A stolen car accident creates a legal problem most crash victims never face. The driver who hit you almost certainly has no insurance and is gone before police arrive. The car owner’s insurance company will deny your claim the moment they confirm the vehicle was stolen, and the thief has nothing to collect from even

When a company vehicle hits you in New York City, more than one party can be on the hook for your injuries. New York law holds employers financially responsible for their employees’ on-the-job negligence through a doctrine called respondeat superior, and New York Vehicle and Traffic Law § 388 can make the vehicle’s registered owner

In New York, you generally have three years to file a car accident lawsuit. But that deadline shrinks fast depending on who hit you and what you are claiming. These deadlines are not flexible, and the insurance company’s legal team knows every one of them. They count on injured victims waiting too long to act,

In New York, the rear driver is presumed at fault in a rear-end collision, but that presumption is not the final word. Courts treat the collision itself as initial proof of negligence under New York Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1129(a), yet the right evidence can still shift responsibility to the front driver or another