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A crash with a tractor-trailer, delivery truck, or dump truck can turn an ordinary day into months of pain, physical therapy, and missed paychecks. The trucking company’s insurer is already working to protect its driver and its bottom line.
A Garden City truck accident lawyer at Sakkas, Cahn & Weiss moves just as fast, securing dash-cam footage, black box data, and skid marks before they disappear. Our three partners bring more than 95 years of combined experience as Garden City personal injury lawyers to Nassau County injury claims, including federal court admissions and a New York Law Journal Verdicts Hall of Fame honor.
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Truck accident cases move differently than an ordinary car crash claim, because more than one company and more than one insurance policy are usually involved. We handle the full range of Long Island truck collisions, including:
Each case calls for a different mix of evidence, and we bring in the right specialists, from accident reconstructionists to life-care planners, depending on what your case needs.
A fully loaded tractor-trailer can weigh up to 80,000 pounds, so injuries in these crashes tend to be severe: spinal damage, traumatic brain injury, crushed limbs, internal bleeding, and worse. Injuries at this level rarely end when you leave the hospital. Many victims face months of surgery, physical therapy, and follow-up care, and some never fully recover the strength or mobility they had before the crash.
The hospital bill is only the visible cost. Fair compensation in a serious truck crash case also needs to account for lost income if you cannot return to work, the cost of ongoing or future medical care, and the pain, disruption, and loss of quality of life the crash caused.
Insurers for trucking companies know these cases are worth more than the initial ER bill. That’s why they often move quickly to offer a low settlement, or try to shift blame onto the other driver, to reduce what they pay. That is why documenting the scene, your injuries, and your treatment early matters so much: it protects the value of your claim before the insurer has a chance to undervalue it.
Most serious injury lawsuits arising from a truck accident in Garden City are filed at the Nassau County Supreme Court, located at 100 Supreme Court Drive in Mineola, a short drive from Garden City’s Franklin Avenue business district.
Nassau County judges and juries decide these cases. Knowing that courthouse and its motion practice shapes how we build your file from the first meeting.
Local streets and interchanges near Stewart Avenue and the Meadowbrook State Parkway see steady commercial truck traffic. Large trucks are barred from the parkway itself, though, which is often why a crash happens at a nearby ramp or cross street instead.
We combine that local knowledge with New York’s filing deadlines to make sure nothing about your case gets rushed or missed.
In one case, the client suffered a traumatic brain injury after being hit by a commercial truck, and the claim resolved for $14.3 million, one of the largest recoveries reported by the firm. In another, a tourist was struck and killed by a dump truck, and Adam Cahn secured a $5.5 million wrongful death settlement for the family.
Under CPLR § 214(5), you generally have three years from the date of the crash to file a lawsuit for a truck accident injury in New York. If the crash caused a death, the deadline is different: New York law (EPTL § 5-4.1) generally gives the family two years from the date of death, not three years from the crash, to file a wrongful death claim. Waiting even a few months can make it harder to preserve a trucking company’s records, so it helps to talk to a lawyer soon rather than close to the deadline.
For motor vehicle claims covered by New York’s No-Fault law, a 2026 change to the comparative fault rule means being partly at fault reduces but does not automatically bar your claim, so long as you are not more at fault than the truck driver and any other defendants combined. Your compensation is reduced by your percentage of fault, but if your share of fault is greater than the defendants’ combined fault, you cannot recover.
Most truck accident lawsuits from Garden City are filed at the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive in Mineola. We know the judges, the motion calendars, and the local procedures at that courthouse, which helps us plan your case from the first filing.
No. We work on a contingency fee, so you pay nothing upfront and we only get paid if we recover money for you. Your first consultation is also free, with no obligation to hire us.
Evidence from a truck accident disappears fast, and trucking companies know how to use that against you. Sakkas, Cahn & Weiss represents injured people across Nassau County on a contingency fee basis, so there is no cost to find out where you stand.
Contact us today for a free consultation and let us start working on your case while the evidence is still there to find.
You don’t have to go through this alone. Our team is here to listen, guide, and fight for you.
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