The Injury Law Library

Your rights, explained plainly.

Plain-language answers about accidents, injuries and your rights in New York — from Bergman, Bergman, Fields & Lamonsoff, LLP.

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Construction Accidents

Scaffold and ladder falls, falling debris, electrocution and machinery injuries — and the NY Labor Law 240/241 rights most workers never hear about.

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Hurt on a construction site in Nassau, Suffolk or Queens?

Scaffold and ladder falls, falling debris, electrocution and machinery injuries — and the NY Labor Law 240/241 rights most workers never hear about.

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Truck Accidents

18-wheelers, box trucks and delivery vans — federal rules, company liability, and why the evidence disappears fast.

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Hit by a truck or commercial vehicle?

18-wheelers, box trucks and delivery vans — federal rules, company liability, and why the evidence disappears fast.

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Motorcycle & Bicycle Accidents

Bike-lane crashes, doorings and motorcycle wrecks — including the no-fault trap that surprises every rider.

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Injured riding a motorcycle or bike?

Bike-lane crashes, doorings and motorcycle wrecks — including the no-fault trap that surprises every rider.

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Bus & Subway Accidents

MTA, NICE bus and transit-authority cases run on a 90-day Notice of Claim clock — faster than any other deadline in this field.

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Hurt on a bus, train or in the subway?

MTA, NICE bus and transit-authority cases run on a 90-day Notice of Claim clock — faster than any other deadline in this field.

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Rideshare & Taxi Accidents

Rideshare policies can reach $1.25M when the app is on. Who pays depends on the trip phase — we sort it out.

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Injured in an Uber, Lyft or taxi?

Rideshare policies can reach $1.25M when the app is on. Who pays depends on the trip phase — we sort it out.

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Workers' Compensation

Comp covers you regardless of fault, you cannot legally be fired for filing, and you may also have a lawsuit no one told you about.

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Hurt at work?

Comp covers you regardless of fault, you cannot legally be fired for filing, and you may also have a lawsuit no one told you about.

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Medical Malpractice

Misdiagnosis, surgical errors, birth injuries and nursing-home neglect — with a shorter 2.5-year clock than other injury cases.

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Harmed by a doctor or hospital?

Misdiagnosis, surgical errors, birth injuries and nursing-home neglect — with a shorter 2.5-year clock than other injury cases.

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Product Liability

Defective machinery, tools, vehicle parts, ladders and consumer goods — the maker, the seller and the installer can all be liable, and no one has to prove they were careless.

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Injured by a defective product or machine?

Defective machinery, tools, vehicle parts, ladders and consumer goods — the maker, the seller and the installer can all be liable, and no one has to prove they were careless.

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Slip & Fall

Store floors, apartment stairwells, icy parking lots and broken sidewalks — premises cases live and die on early evidence.

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Hurt in a fall that wasn't your fault?

Store floors, apartment stairwells, icy parking lots and broken sidewalks — premises cases live and die on early evidence.

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Car Accidents

No-fault paperwork, hit-and-runs, uninsured drivers and the serious-injury threshold — what actually decides New York car cases.

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Hurt in a car accident on Long Island or in Queens?

No-fault paperwork, hit-and-runs, uninsured drivers and the serious-injury threshold — what actually decides New York car cases.

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Personal Injury Basics

How injury cases actually work in New York: deadlines, no-fault, what a case is worth, and what to do first.

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Hurt because someone was careless?

How injury cases actually work in New York: deadlines, no-fault, what a case is worth, and what to do first.

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