While motorcycling is an economical means of transportation as opposed to traditional automobiles, a motorcyclist is exposed to significant injuries in an accident because the rider has little protection. While high quality riding boots and a DOT approved helmet may prevent some injuries, the motorcyclist lacks the steel frame of a car or truck to protect them. Accordingly, motorcycling accidents tend to be some of the most serious with respect to injuries sustained.
Downtown Manhattan, or Lower Manhattan as it is sometimes referred to, is often times full of tourists unfamiliar with the City streets. Many of the roadways are either one way in nature or narrow streets with parked cars on one side of the road, and sometimes even cars parked on each side of the road, making the path through especially narrow. On top of this, traffic can become very congested in nature.
A personal injury lawyer in Downtown Manhattan may be able to tell you that some of the more dangerous intersections where egregious accidents occur are:
Kenmare Street and The Bowery;
Ludlow Street and Rivington Street;
Clinton Street and Rivington Street.
Some of our law firm’s recent motorcycle accident settlements include:
$250,000.00 for a motorcyclist injured in Westchester County, New York. This amount represented the adverse driver’s full policy limits and was provided to the client only four (4) months after the accident took place.
$100,000.00 for an injured Queens motorcyclist. This settlement amount represented the adverse vehicle’s full policy limits, and was obtained soon after the Summons and Complaint was filed in Queens County, Supreme Court.
If you have been injured in a Downtown Manhattan motorcycle accident, contact our office today at 212-240-9465 and learn how we can help to get the Wheels of Justice spinning for You!