Motor Vehicle Accidents
New York City and Long Island Auto Accident Injury Claims
Personal injury claims for injuries suffered in New York auto accidents can be difficult. New York is a no-fault state, and your insurance carrier pays for your medical treatment. You must file a claim for benefits within thirty days. If you were injured in a hit-and-run accident, your claim may be processed by the Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation (MVAIC) and you have only 24 hours to file a report with the local police department! It is also important to contact an attorney contact us soon after the accident so you get the proper medical documentation for your injuries.
Insurance companies will take advantage of your distress.
In the days and weeks after an accident, if you or a member of your family has suffered serious injuries, you are under great stress, and may not have the time or energy to deal with insurance claims. Often insurance companies will take advantage of this confusion and make an unreasonably low settlement offer. If you would like help, contact our Queens or Long Island law office and make arrangements to have one of our lawyers evaluate your claim. The consultation is free, and we charge no attorneys' fees unless we help you recover damages.
Several companies may be responsible for your injuries.
Your own insurance company is responsible for your medical treatment. Generally, the other driver's insurance company is responsible for personal injury losses. Your own insurance company may also cover injuries caused by an uninsured or underinsured motorist. We can protect your right to be compensated for your injuries.
Our attorneys have experience in estimating the cost of serious injuries.
Our auto accident lawyers are prepared to handle serious injury claims involving a wide range of car wrecks, semi truck accidents, bus accidents, train accidents, commercial vehicle collisions, and New York fatal car crashes. It is essential that when damages are being calculated, the responsible party is required to consider future medical expenses, therapy, lost wages, and possible long-term life-care expenses. In addition to the obvious disability caused by a spinal cord or brain injury that leaves the victim with quadriplegia or paraplegia, a victim of a closed head injury may suffer a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that has subtle but devastating effects on the person's ability to perform normal functions. Our attorneys know what questions to ask and what experts to call on to build a strong case for a jury.
Definition of a "serious injury" for motor vehicle accidents
Any injury can be painful, expensive, and inconvenient, but filing a claim to recover damages for injuries received in a motor vehicle accident requires you to meet the New York State threshold for "serious injury." This means that in order to make a claim for your injuries, your injuries must be considered "serious" as defined by the law. "Serious injuries" include: a significant limitation in a body member or function, a broken bone, a permanent, even if partial, disability, ninety days of missed work within the first 180 days after the accident, or a disfiguring scar. If you are not sure whether you meet the threshold, please contact our office and one of our car accident attorneys will be happy to discuss your case. There is no cost for this evaluation, and we charge no attorneys' fees unless we help you collect damages. If you are too badly injured to travel, we will come to your home or hospital room.
At Scheich & Goldsmith in New York auto accident lawyers assist clients throughout New York City (NYC) and Long Island with fatal car crash claims and serious injury lawsuits. We serve clients in communities including Queens, Richmond Hill, Hicksville, Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Bethpage, Woodhaven, Woodside, Rego Park, Flushing, Syosset, Mineola, Levittown, Plainview, Kew Gardens, Jamaica, Elmont, Hempstead, Valley Stream, Laurelton, Rosedale, Hollis, Queens County, Nassau County and Suffolk County.
