A serious car accident can leave you dealing with medical treatment, lost income, insurance disputes, and uncertainty about what comes next. Marks Law Group represents injured drivers, passengers, pedestrians, and families throughout Nassau County.
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A motor vehicle collision can create problems that extend far beyond damage to a car. Injured people may face emergency treatment, specialist appointments, surgery, physical therapy, time away from work, reduced earning capacity, and pressure from insurance companies while they are still recovering.
Marks Law Group represents people injured in car accidents throughout Nassau County from our office in Great Neck. Led by Harris L. Marks, Esq., the firm investigates how collisions happened, identifies potentially responsible parties, evaluates insurance coverage, documents injuries and financial losses, and prepares serious cases for litigation when necessary.
Nassau County car accident claims can involve several overlapping issues, including New York no-fault benefits, serious-injury requirements, disputed liability, comparative fault, uninsured or underinsured motorists, multiple vehicles, and claims involving commercial or government-owned vehicles.
Early investigation can also matter because surveillance footage, vehicle evidence, roadway conditions, witness information, and other evidence may become harder to obtain with time.
New York motor vehicle cases operate under rules that can affect insurance benefits, liability, recoverable damages, and the ability to pursue compensation for non-economic loss.
New York’s motor vehicle insurance system provides qualifying first-party benefits for certain economic losses following a covered accident. Definitions concerning basic economic loss and first-party benefits appear in New York Insurance Law §5102 .
In covered-person motor vehicle cases, recovery for non-economic loss generally requires a qualifying “serious injury.” Insurance Law §5102 defines the statutory categories, while Insurance Law §5104 addresses causes of action for personal injury arising from motor vehicle use.
Current New York CPLR §1411 contains specific comparative-fault treatment for personal injury actions subject to Article 51 of the Insurance Law. How the rule affects an individual claim depends on the evidence and parties involved.
No-fault benefits, a liability claim against an at-fault party, uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage, and claims against additional responsible parties can involve separate requirements and deadlines.
Serious motor vehicle injuries can result from many different forms of driver negligence and roadway events.
Rear-end crashes can cause significant neck, back, head, shoulder, and orthopedic injuries even when vehicle damage initially appears limited.
Disputed traffic signals, failure to yield, unsafe turns, speeding, stop-sign violations, and limited visibility can make intersection crashes particularly fact-sensitive.
Higher speeds, merging traffic, commercial vehicles, sudden lane changes, and chain-reaction impacts can make highway and parkway collisions especially serious.
Cellphone use and other distractions can prevent drivers from responding safely to traffic, pedestrians, signals, and changing roadway conditions.
Excessive speed, unsafe passing, following too closely, and aggressive lane changes can increase both the likelihood and severity of a collision.
When several vehicles are involved, determining how a collision developed may require analysis of multiple drivers, witnesses, insurance policies, and impact sequences.
Nassau County combines dense suburban streets, commercial corridors, major intersections, parkways, and regional highways. Serious collisions can occur anywhere from local neighborhood roads to some of Long Island’s busiest traffic routes.
The location of a crash can affect which police agency investigated it, whether surveillance or roadway evidence may exist, and whether a municipal or other public entity must be considered.
Your immediate health and safety come first. Once emergency needs are addressed, preserving information about the collision can become important to an insurance or personal injury claim.
Every crash is different, but evidence can disappear quickly. Photographs, surveillance footage, witness information, vehicle evidence, and roadway conditions may become harder to document later.
Potential compensation depends on the injuries, liability evidence, available insurance coverage, financial losses, future needs, and the law applicable to the particular claim.
Emergency treatment, hospitalization, physicians, specialists, diagnostic testing, rehabilitation, medication, and other accident-related care may be relevant to the claim.
Serious injuries may prevent someone from working temporarily and can result in significant loss of earnings during treatment and recovery.
Long-term or permanent limitations may affect the work a person can perform and the income they may be capable of earning in the future.
Some injuries require surgery, specialist care, rehabilitation, medication, assistive devices, or other continuing treatment.
In qualifying cases, damages may include compensation for physical pain and other non-economic consequences associated with serious injuries.
Significant injuries can interfere with independence, mobility, family responsibilities, recreation, and ordinary daily activities.
Serious injuries can sometimes result in losses that exceed the liability coverage available from the driver who caused a collision. Identifying every potentially applicable policy and responsible party can therefore be important.
The policy covering a potentially responsible vehicle is generally one of the first sources of insurance to investigate. Policy limits and exclusions can materially affect a claim.
Depending on the policies involved, additional coverage may be available when an at-fault motorist has no insurance or insufficient liability limits.
Vehicle ownership, employment relationships, commercial use, multiple vehicles, and other circumstances can sometimes create additional avenues of responsibility and insurance coverage.
Serious car accident cases should be developed with both liability and damages in mind. That means investigating what caused the collision while also documenting how the injuries affect the client’s health, work, finances, family, and future.
