How a Personal Injury Lawyer Can Help If You’re Being Blamed For an Accident in NYC
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Accidents happen every day in New York City, New York. If you were involved in an accident, that single event could profoundly impact your life.
Experiencing an accident can be traumatic and stressful. This is true whether you caused or contributed to the accident or were a victim of another’s negligence. Besides vehicle damage, you may have suffered an injury in the collision. You might be facing medical bills and the costs of repairs as well as the financial toll of missing work to recover from your injuries.
Being blamed for an accident can compound the accident’s toll on your life. If a court convicts you of negligence, you could have to pay compensatory damages to others involved in an accident.
Sometimes, those who cause accidents accuse others, attempting to avoid blame. In other cases, multiple people are to blame for an accident. Even if someone claims you are responsible for an accident, you might not bear all or any responsibility.
Whether the at-fault party claims you are wholly or partially responsible, the allegations could have negative financial consequences. If you are found wholly responsible, you will have to provide compensation. Your insurance expenses could also go up. Even if you are found only partly responsible, the finding could reduce how much compensation you could receive from others involved.
With the help of an attorney, you can fight the allegations against you, protect yourself, and pursue compensation from those at fault. If you are being accused of causing an accident in New York City, NY, the Law Offices of Jay S. Knispel Personal Injury Lawyers can help. We can help you defend against the allegations and pursue any compensation you deserve.
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States have different rules about whether people who contributed to accidents can get compensation and hold other contributors liable.
Contributory negligence rules bar anyone whose actions led to an accident from getting compensation from others involved. Comparative negligence rules let people recover compensation as long as they do not bear all of the responsibility for an accident.
Pure comparative negligence allows anyone who sustained damages to recover compensation. They can recover even if they were the primary cause of an accident. New York’s pure comparative negligence law permits individuals to get compensation for accidents to which they contributed.
However, if you share fault for the accident, your damages could be reduced to account for your share of fault.
Insurance companies may try to take advantage of New York’s comparative negligence rule. They could try to put even a small amount of blame on you. The opposition’s insurance company might try to emphasize even the smallest thing you did that contributed to an accident, like slightly exceeding the speed limit or changing the station on your radio.
A savvy personal injury attorney understands and expects these tactics and knows how to respond to them.
While the pure comparative negligence rule can have some drawbacks, it can also benefit you. Since anyone can recover compensation as long as they are not wholly responsible, the insurance company cannot prevent you from recovering damages by showing that you were partially at fault.
A personal injury lawyer in New York City, New York, could help you navigate New York’s pure comparative negligence law. With knowledge of the tactics insurance companies and other parties use, your lawyer can protect your interests. Your lawyer can also help you pursue claims against others involved in the accident.
Your lawyer can help you understand the legal system, using legal knowledge to protect your interests.
To help you build a strong, defensive case, your lawyer can gather and review the evidence.
If the other party received a citation and you did not, this could suggest that the other party bears more responsibility.
You can gain a clearer picture of the events through the police report or incident report. The report could contain information your attorney can use to shield you from liability.
Other evidence your attorney could use to help you present your side includes the following:
In addition to helping you build your case, your attorney can represent you before and during your trial. Using accident reconstruction, your lawyer could paint a clear picture of the accident to the jury.
Reliable personal injury attorneys do more than present your case during trial. They work behind the scenes, writing motions and memoranda, negotiating with insurance companies and other parties, and working to obtain a favorable settlement.
If you are being accused of causing a car accident in New York City, New York, the Law Offices of Jay S. Knispel Personal Injury Lawyers could help protect you from unfair and unsubstantiated claims.
The firm has 25 years of experience in personal injury. The Law Offices of Jay S. Knispel Personal Injury Lawyers are well-prepared to support you. We can help you navigate a variety of legal issues related to personal injury, including allegations of negligence.
If you were involved in a car accident and are being blamed for it, do not hesitate to contact or call the Law Offices of Jay S. Knispel Personal Injury Lawyers at (212) 564 2800.
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