Suffolk County Auto Accident Attorneys

Get medical attention even if you feel fine, call the police and get a report number, exchange insurance information, photograph the scene and the damage, identify any witnesses, and notify your own insurance carrier within 24 hours. Then call a personal injury attorney before giving any recorded statement to the other driver's insurance company.

New York is a no-fault state. Your own auto insurance (or the policy on the vehicle you were in) pays your medical bills and a portion of lost wages up to $50,000 regardless of fault. You must file the no-fault application — Form NF-2 — within 30 days of the accident to preserve that coverage. Serious injuries can also support a separate liability claim against the at-fault driver for pain and suffering and other damages.

You may still recover under the uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) portion of your own policy, or, if you have no policy of your own, through MVAIC (the Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation). Hit-and-run cases require fast evidence preservation — call us immediately.

Not without speaking to an attorney first. The other driver's insurance company is not on your side, and anything you say can be used to minimize or deny your claim. Once you hire us, we handle all communication with the at-fault carrier.

It depends on the severity and permanency of your injuries, the medical treatment required, the impact on your ability to work, and the at-fault driver's available insurance coverage. Our firm has recovered over $4M for Long Island crash victims, including individual recoveries exceeding $1,000,000 in serious injury cases. We'll give you an honest assessment at the free consultation.

Rideshare companies maintain a $1.25 million commercial liability policy that covers passengers and other drivers when the rideshare driver is on the app. That coverage is in addition to the driver's personal auto policy. These cases require careful identification of which policies apply at which moment — we handle that for you.

Yes. New York follows comparative negligence, so a failure to wear a seatbelt does not eliminate your case — but it can reduce your recovery for injuries the belt would have prevented. Do not let an insurance adjuster tell you otherwise.