Depending on the circumstances, the investigation may involve police reports, photographs, surveillance footage, witnesses, vehicle evidence, electronic data, roadway conditions, medical records, insurance policies, depositions, and expert analysis.
Harris Marks has recovered more than $40 million for injured clients over his career.
*Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Review available reports, photographs, video, witness information, vehicle evidence, roadway conditions, and other facts relevant to how the crash occurred.
Determine whether the evidence supports claims against one or more drivers, vehicle owners, employers, businesses, or other potentially responsible parties.
Develop evidence concerning medical treatment, future care, lost income, earning capacity, and the broader impact of the injuries.
When fair resolution cannot be reached, prepare the matter for discovery, depositions, expert review, motions, and trial when necessary.
There is no single deadline that applies to every motor vehicle claim. The correct timeline depends on the type of claim, defendant, insurance issues, and other circumstances.
Many New York personal injury actions are subject to the three-year limitations period in CPLR §214 . That period should not be assumed to apply to every defendant or every claim.
When a tort Notice of Claim is required against a public corporation, General Municipal Law §50-e generally contains a 90-day notice requirement in covered circumstances.
Insurance policies and New York’s no-fault system can impose requirements that operate independently from the deadline for filing a personal injury lawsuit.
Evidence preservation, insurance requirements, public-entity claims, and other procedural issues can make earlier action important.
Harris L. Marks, Esq. represents people who have suffered serious injuries in motor vehicle accidents throughout Nassau County, Long Island, and New York.
From Marks Law Group’s office in Great Neck, Nassau County, Harris handles cases involving substantial injuries, disputed liability, insurance issues, multiple responsible parties, and significant financial loss.
The firm’s approach emphasizes investigation, communication, documentation of damages, and preparation for litigation when an insurer or responsible party disputes liability or the value of a serious claim.
Every motor vehicle claim depends on its own evidence, injuries, insurance coverage, responsible parties, and applicable law.
Prior results do not guarantee future outcomes.
The type of vehicle and circumstances surrounding a collision can create additional liability, insurance, and investigative issues.
Commercial vehicle crashes can involve drivers, motor carriers, vehicle owners, employers, maintenance providers, business records, and additional insurance coverage.
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Marks Law Group’s physical office is located in Great Neck, Nassau County. From this office, the firm represents car accident and serious personal injury clients throughout Nassau County, Long Island, and other areas served by the firm.
Our Great Neck location provides a local Nassau County base for representing people injured in serious motor vehicle accidents throughout the county.
Marks Law Group, P.C. 111 Great Neck Road, Suite 201-M Great Neck, NY 11021 (516) 687-9763Answers to common questions after a serious motor vehicle accident in Nassau County.
Not every minor collision requires an attorney. Legal review becomes more important when an accident involves serious injuries, disputed fault, significant time away from work, multiple vehicles, inadequate insurance, permanent impairment, or an insurer that disputes responsibility or the value of the claim.
New York’s no-fault system provides qualifying first-party benefits for certain economic losses arising from covered motor vehicle accidents, subject to applicable statutory and policy rules.
Definitions concerning first-party benefits and basic economic loss appear in New York Insurance Law §5102 .
New York Insurance Law §5102 defines statutory categories of serious injury.
In covered-person motor vehicle cases, Insurance Law §5104 generally restricts recovery for non-economic loss unless a serious injury exists. Whether an injury qualifies depends on the medical evidence and facts.
Current New York CPLR §1411 provides that in a personal injury action subject to Article 51 of the Insurance Law, claimant culpable conduct bars recovery when it is greater than the culpable conduct of the person against whom recovery is sought, or greater than the combined culpable conduct of the persons against whom recovery is sought.
How that rule applies to a particular collision depends on the evidence and parties involved.
Many New York personal injury actions are subject to the three-year limitations period in CPLR §214 , but this is not a universal deadline for every defendant, insurance claim, or circumstance.
When a Notice of Claim is required against a public corporation, General Municipal Law §50-e generally contains a 90-day notice requirement in covered circumstances.
There is no standard value for a car accident claim. Relevant factors can include the severity and permanence of the injuries, medical treatment, future care, lost income, reduced earning capacity, available insurance coverage, liability evidence, and the effect of the injuries on everyday life.
Available recovery depends on the insurance policies and responsible parties involved. Uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage may need to be evaluated, along with whether additional people or entities may bear responsibility for the collision.
Marks Law Group’s physical office is in Great Neck, and the firm represents car accident clients throughout Nassau County, including Great Neck, Manhasset, Port Washington, New Hyde Park, Mineola, Garden City, Hempstead, Hicksville, Levittown, Freeport, Long Beach, Valley Stream, and surrounding communities.
If you or a family member suffered a serious injury in a motor vehicle collision, Marks Law Group can review what happened, explain the legal and insurance issues that may apply, and discuss your options for pursuing compensation.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Nothing on this page creates an attorney-client relationship or constitutes legal advice.
