Auto Accident Questions in New York

88 auto accident questions answered for New York. All New York questions.

• A bus hit my parked car, and the shop they chose gave it back with a cracked windshield — who answers for what?
• A camera caught the car that hit mine, but the plate was only readable after she moved — is that still proof?
• A car drifts into your lane with no signal and you sideswipe it: how New York sorts out fault
• A car pulled out and turned across the street while I passed a double-parked vehicle: how a New York claim like this is proved
• A car turned left across my path and totaled my car into another one — where does New York put the duty?
• A close call with a motorcyclist during a lane change, with no contact: what New York requires, and when it becomes more than a near miss
• A dealership employee hit me with my own car on the lot — who is responsible?
• A door dent in a parking lot, and what New York requires next
• A driver cut me off crossing a solid white line in New York — do I have a claim?
• A friend damaged my car twice while borrowing it: what I owe as the owner in New York, and what the friend owes me
• A hit-and-run driver fled and it was caught on camera: can a lawyer help me in New York?
• A hit-and-run pushed my car through a red light: will I be ticketed in New York?
• A hospital blood test showed alcohol after a crash
• A police officer caused my crash in New York and then ticketed me — what can I do?
• A sanitation truck hit my parked car in New York: the ninety-day clock that applies if the truck is a city truck
• A speeding car swerved to miss me while I crossed and hit another car: am I responsible in New York?
• A truck hit my car and I had minor injuries — can I still bring a claim in New York?
• An SUV rear-ended one car and then hit my driver's side — how is fault sorted out in a chain collision?
• An axle failure, a parked car hit, and leaving the scene
• Another driver hit my driver's side door in New York: what a side-impact claim turns on
• Can You Be Sued Over a Shopping Cart Incident With No Injury?
• Driving on a suspended license when the steering failed
• Going back to the scene after driving away from a collision
• He Sped Into the Next Space and Crushed My Door — Both He and His Insurer Deny It
• Her car insurance paid the pedestrian I hit: can he still sue us both in New York?
• Hit From the Left on a Green Light in New York — With No Collision Coverage
• Hit While Riding in an Uber in New York — Who Pays, and What Must I Prove?
• Hit a tree, totaled the car and charged with DWI in New York: what the charge means for your insurance, and the first call to make
• Hit by a car fleeing a police pursuit in New York: who can be sued, and the ninety-day clock that runs against a police agency
• Hit by something thrown at your car in New York: two defendants, two very different deadlines
• Hit-and-run in New York and the driver was never found: what your own policy pays, and what it does not
• Hitting a parked car and driving away without leaving a note
• I Rear-Ended Her, She Skipped the Police, and Now It Is $3,000
• I Settled With Their Insurer and Now They Are Suing Me in New York
• I Sideswiped a Car That Was Already Damaged — Do I Pay for All of It?
• I Was the Passenger in My Own Car When We Were T-Boned — Can I Sue Both Drivers?
• I got a subrogation letter after rear-ending a car that stopped short in New York
• I passed a stopped vehicle that then turned left into me and rolled my truck — is that my fault for passing or theirs for not signaling?
• I rear-ended someone in New York and they keep asking for more money — what now?
• I switched seats with the driver after a crash in New York: the exposure that creates, and why a defense lawyer comes first
• I turned left into two riders and they have broken bones: what happens to me in New York?
• I used my own insurance after a six-car crash, lost the car and ended up in debt — what can I still do about the at-fault driver?
• I was badly hurt in a rollover in New York — is it too late?
• I was hit by a speeding car while on foot in New York — what has to be proved before I can recover for pain and suffering?
• I was hit in a hit-and-run in New York but I left the scene too — what should I do?
• I was rear-ended in New York and don't know what to do next
• I'm being sued over a crash my mother had in my car — why am I the defendant?
• If we agree there is no damage in the dark and I find it later — can I still make a claim for a rear-end hit?
• Injured on a Standing Bus Rear-Ended by a Truck — Who Is Liable in New York?
• My Firm Says They Are Waiting for an Offer — What That Means in New York
• My car was hit in a hit-and-run: shouldn't the driver be charged in New York?
• My dashcam was gone when my wrecked car reached the tow yard: could the police have taken it, and how do I find out?
• My daughter was rear-ended, knocked unconscious, and woke up holding two tickets — do the tickets destroy her claim?
• My friend was hit from behind by a car while riding his bike: what should he do in New York?
• My lawyer's office keeps telling me to be patient — what am I entitled to ask for?
• My mother was hit by another driver in New York and is in pain: whose claim it is, and what "serious injury" has to do with it
• My passengers were paid and I wasn't, because I was driving — is that really how New York works?
• My van was totaled by a hit-and-run driver in New York while I was not in it — what are my options?
• Not at fault for the crash, but you drove away too
• Rear-Ended at a Red Light in a Chain Collision — Who Is Responsible in New York?
• Rear-ended at low speed in New York: does a soft tissue neck injury clear the serious-injury threshold?
• Rear-ended by a cement truck: the company name on the report, and the vehicle the shop wants to sell
• Rear-ended while switching car insurance in New York: who pays your first-party benefits, and how fast
• Rental Car Company Suing After Your Rental Was Robbed
• Repairs cost $16,000 and the at-fault driver's policy stops at $10,000: who owes the difference in New York
• She Promised to Fix My Truck and Stopped Answering — No Police, No Insurance
• Should I fire my lawyer in the middle of my New York injury case?
• Someone backed into my parked car: does their insurer have to pay everything, and cover a rental?
• Steering failed three weeks after you bought the car: the New York claim is about the vehicle, not just the crash
• Sued over a collision you believe was staged: what a New York defendant does first
• Suing the State of New York over a tire in the road runs through the Court of Claims — and a ninety-day clock
• Taken to the Hospital After an Accident in New York — Which Deadline Is Mine?
• The Other Driver Said He Would Fix It Himself — Can He Still Come After Me?
• The defendant in my New York injury case has vanished: what happens to a lawsuit when the person who caused the crash disappears
• The insurer totaled my car and offered $16,000: how a New York total-loss figure is challenged when liability is already accepted
• The insurer wants to total my parked car for $4,400: how is that number supposed to be set?
• The insurer will not provide a rental after a New York crash: where a loaner comes from, and how lost work is recovered
• The other driver told the insurer a false story about a lane change — how New York sorts out a disputed liability call
• The other driver's insurer says it is waiting on a second claimant: what that means for your parked-car damage in New York
• The other side's lawyer is sending me to a doctor: does that mean he accepts fault?
• The police report lists the other driver as vehicle 1 at fault in New York: what that is worth, and what it does not settle
• We Settled at the Scene, Then the E-Bike Rider Filed on My Insurance
• What Am I Liable For If a Valet Hit Another Car With Mine and Filed a Claim in My Name?
• Worried a car accident lawsuit could reach what you own in New York: what protects you, and why moving property backfires
• You hit a parked car and left your information: the real issues are the report's damage description, not leaving the scene
• You hit a pole and totaled your car in New York: which coverage pays, and who owns the pole
• Your lawyer says you must accept both settlements or neither: who actually decides in New York
• Your own insurer refuses to pay the other driver's damage in New York: the two fights that opens