Long Island Personal Injury Lawyers

Car, truck, bus and motorcycle crashes; pedestrian and bicycle injuries; falls on sidewalks, in stores and in apartment buildings; construction and other work injuries; nursing home injuries; dog bites; medical malpractice; and wrongful death claims anywhere in Nassau or Suffolk County.

The consultation is free, and there is no fee unless there is a recovery. The fee agreement is explained in writing before we start.

Nassau and Suffolk follow the same New York State law. Most injury lawsuits against a private person or business must be started within three years. Medical malpractice is generally two years and six months, and wrongful death two years after the death. For an ordinary personal-injury claim against a county, town, village or city, a notice of claim is usually due within 90 days and a lawsuit generally within one year and 90 days; a death claim has separate notice and timing rules.

Through the evidence: the report from the police department that responded, photos and video, witnesses, vehicle damage, the condition of the place where you were hurt, and the medical records. In a crash, traffic rules and each driver’s actions matter; in a fall, who controlled the place and whether they created the hazard or knew about it.

Depending on the claim, medical costs, lost earnings, pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life, and in serious cases future care and lost earning capacity. After many vehicle crashes, New York no-fault benefits, where they apply, pay some losses first, and a pain-and-suffering claim may need to meet the serious-injury rules. We do not quote values before reviewing the records.

Not always. Many claims resolve without a trial, but if a lawsuit is filed you may need to give a deposition or attend a medical examination. Where a case is filed depends on who is sued and where the parties live, not simply on where the accident happened.

Your share of fault generally reduces the damages rather than barring the claim. One exception: in a personal-injury action subject to Insurance Law article 51 (the no-fault law) commenced on or after May 26, 2026, recovery is barred if the claimant’s culpable conduct is greater than the defendant’s, or greater than the defendants’ combined.

We request your records from every facility that treated you, in either county. Naming a hospital does not suggest any affiliation with it or any fault by it. The type of facility matters for a malpractice claim: NUMC is run by the Nassau Health Care Corporation, which needs a notice of claim, a State-run facility goes to the Court of Claims, and a VA hospital follows federal rules. Our Long Island medical malpractice page explains each.

This page does not rank roads, because a ranking would not decide your claim. Most crash claims are against another driver and their insurer. Who maintains the road matters when a defect, signal or design problem contributed: a State parkway or highway points to the Court of Claims, while a county, town or village road needs that body’s notice of claim and may need prior written notice of the defect.

Both are branches of the New York State Supreme Court and apply the same state law. The practical difference is venue: a suit against Nassau County, Suffolk County or a town, village or city in either county is generally venued in that county, while a case against a private party can generally be venued where a party lived when it started or where a substantial part of the events happened, subject to transfer and other venue rules.

All of Nassau and Suffolk counties, including Hempstead, Garden City, Mineola, Freeport, Long Beach, Great Neck, Hicksville, Massapequa, Huntington, Smithtown, Babylon, Islip, Bay Shore, Brookhaven, Patchogue, Riverhead and the East End.