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Month: March 2016

Driver who mowed down toddler must pay out 75% of net worth

Posted on March 9, 2016 | by Keegan Stephan

The New York Post interviewed Steve Vaccaro for the settlement he secured for the family of 2-year-old Allison Liao, which included a voluntary 5 year suspension of driving privileges for the person who killed her. “These kinds of penalties are never applied in the United States as long as the driver was sober, so we […]

Posted in Advocacy, Civil Suits

Ex-Debevoise Litigator Takes On NYC’s Mean Streets

Posted on March 9, 2016 | by Keegan Stephan

In January of this year, the New York Law Journal Profiled our Principle Attorney Steve Vaccaro. Read the whole profile here: After 14 years as a litigator at Debevoise & Plimpton, Steve Vaccaro decided in 2010 that it was time to change gears. Vaccaro did something that would be unthinkable to most of his fellow […]

Posted in Advocacy, Bike Law

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What’s in a Word? “Accident” vs. “Crash”

For many years, traffic collisions and crashes have been called “accidents” by drivers, their insurers, police, and even pedestrian and cyclist victims themselves. But the term "accident" implies a sudden, unforeseeable occurrence for which no one bears fault. In fact, most traffic collisions are caused by aggressive or reckless driving. We use the term "crash" to avoid implying an absence of driver fault. The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles and the NYPD agree with us, and have adopted the terms “crash” and "collision" instead of "accident."

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