This is a 2026 list of New York truck accident law firms in New York City, on Long Island, in the Hudson Valley and upstate. Each firm has an active New York office and publishes a truck or commercial vehicle accident practice. However, New York truck cases run on several deadlines at once, and one of them is only 30 days.
The 20 New York truck accident law firms below each have at least one active New York office, a truck or commercial vehicle accident page on their own website, plaintiff-side injury work, and a public record you can check. They are also grouped by New York City, Long Island, and the Hudson Valley and upstate.
In other words, these are the offices of New York truck accident lawyers and attorneys. Their truck practices also cover crashes with tractor-trailers, 18-wheelers, big rigs, semi-trucks, box trucks and delivery trucks.
Onal Injury Law publishes this page and is listed first. However, the numbers are only there to help you move around the page. They are not a ranking, and no firm paid to be included.
A New York truck case can involve no-fault insurance, federal trucking rules and, if a city or MTA vehicle was involved, public-entity rules. As a result, several clocks run at the same time. These are general rules, and your own deadline depends on your facts.
First, carriers must test the driver for alcohol within 8 hours and drugs within 32 hours.
Then, your no-fault application generally must reach the insurer within 30 days.
For a city, MTA or other public truck, a notice of claim is generally due within 90 days.
Carriers only have to keep driver logs and supporting records for six months.
Suits against most public entities must also be filed within one year and 90 days.
Most negligence suits have three years. In contrast, wrongful death has two years.
We grouped the New York truck accident law firms by where their offices are, because a crash on the Thruway near Syracuse and a crash on the BQE usually lead people to different firms. Each entry also uses only facts the firm publishes about itself. In other words, we did not score or rate any firm.
Personal injury attorney John Onal represents people hurt in crashes with tractor-trailers, box trucks, sanitation trucks and delivery vans in New York and New Jersey. The firm also handles the early steps that New York truck cases depend on, for example the no-fault application and any notice of claim.
About our firm: you work directly with your attorney, and the firm represents clients in English, Spanish and Turkish. In addition, our Staten Island and New Jersey offices sit on both sides of the harbor, which helps because many trucks crossing the Goethals, Outerbridge and Verrazzano bridges cross state lines. We also review cases from anywhere in the U.S. and work with locally admitted counsel where a case requires it.
Publisher note: Onal Injury Law's Staten Island office also handles truck crash cases across the five boroughs.
(201) 335-6788 →A Manhattan injury firm whose truck practice also covers box trucks, delivery vans, construction vehicles and buses.
Worth knowing: it also handles bus crashes, which matters in a city where buses and trucks share the same streets.
A Manhattan injury firm that also publishes truck accident pages for New York City and for Long Island.
Worth knowing: its city truck page also breaks down truck crashes by borough.
A firm founded by Leonard L. Finz, a former New York State Supreme Court Justice. It has represented truck crash victims for over 40 years.
Worth knowing: its truck page describes sending spoliation letters early, for example to preserve black box data and driver logs.
A Manhattan injury firm whose truck practice also reaches Long Island and upstate cities such as Buffalo, Rochester and Albany.
Worth knowing: its truck page covers multi-vehicle pileups on I-95, the Cross Bronx and the BQE.
A firm with offices in Manhattan, Queens and Long Island that also handles truck crash cases statewide.
Worth knowing: it also has three offices near Penn Station, the Flushing–Main St station and LIE Exit 44.
A Brooklyn injury firm that also handles truck cases across New York City and Long Island.
Worth knowing: the firm says it prepares every truck case as if it will go to trial.
A Manhattan injury firm with, in fact, more than 150 years of combined attorney experience, according to the firm.
Worth knowing: its truck page also cites NYPD crash data showing where city truck crashes happen by borough.
An injury firm with more than 50 years of practice that also handles truck crashes across the five boroughs.
Worth knowing: it also has New Jersey offices, which helps when a truck crash crosses the Hudson.
A firm with more than 45 years of practice, known for brain injury cases, that also has a statewide truck practice.
Worth knowing: the firm says it advances all litigation costs in its truck cases.
Publisher note: distance does not change how Onal Injury Law handles a case. For example, Long Island clients meet with us by phone or video.
(201) 335-6788 →A Long Island injury firm that also handles commercial truck cases across Nassau and Suffolk.
Worth knowing: it also has four Long Island offices, from Garden City in the west to Riverhead in the east.
A firm that has also represented accident victims in Nassau, Suffolk and the New York area since 1978.
Worth knowing: its truck page also covers the LIE and the Northern and Southern State Parkways.
A Long Island firm that also represents truck crash victims across Nassau and Suffolk.
