“Pain and suffering” is one of those phrases you hear all the time, but people rarely stop to define it. More often than not, it gets repeated in a sinister or dismissive tone. You’ll sometimes hear people talk about pain and suffering as a “bogus claim” from “fakers” who “just want money from a lawsuit.” […]
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Insurance companies are nothing if not good at PR. Through years of television ads and media campaigns, they’ve convinced the public that they are good neighbors, holding your hand and standing by your side when accidents happen. (Alas, when accidents actually do happen, they might start singing a different tune.) One of the insurance industry’s […]
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New York personal injury law makes it possible for an injured person to recover financial compensation after an accident caused by someone else’s negligence. In the legal field, we use the term damages to refer to the suffering and losses that a person experiences after an accident or injury. There are two basic categories of […]
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As the old expression goes, “time is money.” Undoubtedly, after any personal injury accident, you hope to reach a resolution as quickly as possible. In addition to the satisfaction of putting the matter behind you once and for all, there’s also the fact that you may need that money to cover your bills and other […]
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New York requires every motorist to carry an active auto insurance policy at all times. If you get behind the wheel without car insurance in New York, you’re breaking the law. So what happens if you get into a car accident without insurance? We need to answer this question from at least three different perspectives: […]
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