Brooklyn Personal Injury Attorneys Tackle Vehicle Law

The rules regarding a liability claim for vehicle accidents can apply both to injury claims and claims for damage to a vehicle. The New York vehicle and traffic law is a set of official written rules telling people how they are supposed to drive and providing guidelines that can help measure one’s liability claims. For instance, drivers must always obey the “universal” speed law, which directs them to drive safety under circumstances even if it means going slower than the posted speed. And anyone who rides a bicycle or motorcycle knows that the roads are even more dangerous for two-wheelers than for cars, so they must follow the special rules of the road that apply to them.

Brooklyn personal injury attorneys, like Seeger Weiss, are well-versed in New York vehicle and traffic laws that can help support a liability claim where another driver is at fault. Many rules of the road are subject to debate; however, some rule violations always mean you and your Brooklyn personal injury attorney has a strong liability claim.
Rear-end collision: If someone hits you from behind, it is virtually always his or her fault, regardless of the reason you stopped. The other surefire part of a rear-end accident liability claim is that a car’s damage proves how the accident happened. If the other car’s front end and your car’s rear end are both damaged, there’s no doubt that you were struck from the rear.

Left turn accident: A vehicle making a left turn is almost always liable to a vehicle coming straight in the other direction. Let’s say you have had an accident in which you ran into someone who was making a left turn in front of you, almost all other considerations of fault go out the window, and the other driver is nearly always fully liable and a liability claim can be made.

Your Carelessness Can Affect Your Claim


Figuring out who is at fault in more serious traffic accidents that require a Brooklyn personal injury attorney is a matter of deciding who was careless. Even if you were careless and partly caused the accident in New York, you can still recover compensation from anyone else who was also careless and who partly caused the accident. The amount of your liability for the accident is determined by comparing his or her carelessness with the carelessness of you, the person injured. The percentages of the resulting damages each party must pay is called comparative negligence. There’s no formula for arriving at a precise number of a person’s comparative carelessness. Working with a Brooklyn personal injury attorney, will ensure that you get the compensation you deserve when comparative carelessness is at issue.

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