48 THE QUEENS COURIER • NOVEMBER 13, 2014 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com Advertorial Legally Speaking By: Scott Baron, Attorney at Law TAXI STRIKES BICYCLE Q: While I was delivering food for a restaurant, a taxi struck my bicycle. I was thrown to the ground. This injured my head, neck, back, right knee and right shoulder. For a month immediately following the accident, I was confined to bed and home. Fortunately, the injuries were not permanent. A: Were you prevented from performing substantially all of the material acts that constitute your usual and customary daily activities? Did this go on for at least 90 of the first 180 days after the accident? If so, you have suffered serious injury as defined in our No-Fault Automobile Insurance Law. The primary aims of the No-Fault Law are to ensure prompt compensation for losses incurred by accident victims without regard to fault or negligence, to reduce the burden on the courts and to provide substantial premium savings to New York motorists. Under this Law, the taxi company’s no-fault insurance carrier pays ‘first-party benefits’ to reimburse you for basic economic loss due to personal injuries. If you have received a workers’ compensation award, the carrier may deduct from your nofault benefits the sum of the compensation award. Unless you have suffered a serious injury, the provision of these first-party benefits under the No-Fault Law blocks you from suing the taxi company or driver. Only in the case of serious injury, are you permitted to commence a ‘direct party action’ for non-economic losses, such as pain and suffering, and other non-quantifiable detriments. Even if sometimes you were able to leave your house, you still may be able to establish that your injuries incapacitated you for the ninety-day period. So be sure to consult an attorney. The law responds to changed conditions; exceptions and variations abound. Here, the information is general; always seek out competent counsel This article shall not be construed as legal advice. Copyright © 2014 Scott Baron & Associates, P.C. All rights reserved. 159-49 Cross Bay Boulevard, Howard Beach, New York 11414 1750 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY 10710 718-738-9800, 914-337-9800, 1-866-927-4878 OBTAIN A FAST DIVORCE IN AS LITTLE AS 24 HOURS WE ARE HERE TO HELP! Visit us online or Call Now! SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 50 YEARS! A leader in the fast divorce business has been Divorcefast.com of Massachusetts, a company that has been providing speedy, low-cost foreign divorces for 50 years. The company provides divorces that can be completed in as little as one day in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and the U.S. offshore island of Guam. According to Alan Alford, proprietor of Divorcefast.com, some of the divorces offered require travel to the court, while some can be done without any travel or court appearance. Some require both parties to sign the court petition for divorce, while others can be achieved with only one party signing. All of the divorces happen very quickly and with a minimal amount of paperwork. The divorces are valid and recognized everywhere, and Alford reports that he processes several thousand of them every year, particularly for New Yorkers. The total cost for fast divorces starts at $995, raising the price to as high as $1,500. All of the divorces, Alford says, are completed within a few days and the clients are then free to remarry or otherwise continue with their lives as single persons. Anyone interested in more details about the Divorcefast offerings can access the company web site at www.divorcefast.com. The forms and instructions can be printed out from there and submitted to the company. For those lacking Internet access, Alford and his staff are prepared to discuss foreign divorces on the phone, at 978-443-8387, or by mail directed to Divorcefast.com, 365 Boston Post Road, Sudbury, MA 01776.. THE PROCESS IS QUICK, EASY, LEGAL & AFFORDABLE 978.443.8387 WWW.DIVORCEFAST.COM
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