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We keep our practice focused on injury law, and only injury law. Insurers know which firms try cases and which give up, and they make offers to match. Every case below is handled on contingency: no fee unless we win.
Collisions, rideshares, pedestrians, cyclists and hit-and-runs. We handle the no-fault paperwork and the injury claim. You focus on getting better.
Deadline: Generally 3 years from the crash to file a lawsuit. No-fault benefits need a written claim within 30 days, and claims against a city vehicle need a notice of claim within 90 days.
18-wheelers, box trucks, delivery vans and garbage trucks. Federal safety rules, bigger insurance policies, and evidence the carrier controls.
Deadline: Generally 3 years to file a lawsuit in New York. No-fault still needs a claim within 30 days, and electronic logs and dash-cam video can be overwritten long before that, so preservation letters go out first.
Wet floors, icy sidewalks, broken steps and torn carpet. Falls caused by hazards the owner knew about, or should have, and didn't fix.
Deadline: Generally 3 years. If the property belongs to New York City or another public body, you must file a notice of claim within 90 days or the case is likely lost.
Hurt on someone else's property by more than a fall: assaults in unsafe buildings, falling objects, broken elevators, collapsed ceilings.
Deadline: Generally 3 years. Buildings owned by the City, NYCHA or another public body require a notice of claim within 90 days.
Bites and attacks at a neighbor's home, in your building or on the street. The claim is usually paid by insurance, not by the owner personally.
Deadline: Generally 3 years from the bite. For a child, New York usually pauses the deadline until age 18, but photos, witnesses and the dog's history are easiest to prove now.
Falls from height, struck-by injuries and equipment failures. Workers' comp is often only part of what you're owed. We find the rest.
Deadline: Workers' comp: tell your employer within 30 days and file within 2 years. Lawsuits against owners and contractors: generally 3 years, but site evidence changes daily.
Surgical errors, delayed diagnoses and birth injuries. Led by a partner who spent nine years as an ICU nurse before law school.
Deadline: Generally 2 years and 6 months in New York, shorter than other injury claims. Some extensions exist for missed cancer diagnoses (Lavern's Law) and objects left inside the body, but never assume you have time.
Deadlines end cases
These are the general rules. Exceptions exist in both directions, which is exactly why the safe move is a free call early, not a guess later.
| Type of claim | General deadline |
|---|---|
| Most injury claims (car and truck crashes, falls, dog bites) | 3 years from the injury |
| Medical malpractice | 2 years, 6 months |
| Wrongful death | 2 years from the death |
| Claims against NYC or other public bodies | Notice of claim within 90 days |
| No-fault (car insurance) benefits | Claim within 30 days |
| Workers' compensation | Notice in 30 days, claim in 2 years |
| Injuries to children | Usually paused until age 18 |
General information, not legal advice. Deadlines vary with the facts. If yours may be close, call (800) 555-0139 now, day or night.
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