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Phillips Lytle has an active automobile accident defense practice. We have had long-term relationships with a major vehicle leasing corporation and self-insured corporations for which our attorneys have litigated and tried numerous vehicle injury cases. Our automobile accident attorneys are well versed in the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Laws, highway safety standards, and commercial driving regulations. We regularly litigate cases involving Vehicle and Traffic Law § 388, which imposes vicarious liability on owners of vehicles, including lessors and employers. (Phillips Lytle successfully obtained summary judgment based on lack of permissive use, which is a requirement of liability under Vehicle and Traffic Law §388. See Stevens v. Calspan-Corporation, 292 A.D.2d 809 (4th Dep't 2002).)
Our Vehicle Accident attorneys have established relationships with expert witnesses essential to most successful vehicle accident defenses. These experts include engineers, accident reconstructionists, medical doctors, and commercial transportation consultants. The attorneys in this practice area are also familiar with experts often relied upon by plaintiffs' attorneys. Our clients can save considerable expense when the plaintiffs' experts are well-known to our attorneys, making extensive background checking unnecessary.
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