Category: Personal Injury

30% of New Yorkers use a bike as their primary mode of transportation. Each year, the city sees over 18,000 bicycle accidents. These figures include fatal incidents.  When it's time to compensate you for a bicycle accident, who pays for your injuries, which may be both extensive and expensive? Here's what you need to know. …

What Makes Slip and Fall Accidents Worse for New York City Seniors?   If you're a younger adult involved in a slip and fall accident, the consequences may be severe, but they're always worse for seniors. A senior involved in a slip and fall accident could see the loss of their independence. For 34,000 senior…

Tripping on an uneven manhole cover. Getting into an bus accident. Slipping and falling on a public sidewalk. Getting assaulted in a public park.  In many of these personal injury cases, New York City itself will be the defendant.  As you might expect, suing the city is a little more complicated than suing a private…

It can take 12 to 18 months to finish a personal injury case. Sometimes a case can take as long as 24 months to complete. This is a source of frustration for many of our clients, so we thought we'd take a moment to explain why the process drags on as much as it does.…