SHIM LAW
Group P.C.
Group P.C.
Thousands of cyclists and bike riders use New York City’s streets, bike lanes, and intersections. When a distracted car, delivery van, or truck makes an unsafe turn or opens the door into a bicycle lane, high-speed bicyclists often fail to notice what’s coming, and devastating consequences could happen in a second.
Even if cyclists follow New York traffic laws and maintain 100% safe ride, they mostly suffer from crashes. Family memebers has to pay medical bills, works gone, incomes are gone, and both physical & emotional effects last for months, even years.
More devastating happens when the cyclist is ignored by the insurance company, low compensation is offered for medical treatments, lost wages, pain, and personal suffering, even if the accident was caused by full negligence.
Shim Law Group has represented injured cyclists throughout New York City for decades to maximize victims’ claims and shift the insurance companies’ blame into strong proof. Our procedure begins in a way so that a strong case can be established, and we get enough space to fight for the maximum compensation.
Whether the bicycle accident was caused with passenger vehicle, a commercial truck, a rideshare driver, a delivery vehicle, or poor road conditions, we will always be on your side as litigation goes right as you deserve.
A bicycle accident in New York, 2026, often starts with one question: Who is mainly responsible for the accident? An honest answer always depends on what negligence could be the key cause, and how a bicycle accident law firm in NYC can prove that negligence. Shim Law Group’s investigation process identifies every factor, every cause, every negligence, and every responsible party. See what Shim Law Group focuses mostly on:
As a victim after a bicycle accident, your focus should be on recovery, not fighting insurance companies, gathering evidence, or thinking about complex legal procedures. These responsibilities should be handed over to an expert attorney who knows which legal steps could protect your rights, as maximum compensation can be secured.
Bicycle attorneys conduct investigations, gather police reports, investigate all roadside CCTV footage, collect witnesses, protect critical evidence, and work with accident reconstruction experts when a combined investigation becomes necessary. The goal is to establish liability and build a clear case against the liable party.
An expert NYC bicycle attorney handles all communications with insurance companies, prepares the necessary claim documentation, and regularly aware victims and his family to fill all necessary legal deadlines. Working with an expert attorney means there will be no costly mistakes that could minimize your compensation.
A bicycle accident attorney calculates both your current and future losses. The main losses are medical expenses, rehabilitation costs, lost income, lost earnings, property damage, pain, and personal life suffering. Early value calculations helps compensations demand seems acceptable for the full impact of victims accident.
Insurance companies shift blame to the cyclist and offer a quick settlement, as long-term medical cost never documented. But a New York bicycle attorney knows how to act smartly, ignoring tricky settlement offers throughout the process, negotiating aggressively so victims get the right compensation.
If the insurance company refuses to offer a victim’s deserved compensation, the attorney can file a lawsuit, collect more evidence, and witnesses. Overall, an attorney’s main goal is to strengthens case position from settlement to final negotiations anyway. Because insurance companies know they need to defend the case before a jury if their expected settlement can’t be reached.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) shows mild symptoms like headaches, recognition issues, permanent cognitive, physical stability, and behavioral changes. Bicycle crash attorney NYC Shim Law Group investigates victims’ complete injury conditions and severity by closely working with experienced medical experts.
Landing on pavement and high-speed collisions against vehicles can cause a fracture of the spinal cord, and sometimes the victims fall into complete paralysis. These injuries often require high-cost medical care, lost income supports for the family, and special family care. Shim Law Group fights against the insurance company to get all this support.
Bone breaks through the skin mean it frequently requires multiple surgeries, hardware implants, and months of rehabilitation. Insurance companies routinely undervalue fracture cases, but Shim Law Group does not let them.
Dooring crashes cause facial trauma, collarbone fractures, wrist and hand injuries. Expert bicycle crash attorneys of Shim Law Group gather’s thourogh review of victims medical evidence, which shows how physically, emotionally, and financially the crash impacted a cyclist’s life.
