Car Accident Lawyer Serving Belmar
When a crash happens in Belmar in the summer, there is a good chance the other driver is not from here.
Beach traffic pours into the borough on Route 35 and Route 71, backs up along Main Street and Ocean Avenue, and circles the blocks near F Street and the boardwalk hunting for parking, and that mix of out-of-county and out-of-state drivers, sudden stops and distracted turns produces one collision above all the others: the rear-end impact. It also produces sideswipes as cars pull in and out of spaces and pedestrians struck crossing to the beach. New Jersey no-fault works the same way after each of them — your own PIP coverage under N.J.S.A. 39:6A-4 pays the first medical bills regardless of who caused the crash, and a serious injury supports a claim against the at-fault driver for pain, suffering and lost income that PIP never covers. If you were rear-ended, fault is usually the easier part; the real work is documenting the injury and dealing with an insurance company that may be based hundreds of miles away. We handle car accident cases on contingency: no fee unless we win.
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What We Know About Belmar Cases
Belmar's crashes build where summer traffic stacks up, on the Route 35 and Route 71 approaches into town and along Main Street and Ocean Avenue where drivers brake for pedestrians, crosswalks and open parking spaces, which is why rear-end impacts, parking sideswipes and pedestrian strikes make up so much of what we see here.
The other driver in a Belmar crash is frequently a visitor, so the claim often runs through an out-of-state insurance carrier and a policy written under another state's rules, and learning early exactly what coverage applies — including your own uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage when the other car carries only minimum limits — can change what the case is worth.
In a rear-end collision the trailing driver is presumed at fault in New Jersey, which shifts the fight to the injury itself, so we get the police crash report, photograph both vehicles before repairs, look for business cameras along the street before the footage is overwritten, and make sure your treatment is documented and billed through PIP correctly from the first visit.