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Injured in an Accident on Long Island?

Reviewed by Thomas A. Sirianni, Esq. — July 2026

If you were hurt in a car accident, slip and fall, or construction accident in Nassau or Suffolk County, New York law gives you the right to recover for your medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering — but strict deadlines and the No-Fault system can quietly cost you that right. As a Long Island personal injury attorney with 27 years of experience, I represent injured clients on a contingency-fee basis: no fee unless we recover.

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Cases I Handle in Personal Injury

Motor vehicle accidents (cars, trucks, motorcycles, rideshare)

Serious injury threshold litigation under Insurance Law § 5102(d)

Slip, trip, and fall premises liability claims

Construction accidents under Labor Law §§ 240, 241(6), and 200

Wrongful death actions in Surrogate's Court

Uninsured (UM) and underinsured (SUM) motorist arbitration

No-Fault denials, IME cut-offs, and arbitration

Pre-suit settlement negotiation with insurance carriers

Are You Dealing With Any of These Situations?

Rear-ended on the LIE, Northern State, or Southern State Parkway and now dealing with neck or back pain

Slipped on ice, snow, or wet floors at a Long Island business or apartment building

Construction worker injured in a fall from a ladder, scaffold, or roof

Pedestrian or cyclist struck by a vehicle in Nassau or Suffolk County

Bitten by a dog or injured on someone else's property

Family member killed in an accident and you need to bring a wrongful death claim

Relevant New York Laws

Insurance Law § 5102(d)

New York's 'serious injury' threshold. To sue for non-economic damages (pain and suffering) after a motor vehicle accident, the injured person must prove one of nine statutory categories of serious injury, including significant disfigurement, fracture, permanent loss of use, or a medically determined injury that prevents substantially all daily activities for 90 of the first 180 days.

Insurance Law §§ 5103–5108 (No-Fault)

Requires the at-fault driver's insurer to pay up to $50,000 in basic economic loss (medical bills and lost wages) regardless of fault, in exchange for limiting lawsuits to cases meeting the serious-injury threshold. No-Fault applications (NF-2) generally must be filed within 30 days of the accident.

CPLR § 214

Three-year statute of limitations for negligence and personal injury actions in New York. Shorter deadlines apply to claims against municipalities (90-day Notice of Claim under General Municipal Law § 50-e, and one year and 90 days to sue) and to wrongful death actions (two years under EPTL § 5-4.1).

Labor Law §§ 200, 240(1), 241(6)

New York's construction-site protection statutes. § 240(1) (the 'Scaffold Law') imposes strict liability on owners and contractors for elevation-related injuries; § 241(6) imposes a non-delegable duty to comply with Industrial Code regulations; § 200 codifies common-law negligence.

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