Garden City Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer

Finding a Garden City Traumatic Brain Injury Attorney You Can Trust

A brain injury does not always show up on the outside. You might look fine in the days after a crash or a fall, and then the headaches start, your memory slips, or the person your family knew doesn’t feel quite the same anymore. Those changes are real, and they deserve more than being brushed off as stress or bad luck.

That is where a Garden City personal injury lawyer at Sakkas, Cahn & Weiss comes in.

The firm has built brain injury claims across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut since 2008, and recovered more than $700 million for injured clients, including a $9 million jury verdict for a woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car accident. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. 

Our Garden City traumatic brain injury lawyers gather the medical records, the accident scene evidence, and the expert opinions that turn a diagnosis into a claim the insurance company has to take seriously. Reach out to us and let’s talk about what happened to you and what comes next.

The Traumatic Brain Injury Cases Our Garden City Attorneys Handle

Brain injuries come from more situations than most people expect, and the cause of yours shapes how we prove it. Our attorneys handle:

• Concussions and mild TBIs from car, motorcycle, and pedestrian crashes
• Moderate to severe brain injuries from highway and truck collisions
• Head injuries from slip, trip, and fall accidents on someone else’s property
• Construction site head injuries from falling objects or falls from height
• Brain injuries caused by surgical or delivery-room medical negligence
• TBIs linked to defective helmets, airbags, or other faulty products

Some of these injuries are obvious in an emergency room. Others reveal themselves slowly, over weeks of headaches, mood changes, and memory problems, and we build the medical proof either way.

What to Expect During a Garden City Traumatic Brain Injury Claim?

A serious brain injury rarely stays contained to a hospital bill. It can mean months of rehabilitation, a career that has to change, and relationships that carry the weight of a person who isn’t quite who they were before. Who pays for a lifetime of that?

Deadline to File a Claim

New York gives you a limited window to make a negligent party answer for it. Under CPLR § 214(5), you generally have three years from the date of the injury to file a personal injury lawsuit, and missing that deadline can end your case regardless of how strong your medical evidence is. 

If your injury happened because of a delivery-room or surgical mistake, that’s a medical malpractice claim, and in most cases New York only gives you two and a half years to file. If a child was hurt, different rules apply to when that clock starts. Because these deadlines vary by how the injury happened, it’s worth confirming your exact filing window with a lawyer as soon as possible.

Car Accident TBI Cases and the Serious Injury Threshold

If your brain injury came from a car accident, there’s a second hurdle: New York’s no-fault system only lets you sue for pain and suffering if your injury meets the “serious injury” threshold defined in Insurance Law § 5102(d). 

This threshold got harder to meet recently. Until May 2026, someone could also qualify by showing a temporary injury that kept them from their normal daily activities for 90 of the 180 days after the crash — a path many concussion cases relied on. New York removed that option in 2026. Now, a mild TBI that fully resolves may not clear the threshold unless the medical proof shows a real, significant, or permanent limitation. That makes early, thorough documentation even more important for these cases.

Proving that threshold is often where a brain injury claim is won or lost.

How Our Garden City Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyers Build Your Case?

We move fast to gather surveillance and dash-cam footage before it gets erased, and we document the scene before conditions change or evidence disappears.

From there, we build a chain of medical records that ties your diagnosis directly to the incident. At the right point in the case, we bring in accident reconstruction experts, treating physicians, and life-care planners to put a real number on what your future requires.

Partner Matthew Sakkas spent his early career on the insurance-defense side of these cases before moving to represent injury victims, and that background shapes how we anticipate the arguments the other side will make.

We also know the courtroom where most Nassau County injury cases are decided: the Nassau County Supreme Court, whose courthouse sits on Supreme Court Drive in Mineola, just minutes from Garden City. We build strategy around how that court actually handles serious injury claims.

Real Results Our Attorneys Have Won for Brain Injury Clients

Adam Cahn won a $9 million verdict for a woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury in an automobile accident, and a $7.4 million verdict for a woman whose traumatic brain injury came from a building’s roof leak that caused a fall. The firm has also secured a $14.3 million result in a truck accident case involving a brain injury.

Each case turned on the same thing: medical proof strong enough that the other side couldn’t argue the injury away. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much is a traumatic brain injury claim worth in New York?

It depends on the severity of the injury, your future medical and care needs, and lost income, not a fixed formula. Verdicts and settlements our attorneys have obtained for brain injury clients are based on the specific facts and long-term impact in each case.

What if my TBI symptoms did not show up until weeks after the accident?

This is common with concussions and mild brain injuries. Document any new symptoms with your doctor as soon as they appear, since a delayed diagnosis can still be tied back to the original incident with the right medical evidence.

Where will my Garden City brain injury case be filed?

Most serious injury lawsuits from the Garden City area are filed in the Nassau County Supreme Court, which sits on Supreme Court Drive in Mineola, just minutes from the Village of Garden City. Our attorneys regularly appear there and shape case strategy around how that court handles these claims.

What does it cost to hire a Garden City traumatic brain injury lawyer?

We offer free consultations, and we handle brain injury cases on a contingency basis, meaning you owe nothing upfront and we only get paid if we recover money for you.

Speak With a Garden City Traumatic Brain Injury Attorney

A brain injury changes the math on everything: medical care, income, and daily life. You shouldn’t have to work out that math alone against an insurance company. Our Garden City traumatic brain injury lawyers offer free consultations and take these cases on contingency, so there’s no cost to find out where you stand.

Contact Sakkas, Cahn & Weiss today to schedule a free consultation and start building the case your recovery deserves.

Attorneys

Matthew Sakkas Esq.

Partner

Adam D. Cahn Esq.

Managing Partner

Mitchel E. Weiss Esq.

Associate Attorney