Motor Vehicle Accidents

$580,000 Settlement Obtained For Client That Was Injured After Being Pulled Over By Police

Our personal injury attorneys have obtained a $580,000 settlement for an insurance salesman that was pulled over by a police officer and told to come over to the car.  While the salesman was standing by the police car, the defendants’ vehicle hit the police car, knocking our client to the ground. Our client was taken to the hospital with neck, shoulder and back complaints. Subsequently, he...Read More

Dangers of distracted driving in New York

In such a busy state as New York, car accidents are all but uncommon. Distracted driving often plays a significant role in many of these wrecks; on average, nine people are killed each day due to distractions on the road. This amounts to over 3000 fatalities in 2012, notably a decrease from the previous year. Injuries due to distracted drivers, however, reached upwards of 400,000. Forms of...Read More

Motor Vehicle Accident Victim gets $4.3 Million Settlement

Our client (plaintiff), age 57, was operating his motorcycle on a through street at a “T” intersection, in Bernardsville, New Jersey, when the operator of another motor vehicle pulled out past a stop sign, on the cross street and to plaintiff’s right, and attempted to make a left turn in front of our client. In doing so, defendant caused plaintiff’s motorcycle to crash into the right side of...Read More

Man Injures Self And Passengers After Alleged DWI Crash Into Franklin Square Businesses

A Franklin Square resident was arrested for driving while intoxicated, among other offenses, after allegedly crashing his car into a Franklin Avenue bar and neighboring storefront early Saturday morning. The crash injured the driver and his passengers and also caused substantial property damage. Local news outlets indicated that 23-year-old driver Michele Masci injured his shoulder and two...Read More

Car Plows Into Times Square Crowd, Kills 1 and Injures 22

A car traveling in Manhattan late Thursday morning fatally struck an 18-year-old tourist and injured 22 pedestrians, authorities confirmed. The incident occurred at the heart of Times Square – 44th Street and Seventh Avenue – when the driver of a Honda sped the wrong way up a Seventh Avenue sidewalk and mowed over pedestrians. The driver crashed into a pole at 45th Street, and the car caught...Read More