Category: Car Accidents

On November 1, 2020, the State of New York implemented a new law that mandates seat belt usage for all individuals in a vehicle. Under the previous law, individuals over the age of sixteen were not required to buckle up in the backseat.…

What are your legal rights if you were injured in a car accident in New York but may have been – or were – partially at fault for the collision? If you are asking this question, you are not alone.

Questions of shared liability, or comparative negligence, come up frequently in the context of car accident claims.…

By: David B. Lever of Lever & Ecker, PLLC 

When you are in a car accident, there are numerous scenarios that may unfold for which having sufficient automobile insurance coverage provides the best protection. As those of us who have unfortunately been involved in a car crash can attest, a collision can occur very quickly, leaving those involved potentially injured or facing a claim from another individual.…

By David B. Lever of Lever & Ecker, PLLC

The last thing anyone wants is to end up in a motor vehicle accident. However, according to the National Safety Council, in 2018, sadly, an estimated 40,000 people lost their lives and about 4.5 million people were seriously injured in car accidents.…

When you are seriously injured in a car accident due to someone else’s negligence, you are entitled to proper compensation not just for your financial losses, such as lost income and expenses, but also for your non-financial losses, otherwise referred to as non-economic losses.…