NYC Bike Lane Design Claims

Robin Herman | 19:53 A protected bike lane ends without warning and dumps a rider into traffic, let’s say. Does bad lane design, does that create a claim?   Glenn Herman | 20:05 New York City Attorney Glenn Herman’s opinion. Is that a protected bike lane ending without warning and create a claim but it’s … Read More

Who Pays for Bike Lane Injuries?

Robin Herman | 18:07 Often there are steel plates, open trenches, loose gravel in the bike lane. When does the contractor pay instead of the city?   Glenn Herman | 18:17 Glenn Herman says the contractor pays instead of New York City whenever the steel plates, open trenches, or loose gravel in a bike lane … Read More

Proving Prior Notice

  Robin Herman | 16:05 Doing the City of New York requires proving that the city knew about the defect first. How do you prove prior notice?   Glenn Herman | 16:15 Glenn Herman is going to correct the premise that suing the city requires to show that the city knew about a certain defect. … Read More

90 Days to File a Claim

Robin Herman | 14:29 A pothole takes a rider down in New York City. Can you explain the 90-day notice of claim deadline?   Glenn Herman | 14:37 Glenn Herman warns that a rider who goes down on a New York City pothole has 90 days to serve a notice of claim not the three … Read More

NYC Dooring Accident Claims

Robin Herman | 12:13 Dooring accidents happen often with bicyclists in New York City. In one case, a minivan broke a rider’s hand and it settled for $95,000. Why do they happen so often? And why is it important that the rider gets as much information as possible before leading the scene?   Glenn Herman … Read More

Proving Fault in a Bike Crash

Robin Herman | 10:40 Bus hits a cyclist on a Manhattan Avenue. The driver of the bus says that the rider rode into the bus. The bike rider says the opposite. How do you prove a case in a situation where I said, he said, she said?   Glenn Herman | 10:55 Glenn Herman proved … Read More

Winning Against the Government

Robin Herman | 08:57 The jury awarded $410,000 against a municipality for a bike trail defect. How did you beat the government?   Glenn Herman | 09:07 Glenn Herman won a $410,000 verdict against a municipality for a bike trail defect up in Westchester County. Riders assume you can’t win these cases, but there’s really … Read More

E-Bike Case: 600K Recovery

Robin Herman | 07:53 You recovered $600,000 for an e-bike rider who broke his femur in a construction zone. Walk us through it.   Glenn Herman | 08:02 Glenn Herman covered $600,000 for an e-bike rider who broke his femur in a Brooklyn bike lane, which ran through a construction zone. In that case, there … Read More

Traumatic Brain Injury Claims

Robin Herman | 06:46 How do you prove future medical costs in a brain injury case where there is no end date to the injury?   Glenn Herman | 06:52 Gwen Herman proves future medical costs for a traumatic brain injury with a life care plan Not just a stack of bills. In New York … Read More

Why Similar Cases Pay Differently

Robin Herman | 05:24 Two riders, two bike riders, both break their collarbones, same collarbone, one in Queens, one in the Bronx. Why do the cases pay out differently?   Glenn Herman | 05:34 Glenn Herman’s opinion is that two riders with the same broken collarbone, one in the Bronx and one in Queens, recovered … Read More