Internal injury from a crash can rupture organs, cause internal bleeding, damage the kidneys, and lead to death. Symptoms are not always noticeable for internal injuries and often appear hours after the crash. Contact NYC attorney with a full medical evaluation is the smartest step, even if you feel fine.
Chronic pain in sleep, discomfort at work, and instability in daily activities are the main sufferings of neck & back injuries for cyclists. But as these discomforts are not visible on initial scene, the insurance company tries its best to challenge victims severity. But Shim Law Group knows how to document and value these issues.
Facial fractures, broken teeth, and permanent scarring injuries carry both physical and psychological consequences. Attorneys of Shim Law Group ensure victims will get the full cost for facial reconstruction, dental repair, and psychological treatment.
Shim Law Group handles wrongful death claims. Considering the victim’s family’s urgency, Shim Law Group respects families and what they deserve to pursue compensation for their funeral expenses, lost financial support, loss of parental care, and the family’s emotional losses.
According to NYC law, if a cyclist were partially responsible for the accident, it will allows to get compensation for full medical recovery. But full compensation could be reduced by victims percentage of fault rather than fully eliminated for a filed claim. So being partly at fault never prevents injured cyclists from pursuing a claim against the other responsible party.
Real Life Example As Clycists Scenario: Suppose a delivery van doored you on a Brooklyn side street. You need almost $180,000 in medical bills and lost income. The van company’s insurer argues you were riding too close to parked cars and claims 20% fault. Now, under New York’s negligence rule, your recovery is reduced to $144,000. That’s why an expert bicycle accident attorney in NYC must be on your case to collect solid evidence, collect witnesses, gather medical reports, and 100% solid documents from accident reconstruction experts to show the victim’s fault as a lie and prove the insurance company’s argument is wrong.
Insurance companies often try to shift blame onto cyclists so they can reduce the amount they must pay. But a bicycle accident attorney steps in and challenges unfair fault allegations by proving maximum fault of every liable party with solid evidence. Insurance companies will definitely argue cyclist were riding too fast, ignored the signal, and didn’t use horns. But Shim Law Group has been challenging every fault accusation by presenting solid evidence, experienced prosecutions, witnesses, and real crash analysis.
Identifying and proving every liable/responsible party is one of the most important things Shim Law Group does for every NYC injured cyclist. Our primary goal is to identify more liable parties, allowing victims to secure more insurance coverage and receive fair compensation.
Our bicycle accident lawyers, support staff, and in-house legal nurse consultants will work as a cohesive team to handle every aspect of your bicycle accident case & litigation process. You’d be better focus on your physical well-being, while we focus on your financial recovery.
In New York, if a cyclist is hit by a vehicle, the vehicle’s No-Fault insurance policy must provide up to $50,000 to support the victim’s medical expenses and lost earnings. It doesn’t initially matter who was at fault for the crash, even without having long legal fights. But the victim must file the “No-Fault” application with the insurance company within 30 days, and it will not be granted after 30 days have passed.
On the other hand, to seek compensation for pain and suffering, ciclyst must meet New York’s serious injury threshold law within 90 days deadline. Victims have to show medical proof of fractures, permanent disabilities, loss of physical function, and other serious medical conditions within this 90 days deadline.
New York law allows families to get help after a loved one has died. First, families can receive money to cover hospital bills and the costs of a proper funeral right after the accident. The family can claim the money that the person earned over the years. Finally, families can also seek help for the pain and suffering.
Punitive damages are not common, but they may be awarded in serious cases where the at-fault party behaved in a very harmful way. A driver who repeatedly drives drunk, and if the company ignores driving by its workers, or sometimes the driver could intentionally threaten cyclists. After the damages NYC jury punishes the responsible party and prevents similar behavior in the future.
New York bicycle accident settlements are worth something, but they fully depend on the severity of injuries, medical treatment, lost income, and available insurance coverage. If an injury is small, the payout might only be a few 1-2 thousand dollars. But if the accident changes someone’s life forever, the amounts could reach 100 thousand dollars, and even millions of dollars.
