@Wowzlul “difficult” is a loaded word. A good attorney can navigate all the difficulty with relative ease, it just takes time.

OPs original comment that I have been expanding on makes it seem like getting money from MTA/TA is quick, and that isn’t true.

Litigation is just a nasty business. Nothing is easy and there are a lot of bumps in the roads.

It’s always important to get yourself quality attorney who can guide you and get you compensated for your injuries and future limitations

And safely! They don’t even have “track” incidents because their subways are separated from the platform by doors (similar to the air bus at the airport)

Our public transportation leaves so much to be desired.

Good question but it is not necessarily the case.

MTA in this situation can be liable for “negligent hiring” and “respondeat superior” (employers are held responsible for actions of employees, such as security companies, who are acting in the course of their employment)

To each their own. I honestly hope that you never have an incident with TA/MTA that requires their assistance to make you whole.

I can give you a hundred examples of a person injured on or by a bus, who is entitled to to have their medical bill paid by NYS law, that end up having to pay out of pocket for months because the No-Fault department won’t provide a claim number.

Seems like you’re not familiar with the legal profession as a whole though, and that’s not a surprise, most aren’t.

God forbid you encounter an issue with them though, and are talked in circles while you are unable to get much needed medical treatment that they are liable to assist you with obtaining, please DM me and I will direct you so you don’t get screwed.

Your opinion might be uninformed but you are absolutely entitled to every protection available to you by the law, even if you don’t know that it is available to you.

I wish I could tell you. The transit companies in NYC are shit. I can go on for days about their deficiencies. I can say confidently that their poor hiring and poor contract half left them in a position where they pay exorbitant amounts of money in “fake” Overtime and to their pensions. Source: so people don’t think I’m randomly anti-labor

If they were run properly, you wouldn’t even be able to wrap your head around the levels of efficiency and safety available for mass transit.

They don’t pay… period (without deep litigation). So you have your incident, file your notice of claim (within 90 day), have your statutory hearing (hopefully within 60 days) and then you do your medical treatment…. 1 year and 90 days from the accident you are required to file suit and then the shit show known as litigation begins

If everything is in your favor, and the municipality decides to be cooperative, you can have discovery and despoliations done within a year and a half or 2 years… then you file a Note of Issue (states you are ready for trial)… the City courts are a fucking half decade behind right now so maybe no see a trial date within then 2 years following (5 years total)… and that is assuming all things fall your way

It’s an utter shit show out there when it comes to MTA/TA/MTA Bus /MABSTOA. A litigious, unorganized, municipal organization that spits in the Face of the public that pays its existence

Spoken like somebody who has never sued transit lol. TA / MTA are never in a rush to settle a case. This guy will have his work out for him to get a penny. Source: I’m an attorney who sues them on the reg.

They suck!

Why is this a surprise? If half the amount of auto fatalities were reported on in the same capacity as gun deaths, people would think twice behind the wheel.

Sadly, auto accidents don’t make for flashy headlines or stimulate the comment section enough to have have light shed upon them.

God bless everyone who has suffered from an auto accident. The side effects can be truly haunting

Yes. But time is of the essence. You have 90 Days to file a formal claim or you are shit out of luck.

It’s always good to get looked at, especially if you can have a soft tissue injury. Since it happened with a vehicle, in operation, your medical treatment is covered under No-Fault so you won’t have out of pocket expenses.

That’s incorrect. This is a personal injury action and it costs OP $0.00 unless he/she gets paid.

^ this is great advice. You may be ok, but if the driver does something again, and has a record, you will be helping somebody get properly compensated.

Also, if the driver flat out sucks, it will help them get the proper training to fix their obvious flaws

As an attorney, never get legal advice from a Reddit forum. You have countless free services through your local Bar associations that will steer you in the right direction.

r/legaladvice is filled with talking heads, unrelated to the legal field as a whole, who give awful advice.

If you need any direction, I’m happy to give you some numbers and people who will consult with you free of charge

Feel better!