No matter who causes
the accident in these particular states, the person driving the larger and heavier vehicle will automatically be at fault.
Not exact matches
While no
state was spared the devastation caused by pedestrian
accidents, Illinois, and
in particular the greater Chicago area, experienced significant suffering due to the large number of pedestrians, the congested traffic, and numerous dangerous intersections
in the
state.
Because you will have been expected to follow the laws
in the
particular state in which you were driving at the time, you should contact a car
accident attorney
in that
state to help you with your auto
accident claim.
Generally, the law of the
state in which the
accident happened and where the case is pending will govern the facts of a
particular automobile
accident case.
As Coulson J
stated, «s 33 only applies to personal injury and fatal
accident claims, not other forms of civil proceedings» and that such claims «have always been the subject of special rules relating to limitation», that secondly, as evident from countless authorities, «no decision under s 33 can be regarded as setting down definitive guidelines that are automatically applicable
in another factual decision; any decision under s 33 has to be regarded as a decision on the
particular facts of that case, and nothing more.»
For example, psychiatrists testify to the existence of various mental
states, doctors testify as to the cause of an injury or death,
accident reconstructionists testify to the location or cause of an
accident, economists or rehabilitation specialists testify to future employment prospects and future care costs, fire marshals testify about the cause of a fire, professionals from a wide variety of fields testify as to the operative standard of care
in their profession or the cause of a
particular event.
And this is
particular to NY
state, so if anyone is watching this who is outside NY
state, the rules that govern may be different
in your
state, but
in New York
state insurance, auto insurance, personal insurance, personal auto insurance, follows the car, so if you let someone else borrow your car and take it for a drive and they get into an
accident, your insurance is going to be the one that responds and unfortunately If you have increase or adjustment based on that incident or
accident, you're going to be the one that's responsible for that.
If you don't have this protection and get into an
accident in a
state where PIP is required, your insurance company will typically extend coverage to you to pay for any injuries you sustain
in an
accident for this
particular incident.