But there is no fixed compensation available for injured cyclists because courts and insurance companies evaluate multiple legal and financial factors to determine final compensation. To evaluate legal & financial factors, they precisely analyze the victim’s medical evidence, long-term disability, and strong proof of liability.
Injury Level | Typical Settlement Range | Description of Injuries |
Minor Injuries | $10,000 – $30,000 |
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Moderate Injuries | $40,000 – $150,000 |
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Serious Injuries | $150,000 – $750,000 |
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Catastrophic Injuries | $750,000 – $2,000,000+ |
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The quick decisions you make and the quick steps you take after a bicycle accident could directly affect how much compensation is being offered for your medical and other recovery. Follow these steps carefully:
Critical Warning for Cyclists: If a cyclist is hit by a city bus, MTA vehicle, NYPD car, sanitation truck, or any other government-operated vehicle, don’t miss to file a formal Notice of Claim with the NYC Comptroller’s Office within 90 days. The deadline will be counted after the first day. As a victim, if you don’t take action before the deadline, you will lose all your chances to be paid.
There are hundreds of personal injury attorneys in New York City. Not all law firms understand bicycle accident law deeply enough to maximize your case, and even if they have knowledge, not all of them have the courtroom handling capability to take on fair litigation against insurance companies. Shim Law Group does everything from presenting complex medical reports to fighting in court for every bicycle accident client:
To ensure that no one can destroy evidence of an accident, Shim Law Group immediately sends legal action letters to all agencies to secure traffic camera footage, surveillance video from nearby businesses, GPS data, dashcam recordings, and all electronic data from the vehicles that strike cyclists. Our team also visits the accident scene to document road conditions, intersection conditions, and infrastructure defects. We then collect and analyze all reports from the police. We identify reports that may have been missed during the police inspection and create a complete picture of what happened.
Most bicycle accident cases have more than one responsible party, and each additional liable party means the victim have chance of getting additional insurance coverage. Shim Law Group investigates the driver, their employer, the owner of the vehicle, check last road maintenance record, and any equipment intentionally involved. Our expert investigating team leaves no source of compensation unexplored.
Shim Law Group works with physicians and medical experts to fully document the long-term consequences of your injuries. When we see that a victim is suffering from serious injuries, we work with life-care planners, medical professionals, counselors, and financial advisers, and occupational specialists to calculate the total future costs needed to recover the victim. Insurance companies will have no chance to claim a lower offer against this strong documentation & reports.
Ajusters hired by insurance companies are trained to blame the cyclist and make quick settlement offers before you understand your full damages. Shimon A. Ilyaev, Esq, is a top prosecutor at Sim Law Group. He knows how adjusters think and what their winning strategies are. He has extensive experience building legal cases and rigorously contesting opposing arguments in litigation.
Shim Law Group prepares every bicycle accident case as though it will go to trial. When the insurance company sees that the victim’s lawyer is fully prepared with solid evidence & documents to take the case to court, they realize that there is less space to win the case. That is why they are forced to offer better settlements.
Shim Law Group litigates bicycle accident cases on a contingency fee basis. There is no upfront fee for the victim or their family, no retainer, hourly fee, or consulting fee. Shim Law Group takes a percentage of the money we secure for you through litigation. If we are unable to recover any money for you, you do not have to pay us anything.
In 2026, when you are injured in a bicycle accident, every hour is critical for you. In New York, evidence can disappear, and strict application deadlines can arise under New York law. So cyclists attorney is needed to manage everything from day 1 to winning full compensation.
Contact Shim Law Group P.C. today and book a free consultation with our trusted New York bicycle accident lawyer. Our attorneys and prosecutors are always ready to fight against vehicle companies and secure the maximum compensation for medical recovery and other expenses.
Call now or fill out our online form to speak with our New York Bicycle Accident Attorney. Tel: +17188781177
The most important evidence includes police reports, traffic or security camera footage, witness statements, medical records, photos of your injuries and the accident scene, GPS data, and any documents that can show how the accident happened and who was responsible.