Jeffrey Bruce Gold’s Answers

It doesn't matter what the question is. The answer is a you need a criminal lawyer with respect to the drunk driving incident, and you are responsible for the damage to the BMW and the Telephone Poll.

Not without a Court Order. You'd have to make an application to he court, and make a strong showing that you need the money for your son's benefit. For example, if you and your son are living in the back of the car, A court might find an appropriate use of a settlement would be to get a roof over his head, and the use of the money would be severely restricted and monitored. Unless the bills were incurred caring for your son i.e hospital bills, you aren't going to see any of it.

You have the right to sue the intoxicated police office for the damage to your car if your insurance doesn't take care of it. If your girlfriend is injured, she can bring a personal injury action against the police officer and the owner of the car he was driving. If she thinks she might sue, she should probably have an attorney file a "notice of claim" immediately against the municipality that employed the police officer, which will protect your right to sue the municipality, although that...

You should look for an attorney that handles business disputes and is a commercial litigator. You do not want to be paying an attorney to learn the law.

It depends if they had children, and if there was a will. If your aunt is not mentally competent, a close family member may qualify to administer the estate and take care of her needs. Right now, you haven't provided enough detail to answer.

I can't see why not. There are prohibitions against serving on the Sabbath, but MLK day was a Monday.

Assuming this is a public school, there is a requirement that you serve them with a Notice of Claim within 90 days of the accident. Since you are dealing with an infant, an attorney may be able to convince a Court to allow a late notice of claim, however, there is no guarantee. Assuming a late notice of claim is permitted, then there will be no legal impediment to your bringing suit. Please note, however, that in NY schools are not insurers of a child safety. They are obligated to provide the...

I think you're missing the point. Lawyers go to school for three years, and then practice for years to learn how to win auto accident cases, and defend auto accident cases. We can't guess at what will happen on your case, other than you had a stop sign and are likely at fault. We haven't seen the Plaintiff's medical records so we can't begin to guess as to the whether they can meet threshold of a serious injury. I will tell you this, 100's of cases are dismissed each months by courts because...

You can,of course, sue the truck that hit you without at lawyer, and sure, you can negotiate with experienced insurance professionals, but that would be a huge mistake. Insurance companies love unrepresented individuals that distrust lawyers. If liability is good, and the injury is as you indicate a fractured knee, many firms, mine included, will charge you less than a third. It sounds like you don't have a good working relationship with your current attorney that you feel like you can't...

It is not uncommon in this type of accident for the insurance companies to apportion liability between both drivers. The person that turned into your lane will claim they signaled and you had plenty of time. Generally, liability is apportioned 80-90 percent to the driver the guy that changed lanes. If you think you can do better than that you can refuse their offer, and go to court.