Failure to Yield Accident Lawyer in Nassau County, NY
When drivers fail to yield the right-of-way, it can result in catastrophic accidents that leave victims with devastating injuries. These collisions often happen without warning, resulting in driver, passenger, cyclist, or pedestrian lives changing in the blink of an eye. Victims may find themselves facing significant medical bills, lost wages, and other losses associated with their injuries.
If a driver failed to yield the right-of-way and struck you in Nassau County, NY, contact The Tadchiev Law Firm, P.C., for a free consultation with one of our skilled failure-to-yield accident lawyers. Our lawyers understand the complexities of failure-to-yield cases and can help you seek the compensation you need through an auto insurance claim, personal injury lawsuit, or both.
How The Tadchiev Law Firm Can Help You After a Failure-to-Yield Accident
After a car accident caused by a driver who didn’t yield the right-of-way, it’s important to understand your rights and the next steps to take to seek compensation. One of the most important steps is to consult a car accident lawyer and have them handle your case while you focus on your recovery.
When you work with our firm, we’ll take ownership of your failure-to-yield case and handle everything for you so you can have peace of mind. Some of the ways our legal team can help include the following:
- Investigating the Crash – We’ll gather police reports, take accident scene photographs, speak to witnesses, and use other methods to identify the at-fault party or parties and gather the evidence required for filing an insurance claim and holding the at-fault parties liable through personal injury lawsuits.
- Working with Experts – We’ll work with medical professionals, crash reconstruction specialists, and vocational experts to determine the extent of your injuries, how the crash occurred, and the value of your case.
- Communicating with Insurers – We’ll handle all communication with the insurance companies involved in the case. This includes negotiating on your behalf for a fair settlement that covers all of your losses.
- Representing Your Best Interests – Whether through settlement negotiations or representing you at trial, our lawyers always keep your best interests in mind. We never charge clients a fee unless we secure compensation for them through a settlement or verdict.
Causes of Failure-to-Yield Accidents
Failure-to-yield car accidents occur when a driver doesn’t yield the right-of-way to another motorist, cyclist, or pedestrian when they are legally required to. These collisions often happen in high-traffic areas, primarily busy intersections. Some of the most common causes of failure-to-yield accidents include the following:
- Drivers who ignore stop signs and traffic lights by entering intersections while other vehicles have the right-of-way put everyone in the intersection at risk.
- Drivers turning left at intersections without yielding to oncoming traffic can cause serious head-on or T-bone collisions.
- Drivers turning onto roads from driveways or side streets without first checking for oncoming traffic can cause T-bone or rear-end collisions.
- Drivers who fail to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks can leave them with catastrophic injuries. Under New York law, pedestrians have the right-of-way when legally in a crosswalk.
- Aggressive drivers who feel that they have the right-of-way when they do not, leading to collisions with other drivers who are in the right.
- Distracted drivers (such as people texting while driving) may not realize they do not have the right-of-way, leading to dangerous situations involving other vehicles.
- Missing or malfunctioning traffic signs or signals can contribute to failure-to-yield accidents by making drivers think they have the right-of-way when they do not.
Proving Negligence in a Failure-to-Yield Collision
A key part of seeking compensation for your injuries through a personal injury lawsuit after a failure-to-yield accident is proving that another party’s negligence caused the collision. For example, you may need to show that a driver failed to yield when turning left despite not having a green arrow or that the government entity responsible for maintaining the road knew or should have known that a traffic sign was missing.
Proving negligence involves gathering various types of evidence, including the following:
- Traffic, security, or dashcam footage showing the accident occurring
- Eyewitness statements that corroborate your version of events or provide additional details about the crash
- Accident scene photographs depicting the vehicle damage, relevant traffic signs or signals, skid marks on the road, and your visible injuries
- Expert testimony, such as that from medical professionals and accident reconstruction specialists
Compensation Available After a Failure-to-Yield Car Accident
The compensation available after a failure-to-yield car accident depends on whether you’re seeking it through a no-fault auto insurance claim or a personal injury lawsuit.
Insurance claims and lawsuits are not mutually exclusive, so you are allowed to seek compensation through both of them. While you can seek compensation for your economic losses through an insurance claim, you must meet New York’s serious injury threshold to seek compensation for non-economic losses through a lawsuit.
Economic losses are your losses with tangible value, including past and future medical expenses related to the accident, lost wages, loss of future earning potential, and property damage. You can seek compensation for these losses through either an insurance claim or a personal injury lawsuit, and calculating the value of these losses involves adding up bills and income statements.
Non-economic losses are your losses without tangible value, including pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of consortium, and the impact of your injuries on your daily life. Lawyers often use the multiplier method to estimate the value of non-economic losses. This is where the lawyer multiplies the value of your economic losses by a number between one and five, depending on the severity of your injuries.
Contact the Experienced Failure-to-Yield Accident Lawyers in Nassau County
If you suffered injuries due to another driver’s failure to yield, resulting in an accident in Nassau County, New York, contact the team at The Tadchiev Law Firm, P.C., for a free case review with an experienced car accident lawyer. We are a personal injury firm in Floral Park serving Queens and Nassau County. During your initial consultation, we’ll review the details of your case, explain your options for seeking compensation, and answer any questions you have about the claims process.