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Attorney Answers New York County Car Accident Question

Who is responsible for damages in a car accident, the driver or the owner?

I was driving a friend's vehicle on Broadway, in New York, NY. The vehicle was registered in MS, where my friend lives, but her car was not insured. I live in New York, NY but do not own a car. The owner of the car I was driving was riding in the passenger seat.

We got into in a minor car accident fender bender. There was no police report, and it is the insurance co.'s opinion that the accident was solely my fault, which is questionable, but I was at least partially at fault. The insurance co. took my and the owner's recorded statements and this was the basis for their finding.

The owner of the other car is a retired attorney who has a rent control apartment in New York County but spends most of his time in Florida. Who is responsible for paying for the other car's damages?

The other driver's insurance co. is contacting me to obtain the damages, $2400. Because of vicarious liability laws, is the owner of the car solely responsible?


Attorney's Response to Car Accident Question from New York County

As the accident occurred in New York, NY, New York auto accident law applies BOTH you as the driver and the owner would be liable. You were authorized to drive by the owner.

A car owner is liable in the event of an auto accident as she gave you permission to operate the car and is on the hook at the end of the day. However, IF you the driver caused the accident, you also may be sued and required to pay for the damages. Also, you live in New York County and easily available to sue and the NY car accident attorney the company hires can easily file and collect a judgment at the end of the day by going to the New York County civil court.

If the other car's insurance pays for the damages, it may come after you for the money it had to pay to fix their driver's car because your negligence caused the accident, and it can pursue any claim the car's owner can. Thus, you are really on the hook here.

However, since there is no police report, and you could deny liability at least in part, depending on what you said, and force the insurance company to hire its own car accident attorney to file a lawsuit against you and the owner in New York County. The may not sue, as the matter may be too small, or they may feel liability is not clear and it may cost too much to bother with a car accident attorney in New York, or if they do sue, you could then try to settle it to avoid the need to go to trial.


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Levine & Slavit
New York, NY

(866) 212-5215



Goldberg, Scudieri & Lindenberg, PC
New York, NY

(866) 607-1613


ASSOCIATES P GOLDBLATT C

18 East 41st Street Room 806, New York, NY

(212) 566-6900
Abend & Silber, PLLC

419 Park Avenue South, New York, NY

(212) 532-7575  |  Send Email

Alpert & Kaufman LLP

233 Broadway Room 707, New York, NY

(212) 349-2000
Anthony C Coles Lawyer

1585 Broadway, New York, NY

(212) 969-3138
Antin & Ehrlich

57 West 38th Street, New York, NY

(212) 686-5550
Blau, Brown & Leonard, LLC

240 West 30th, Suite 809, New York, NY 10001, New York, NY

Law School: Rutgers

Law School Graduation Year: 1996

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Brian M Levy

358 5th Avenue, New York, NY

(212) 760-0940
Bruce C Hamburg patent atty

122 East 42nd Street, New York, NY

(212) 986-2340
Casella & Hespos Llp

274 Madison Avenue Room 1703, New York, NY

(212) 725-2450
Casetrace

32 West 39th Street, New York, NY

(212) 608-7372
Christopher R Kelly atty

1585 Broadway, New York, NY

(212) 969-3515
Concagh Kevin Professional Corporation

225 Broadway Suite 41, New York, NY

(212) 962-2727
David B. Golomb, Law Offices of

230 Park Avenue, Suite 527, New York, NY

(212) 661-9000  |  Send Email

David L Mazaroli

11 Park Place Suite 1214, New York, NY

(212) 267-8480
Edelman David

11 Park Avenue, New York, NY

(212) 349-2181
Eric M Nelson Attorney At Law

888 7th Avenue, New York, NY

(212) 765-6610
GINSBERG LAWRENCE JAY

60 East 42nd Street, New York, NY

(212) 986-2277
Green & Cohen Professional Corporation

319 East 91st Street Basement Bs, New York, NY

(212) 831-4400
Hamilton Christopher lwyr

919 3rd Avenue, New York, NY

(212) 909-6483
ISAACSON SCHIOWITZ & KORSON LLP

150 Broadway Room 1600, New York, NY

(718) 514-2203
Jaffe And Mckenna

708 3rd Avenue, New York, NY

(212) 655-3550
James Harold pat Lawyer

60 East 42nd Street, New York, NY

(212) 867-7260
Jerrold M Sonet Lawyer

201 East 42nd Street, New York, NY

(212) 661-1212
Keogh Crispi, P.C.
New York, NY

(866) 623-9024


Law Office of Allen Wilson
New York, NY

(866) 492-2587


Jonathan C. Reiter, Esq., Law Offices of

350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2811, New York, NY

(212) 736-0979  |  

Joseph A Ruta

1500 Broadway, New York, NY

(212) 997-4500
Krawitz R Stephen Pc

271 Madison Avenue, New York, NY

(212) 682-0164
Law Offices of Stuart DiMartini

1329 Sixth Avenue, 27th Floor, Manhattan, NY

Client Type: Primarily Represent Individual Clients

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Legal Aid Society

199 Water Street Suite 400, New York, NY

(212) 577-3300
Leibowitz Elliot Attorney At Law

325 Broadway Suite 500, New York, NY

(212) 925-8588
Levi Lubarsky & Feigenbaum

1185 Avenue of the Americas Suite 1700, New York, NY

(212) 753-0900
Loscalzo & Loscalzo, P.C.

The Silk Building, New York, NY

Law School: ST JOHNS

Law School Graduation Year: 1970

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Magee Deborah Ann Professional Corporation

70 West Street, New York, NY

(212) 422-1080
Margaret D Baisley Esq

561 Broadway, New York, NY

(212) 966-0066
Meyers Meyers & Tonachio

5 Hanover Square Room 1604, New York, NY

(212) 509-2500
Morgan Melhuish Abrutyn

39 Broadway Room 1701, New York, NY

(212) 809-1111  |  Send Email
Ned H Bassen

1 Battery Park Plaza, New York, NY

(212) 837-6090
Paine Dewolf Jennifer atty

1585 Broadway, New York, NY

(212) 969-3016
Peskin D Tolmage Harris Falick

20 Vesey Street Room 700, New York, NY

(877) 298-3201
Richard L Cohen

45 West 34th Street, New York, NY

(212) 947-1919
Robert I Komitor

800 3rd Avenue, New York, NY

(212) 605-6200
Ruback & Merson Professional Corporation

345 7th Avenue Floor 23, New York, NY

(212) 502-4300
SIBEN & SIBEN LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW

225 West 34th Street, New York, NY

(631) 665-3400
Shaw D Bradley Professional Corporation

460 Park Avenue, New York, NY

(212) 953-0821
Sheldon Leibenstern, Esq., P.C.

27 Union Square West #405, New York, NY

(212) 366-6300  |  Send Email

Thomas L Creel Pc

25 Beekman Place, New York, NY

(212) 421-4213
Tolmage Peskin Harris & Falick

20 Vesey Street Room 700, New York, NY

(212) 964-1390
Y N N Lawyers Assn

132 Nassau Street Room 200, New York, NY

(212) 349-0392
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