Worth knowing: its truck page explains how the driver, dispatcher, tractor owner, trailer owner and cargo crew may all share fault.
A Suffolk County injury firm with more than 30 years of collective experience that also handles truck cases.
Worth knowing: it also has an office in Hauppauge, which is home to one of Long Island's largest industrial parks.
Publisher note: Onal Injury Law also reviews upstate truck cases. Consultations happen by phone or video.
(201) 335-6788 →A firm with offices in Rockland County and Manhattan that also handles New York City truck crashes.
Worth knowing: its Nyack office is also close to the Thruway and the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge.
A Western New York injury firm that also handles truck crash cases along the state's main freight routes.
Worth knowing: its principal office also sits near the I-90 Thruway, a major trucking corridor.
A Buffalo-area firm representing accident victims since 1955. It also has a dedicated Thruway accident page.
Worth knowing: Michael Ranzenhofer is a former New York State Senator who chaired the committee overseeing the Thruway Authority, according to the firm.
A Syracuse firm that also handles truck cases statewide, from I-81 and I-90 to the five boroughs.
Worth knowing: it also has offices in each of the major upstate cities, several by appointment.
A Central New York injury firm that also handles truck crashes at the crossroads of I-81 and the Thruway.
Worth knowing: it also has five upstate offices serving counties from Oswego to Oneida.
An upstate firm that also handles tractor-trailer, box truck and delivery vehicle crashes.
Worth knowing: the firm says it limits its practice to personal injury and wrongful death cases only.
Many trucks in the region cross state lines several times a day. Because of that, where the crash happened can change the rules that apply. This table is a simplified summary.
| Rule | New York | New Jersey |
|---|---|---|
| Filing deadline | Three years for most injury suits (CPLR 214) | Two years (N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2) |
| Fault | Pure comparative fault; recovery is reduced by your share (CPLR 1411) | No recovery if you are more than 50% at fault |
| Pain and suffering | "Serious injury" threshold (Insurance Law 5102(d)) | Verbal threshold if your policy has the limitation-on-lawsuit option |
| First-party benefits | No-fault up to $50,000; application within 30 days | PIP from your own policy |
| Public entities | Notice of claim in 90 days, 50-h hearing, suit in 1 year 90 days | Notice of claim in 90 days (Tort Claims Act) |
| Attorney fees | Usually one-third, in a written retainer | Sliding cap under Court Rule 1:21-7(c) |
New York City also restricts where trucks may drive. For example, trucks must generally stay on the city's designated truck routes and leave them only to reach a local stop, under 34 RCNY 4-13. In addition, commercial vehicles are banned from the region's parkways, so bridge strikes on parkways like the Southern State and the Hutchinson often lead to questions about route planning and the carrier's training.
For a deeper look at New York truck cases, read our New York truck accident lawyer page.
These questions work for every one of the New York truck accident law firms on this page, including ours.
First, confirm the 30-day no-fault application was filed. Otherwise, your medical bills and lost wages can be delayed or denied.
If a sanitation truck, MTA bus or other public vehicle was involved, ask who will serve the notice of claim and on which agency. Serving the wrong agency can also be fatal to the claim.
Engine data and dash camera footage can be overwritten. For that reason, ask how quickly the firm puts the carrier on notice.
New York's threshold decides whether you can recover for pain and suffering. Therefore, ask how the firm builds the medical record from the start.
Finally, ask whether the attorney you meet will be the one working your file and appearing at your 50-h hearing or deposition.
Most people have three years under CPLR 214. However, claims against the City, the MTA or another public entity need a notice of claim within 90 days and a lawsuit within one year and 90 days. Wrongful death also has a shorter two-year limit.
Only if your injury meets the "serious injury" definition in Insurance Law 5102(d), for example a fracture or a significant limitation of use. Otherwise, no-fault covers basic economic loss.
New York uses pure comparative fault under CPLR 1411. In other words, your recovery is reduced by your share of fault, but it is not cut off.
These are public-entity claims. As a result, the 90-day notice of claim, the 50-h hearing and the shorter lawsuit deadline all apply.
Most injury firms work on contingency, and the customary fee is one-third of the recovery in a written retainer. Also ask whether case expenses come out before or after the fee.
Yes. An 18-wheeler, big rig, semi-truck and tractor-trailer all describe a tractor pulling a trailer. However, box trucks, dump trucks and delivery vans are also commercial trucks, and many of the same federal rules can apply to them.
Any injury lawyer can take a truck case. However, truck cases add federal trucking rules, commercial insurance and more defendants, so it helps to ask whether the attorney has handled New York 18-wheeler or big rig cases before.
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Last reviewed 29 September 2026. Reviewed periodically; the page may not reflect legal or factual changes after that date.
