Motor Vehicle Accidents

Overview

Auto accidents seriously injure and kill thousands of people every day.  They are the leading cause of death in the US for anyone under 34.  They happen on routine trips to the grocery store, to work, to drop the kids off at school. 

These grim statistics might lead you to conclude that auto accident litigation is no more than a routine court case.  It's not.  In fact, determining legal responsibility in an auto accident is anything but open-and-shut.  Without experienced legal representation the consequences of dealing with the aftermath of a serious auto accident could be one of the most traumatic experiences in your life. 

Determining legal responsibility in a court of law requires careful accident reconstruction analysis, and the ability to explain the often very technical findings of this analysis to a jury.

Further, rollovers cause more passenger deaths than any other type of motor vehicle crash.  The causes are not always apparent and often involve defective brake systems, defective steering devices, defective tires and sudden accelerations.

The New York and New Jersey motor vehicle accident lawyers at Simonson Hess Leibowitz & Goodman have been representing victims of auto, truck and motorcycle accidents for more than three decades.  We have recovered money for our clients in 98% of the motor vehicle accident cases we have handled, which has amounted to many millions of dollars.   

Collectively our partners have well more than one hundred years of experience representing victims of motor vehicle accidents. Simonson Hess Leibowitz & Goodman is one of only seven law firms in New York City to be ranked by US News & World Report as a New York Tier 1 law firm in the category of Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs in 2010. One of our lawyers has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America, and three of our partners have been recognized in Super Lawyers.