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New York City Personal Injury Lawyers
Our Kew Gardens office in Queens serves clients across all five boroughs, with a second office in Hicksville for Long Island. The consultation is free and you pay nothing unless we win.
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Injury cases in New York City
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City cases carry one rule that overrides almost everything else:
if the defendant is the City of New York, the New York City Transit Authority, the MTA, NYCHA, a public hospital in the NYC Health + Hospitals system, or a school district, a Notice of Claim must normally be served within 90 days and suit started within one year and 90 days. The authority may also demand a recorded § 50-h hearing before any lawsuit is filed. In a city where transit, city vehicles and public housing are involved in so many injury cases, that 90-day rule ends more claims than any statute of limitations does.
Cases we handle in New York City
Each page below covers how that kind of case works here — the local roads and sites, the courthouse, and the deadline that applies.
Car Accident
A New York City car case is rarely just two private drivers.
Car Accident in New York CityConstruction Accident
New York City is where Labor Law § 240(1) does its heaviest work: high-rise construction, façade operations under Local Law 11, hoisting, demolition and interior fit-outs.
Construction Accident in New York CityTruck Accident
Commercial vehicles are unavoidable in the city: box trucks on avenues never designed for them, tractor-trailers on the Cross Bronx and the BQE, and an enormous last-mile delivery fleet on residential streets.
Truck Accident in New York CityMedical Malpractice
The city has both the largest concentration of private academic medical centres in the country and the NYC Health + Hospitals public system, and the difference decides the…
Medical Malpractice in New York CityWorkers' Compensation
New York City work injuries arrive from construction, building services and cleaning, restaurants and hotels, healthcare and home care, warehousing, and the delivery and app-based…
Workers' Compensation in New York CityWrongful Death
New York does not let the family file directly.
Wrongful Death in New York CityPedestrian Accident
More New Yorkers are hurt crossing the street than in any other single fact pattern this firm sees.
Pedestrian Accident in New York CityMotorcycle Accident
Riding in New York City means multi-lane arterials, constant lane changes around double-parked vehicles, metal bridge gratings and roadbeds opened for utility work and imperfectly restored.
Motorcycle Accident in New York CitySlip and Fall
The first question in a city premises case is who owned the ground you fell on.
Slip and Fall in New York CityProduct Liability
City product cases arrive in three recognisable shapes.
Product Liability in New York CityDog Bite
New York applies a narrower rule than most states.
Dog Bite in New York CityVerdicts and settlements
Results obtained by this firm
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$7,500,000
Verdict for wrongful death, against landlord, caused by fire that spread through apartment that was without smoke detectors.
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$4,400,000
Verdict for motor vehicle accident causing spinal injuries requiring surgery.
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$4,000,000
For a truck driver struck in the rear by a bus sustaining a brain injury.
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$3,090,000
For a construction worker that fell from a mobile crane platform and sustained a pilon fracture.
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$3,000,000
Banquet guest struck in the head by a server holding a tray of food causing him to sustain a post-traumatic brain injury.
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$2,800,000
For a truck driver who twisted his back loading a truck causing lumbar herniated disc which required surgery.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is different, and the result in any case depends on its own facts.
Communities we serve
Where our New York City clients come from
- Manhattan
- Brooklyn
- Queens
- The Bronx
- Staten Island
In their words
What our clients say
No complaints at all. Everything went according to what they said and I’m thankful for their representation.
If there was more than 5 stars Seth Fields and his associates would get them all. Mr. FIelds went to trial with a jury in Suffolk Cty Riverhead Supreme Ct & won w/ a verdict in minutes for 100% Liability. The defense worked with Mr. FIelds in a settlement before the damages trial began. I would stop here searching any further & contact Seth Fields if you want a Smart, Attainable for your questions, concerns, Empathetic to your needs but a Bull Dog with your case, then you found your attorney.I can’t thank you enough for all your long hours, weekends, holidays that you put into 7 yrs of all my medical, motions, hearings & trial etc. WE WON! You did it and obtained a large settlement that I couldn’t be more happy after this long tough journey. I would refer everyone to you that has a case that needs fighting for. 🙏
The most amazing, professional and knowledgeable with great communicators with injury law, and I highly recommend that there is no reason for second and third opinions on procuring a law firm with their experience and know how. They are second to none. My time was precious, and they respected every minute of it. Thank you!
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