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Auto
Accidents Claims in
New
York
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Injury Lawyers
NYC
In order to bring a successful legal action against another for an automobile
accident or personal injury, you must prove two main issues before a court. Most attorneys and
insurance companies refer to those two issues as "liability" and "damages".
These are the two most important factors in assessing your case. You must show
that the other party was negligent in the operation of their motor vehicle;
negligence is generally defined as a "failure to use reasonable care". And you
must show that the damages you have sustained are great enough to meet the
statutory requirements of the state of New York.
The New York 'Threshold" Statute
The New York legislature has enacted a No Fault statute in an attempt to
mitigate the amount of automobile litigation. According to that statute, you may
only sue another driver for negligence for personal injuries suffered in a car
accident when your expenses are in excess of $50,000 or when you have sustained
"serious injury". The New York state legislature defines "serious injury" as a
personal injury that results in any one of the following:
1. death;
2. dismemberment;
3. significant disfigurement;
4. a fracture;
5. loss of a fetus;
6. permanent loss of use of a body organ, member, function or system;
7. permanent consequential limitation of use of a body organ or member;
8. significant limitation of use of a body function or system;
9. or a medically determined injury or impairment of a non-permanent nature
which prevents the injured person from performing substantially all of the
material acts which constitute such person's usual and customary daily
activities for not less than ninety days during the one hundred eighty days
immediately following the occurrence of the injury or impairment.
Law firms providing legal advice and representation
in serious personal injury cases, car accident, auto
accidents, construction site accidents, wrongful
death, dog bite litigation, slip and fall, premises
liability, brain injury, birth injuries, spinal cord
injury, intentional misconduct, nursing home abuse,
and negligence cases.
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