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The Medical Record Has to Show More Than a Pain Score Chronic pain can continue long after an accident, even when there is no single X-ray, MRI, or laboratory test that measures exactly how much someone hurts. In a New York personal injury claim, medical documentation can help establish what caused the pain, how long...

Not Wearing A Seat Belt Can Affect Damages Without Changing Who Caused The Crash A driver runs a red light and crashes into your vehicle. The evidence clearly shows that the other driver caused the collision. Then the insurance adjuster asks whether you were wearing a seat belt. That question can make an injured person...

A 93-Year-Old Grandmother Never Made It Across White Plains Road Lenora Campbell was 93 years old, walking home along a route she had covered for decades, when a motorcyclist ran her down in the crosswalk at East 225th Street and White Plains Road and kept going. A witness described her body tumbling across the pavement...

The Serious Injury Threshold Can Decide Whether You Have The Right To Sue After a car accident in New York, your own insurance company pays for your medical bills and lost wages, regardless of who caused the crash. That’s because New York is a no-fault state. This might sound straightforward, but important limitations exist. If...

Motorcycle crashes are different from other traffic accidents in ways many drivers never fully think about until it is too late. A rider doesn't have the protection of steel doors, airbags, or the structure of a passenger vehicle surrounding them. When another driver makes a careless decision, the motorcyclist often absorbs the full force of...

Stop-and-go traffic feels slow and harmless, but that same creeping congestion is where a single glance at a phone can result in a car accident. A driver thinks traffic is barely moving and looks down just for a second. Suddenly, a hard rear‑end crash leaves someone in the front vehicle with a torn disc, a...

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the dangers pedestrians face every day across NYC. Pedestrians don't get a crumple zone. No seatbelt, no airbag, no steel frame absorbing the energy before it reaches the body. When a vehicle and a person collide, the physics are unforgiving, and the head, sitting...

For the first time in over a century, New York City has recorded its safest year on the roads. The city ended 2025 with just 205 deaths from car accidents, which is the lowest number since record-keeping began in 1910. That’s a 19 percent drop from 2024, and a 31 percent decline since the launch...

An Uber accident lawyer can help determine fault and fight for real accountability Rideshare accidents can turn deadly in an instant, leaving passengers and their families to navigate devastating losses and complex legal questions. When an Uber or Lyft passenger is killed in New York City due to someone else's negligence, families face not only...

Late on a Sunday night last month, a driver on Grand Concourse made a choice that turned tragedy into something even darker. After striking a man lying in the roadway near East Burnside Avenue, the driver didn't stop to help, didn't call 911, and didn't even slow down. They just kept going south into the...