatalities occurred between 2009-2013:
If another person’s negligence caused your New York City pedestrian accident, you should not have to bear the burden of medical bills, lost earnings, and pain and suffering. Having an experienced pedestrian accident attorney will allow you to focus on healing while your lawyer fights for the compensation you deserve.
According to NYC’s Vision Zero Action Plan for Brooklyn, many of Brooklyn’s pedestrian accident fatalities occur on arterial streets. These are the high-capacity urban streets that move traffic between collector roads to freeways or expressways.
Some of the main arterial roads in Brooklyn are:
Arterial roads comprise just 14% of Brooklyn’s street network but are the location of 60% of Brooklyn’s pedestrian fatalities. Arterial roads are wider, have higher speed limits, and more complex traffic patterns.
Dozens of factors may determine the value of your personal injury or wrongful death claim, including:
Insurance companies will be quick to recognize a serious injury. You do not have to – and should not – face a big insurance company alone. Contact us now to speak with a qualified and reputable lawyer about your legal rights.
In a New York personal injury claim, you can recover two types of compensatory damages: economic and non-economic damages, including:
Do not accept an insurance adjuster’s valuation of your injury without speaking to an attorney. You may be entitled to far more compensation. A lawyer can review your case and give you a general idea of your case’s potential value.
In very rare cases, where a defendant’s behavior is especially egregious – specifically if “the wrongdoer’s actions amount to willful or wanton negligence,” you may be entitled to punitive damages. A drunk driving or road rage case would be an example of such an event.
Under New York’s comparative negligence rule, you can recover compensation even if you were 99% to blame for your injuries. However, if you are partly responsible for an accident, your damages will be reduced by your share of fault.
For example, if you were 30% responsible for a pedestrian accident and the driver of a vehicle was 70% responsible, your amount of compensation would be reduced by 30%.
New York Vehicle & Traffic Law defines a pedestrian as “any person afoot or in a wheelchair.” This definition includes young children, adults, and seniors.
Pedestrians are extremely vulnerable to serious injury when struck by a vehicle. While drivers are protected by airbags, seatbelts, and the car structure itself, pedestrians have no such protection, so they face serious injury in a car crash.
Some of the injuries we frequently see in NYC pedestrian accidents include:
Treatment for pedestrian accident injuries will depend on the location of the injury and the severity. Vehicles traveling at higher speeds are much more likely to result in severe injuries or death. Of course, when injuries are serious, the physical, emotional, and financial impact is far greater than a minor injury.
According to the New York Times, the major contributing causes for fatal pedestrian accidents in 2019 were:
Negligent drivers who are not drunk and remain at the scene of a collision with a pedestrian rarely face criminal charges, even if the collision leads to a severe injury or fatality. A civil claim may be your only course of action to obtain justice and financial accountability for a catastrophic injury or devastating loss.
A “statute of limitations” is a written law that establishes a specific window of time to file a lawsuit for damages. For cases involving negligence (which applies to most pedestrian accidents), accident victims have three years to commence a claim under Civil Practice Law & Rules Section 214(4).
Accident victims are well-advised to contact a New York personal injury lawyer as soon as possible following an accident. The Law Offices of Jay S. Knispel Personal Injury Lawyer is available 24/7 to take your call and provide legal advice.
The lawyer you choose can directly impact the amount of money you recover for a personal injury or wrongful death claim. The Law Offices of Jay S. Knispel Personal Injury Lawyer have handled many pedestrian accident cases across Brooklyn. We have a long history of successful case results and satisfied clients.
If you have been injured or a loved one has died in a pedestrian accident, our Brooklyn pedestrian accident lawyer can fight for your rights to fair compensation. Under our contingency fee arrangement, there are never any fees unless we recover money for you.
Our personal injury law firm in Brooklyn, NY also provides:
New York City Office
450 7th Ave Suite 1605
New York, NY 10123
(212) 564 2800
Brooklyn Office
26 Court St., Suite 2511
Brooklyn, NY 11242
(718) 802-1600
We are available to take your call 24/7