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Brooklyn Truck Accident Lawyers

Over $350 million recovered since 1957. Our Kew Gardens office is a short drive from Kings County, and we appear in the Brooklyn courts regularly.

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Truck Accident cases in Brooklyn

Brooklyn moves freight through neighbourhoods. The BQE and the Belt Parkway carry the through traffic, while the industrial corridors at Sunset Park, Red Hook, Maspeth-adjacent East Williamsburg and East New York put tractor-trailers and box trucks onto the same avenues as cyclists and double-parked cars.
  1. 01

    The last-mile warehouses built across the borough in the past few years added a fleet of delivery vans on residential blocks, and with them the backing, blind-spot and loading-dock cases.

  2. 02

    A truck case is an evidence race rather than a paperwork exercise.

    The carrier's driver logs, ELD data, maintenance file and the engine control module all sit on retention clocks, the tractor can be repaired or sold within weeks, and the carrier's own investigator is usually on scene the same day. A preservation letter in the first days is what keeps that record intact.

What the law requires

A commercial carrier leaves a paper trail an ordinary driver does not: hours-of-service and electronic logging data, driver qualification files, inspection and maintenance records, dispatch documents, and the engine control module that recorded speed and braking before impact.

All of it has a retention period, some of it measured in months, which is why the first step in a truck case is a spoliation letter demanding preservation. The carrier is liable for its driver and often independently liable for hiring, training or scheduling — and federal minimum coverage for an interstate carrier starts at $750,000.

Verdicts and settlements

Recoveries obtained by this firm

  • $7,500,000

    Verdict for wrongful death, against landlord, caused by fire that spread through apartment that was without smoke detectors.

  • $2,000,000

    (Top 100 reported verdict for the New York Verdict Reporter for 2011) For a truck driver struck by a passing motorist while unloading his box truck on the side of the road sustaining injuries to his lumbar spine.

  • $1,000,000

    For occupants of vehicle struck by a tractor trailer that crossed into oncoming traffic.

All results

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is different, and the result in any case depends on its own facts.

Why clients call us

What you get from this firm

  • A partner works on your case directly — you are not handed to an associate
  • A firm that has handled truck accident cases in Brooklyn since 1957
  • Free consultation, and you pay nothing unless we win
  • Home and hospital visits if you cannot travel
  • Cases handled in English and Spanish
  • Open 24 hours — call when it happens, not when the office opens

Questions about truck accident cases in Brooklyn

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Which court would my case be in?
Brooklyn cases are filed in the Kings County Supreme Court at 360 Adams Street. Claims against the City, the Transit Authority, NYCHA or a public hospital require a Notice of Claim within 90 days.
What does it cost to hire you?
Nothing up front. The consultation is free and the fee comes out of the recovery. If there is no recovery, you owe no attorney fee.
How soon should I call?
As soon as you can. Deadlines aside, the evidence in these cases has a short life — camera footage is overwritten, vehicles are repaired, sites are cleaned up and records age out. Early work is what makes the difference.

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What our clients say

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