Multiple Potential Defendants
Depending on the facts, a case may require investigation of the driver, employer, motor carrier, truck owner, maintenance provider, contractor, cargo-related entities, and other businesses.
Commercial Vehicle Accident Representation Across Long Island
Long Island Truck Accident Lawyer
Collisions involving commercial trucks can cause devastating injuries and raise legal issues that go far beyond an ordinary two-car accident. Marks Law Group represents people seriously injured in truck and commercial vehicle crashes throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
Serving Long Island from our Great Neck office
Free consultation · No attorney fee unless compensation is recovered.
Case-related expenses may apply depending on the fee agreement.
$40M+
Recovered for injured clients over Harris Marks’ career*
15+ Years
Legal experience handling serious injury matters
Nassau + Suffolk
Truck accident representation across Long Island
Truck Accident Representation · Long Island, New York
Serious Commercial Vehicle Claims
Truck Accident Cases Can Be More Complex Than Car Accidents
A collision with a tractor-trailer, box truck, delivery vehicle, dump truck, or other commercial vehicle can result in severe orthopedic injuries, brain injuries, spinal trauma, permanent disability, or death.
These cases can also involve more than the driver. Depending on the evidence, the vehicle owner, motor carrier, employer, contractor, maintenance provider, cargo-related company, or another business may require investigation.
Commercial vehicles can generate records that do not normally exist in an ordinary passenger-vehicle case, including electronic logging data, telematics, dispatch records, driver qualification records, inspection records, maintenance histories, and corporate safety documents.
Marks Law Group investigates serious truck accident claims throughout Long Island from its physical office in Great Neck, Nassau County.
Commercial Truck Litigation
Why Truck Accident Claims Require a Broader Investigation
The driver may be only one part of the investigation. Commercial relationships, vehicle ownership, maintenance, cargo operations, insurance, and safety records can all matter.
Commercial Records
Electronic logs, telematics, GPS information, dispatch communications, inspection reports, employment records, maintenance records, and other business documents may contain important evidence.
Serious Injuries
The size and weight of commercial vehicles can contribute to substantial forces in a collision, increasing the potential for permanent and catastrophic injuries.
Commercial Vehicle Collisions
Truck Accident Cases We Investigate
Different collision patterns can raise different questions about driver conduct, vehicle condition, visibility, cargo, speed, and commercial operations.
Tractor-Trailer Accidents
Collisions involving semi-trucks and tractor-trailers can involve motor carriers, drivers, trailers, business records, and commercial insurance.
Rear-End Truck Collisions
Stopping distance, speed, driver attention, following distance, braking systems, and vehicle weight may require investigation.
Jackknife Accidents
Loss of trailer control can involve braking, speed, roadway conditions, vehicle condition, and driver operation.
Lane-Change & Blind-Spot Crashes
Large commercial vehicles have substantial areas around the vehicle that can be difficult for drivers to observe. Mirrors, cameras, positioning, signaling, and driver attention may become relevant.
Delivery & Box Truck Accidents
Commercial delivery vehicles can create liability questions involving employers, contractors, vehicle owners, delivery companies, and insurers.
Dump & Construction Truck Accidents
Dump trucks, flatbeds, utility vehicles, and other heavy commercial vehicles can involve vehicle operation, loading, maintenance, worksite, and roadway issues.
Identifying Responsible Parties
Who Can Be Responsible for a Truck Accident?
One of the most important differences between truck and ordinary car accident litigation is the potential number of people and businesses connected to the vehicle.
Responsibility depends on the evidence and legal relationships involved. A company appearing on the side of a truck is not automatically the only legally responsible business.
The commercial truck driver
The motor carrier or trucking company
The driver’s employer
The truck or trailer owner
Maintenance or repair providers
Cargo or loading-related entities
Contractors and other commercial entities
New York Vehicle Ownership
Truck Ownership Can Matter to Liability
Commercial trucks are not always owned by the person driving them. Ownership and permission to use the vehicle can therefore become part of the liability analysis.
Vehicle Ownership
New York Vehicle and Traffic Law §388 addresses liability of a vehicle owner for injury or death resulting from negligent use or operation by a person operating the vehicle with the owner’s express or implied permission, subject to the statute and other applicable law.
Employer & Business Relationships
Employment status, contracts, dispatch arrangements, motor-carrier relationships, ownership documents, and other business records can affect which parties require investigation.
Insurance Coverage
Commercial vehicle claims may involve more than one policy or layer of insurance. Coverage should be evaluated together with the underlying liability evidence.
Commercial Driver Safety
Federal Trucking Records Can Become Important Evidence
Where federal motor-carrier regulations apply, the investigation may extend beyond ordinary New York traffic rules.
Hours of Service
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulates hours of service for covered commercial motor vehicle drivers, including driving and on-duty limits and required rest periods.
Driver Records
Driver qualification information, electronic logging data, duty-status records, training records, prior safety issues, and employment information may become relevant depending on the case.
Vehicle Safety Records
Inspection records, maintenance history, repair documents, braking systems, tires, lighting, and other mechanical evidence may require review after a serious collision.
Federal rules do not apply identically to every truck or every trip.
The vehicle, carrier, type of operation, route, cargo, and other circumstances determine what federal or state commercial-vehicle rules may apply.
Evidence Preservation
Truck Accident Evidence Can Disappear Quickly
A commercial vehicle collision can generate electronic, physical, documentary, and corporate evidence that should be identified as early as possible.
Electronic & Vehicle Data
Electronic logging devices, telematics, GPS information, event data, onboard systems, dash-camera footage, and other vehicle information can potentially help reconstruct events surrounding a crash.
Company Records
Dispatch records, driver files, inspection reports, maintenance history, contracts, policies, safety documents, and communications may identify relevant commercial relationships and practices.
Scene & Witness Evidence
Photographs, surveillance video, roadway evidence, witness statements, police records, vehicle damage, and physical evidence remain important alongside commercial records.
Serious & Catastrophic Injuries
Injuries After a Commercial Truck Collision
Severe truck crashes can produce injuries requiring surgery, rehabilitation, prolonged time away from work, and substantial future medical care.
Traumatic Brain Injuries
Head trauma can affect cognition, memory, concentration, communication, balance, personality, employment, and independent living.
Spinal Injuries
Severe back and spinal injuries can cause chronic pain, neurological impairment, mobility limitations, or permanent disability.
Fractures & Orthopedic Trauma
Multiple fractures, joint injuries, ligament damage, and other orthopedic injuries may require surgical repair and extended rehabilitation.
Internal Injuries
High-impact collisions can cause organ damage, internal bleeding, chest injuries, and other conditions requiring emergency treatment.
Permanent Disability
Some injuries permanently affect mobility, work capacity, independence, or the ability to perform normal activities.
Fatal Injuries
When a commercial vehicle crash causes death, the estate and family may need to evaluate potential wrongful death and survival claims.
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Damages & Recovery
Compensation After a Serious Long Island Truck Accident
Potential compensation depends on liability, injury severity, applicable insurance, responsible parties, financial losses, future needs, and the law governing the claim.
Medical Expenses
Emergency care, hospitalization, surgery, specialists, diagnostic testing, rehabilitation, medication, and other accident-related treatment.
Lost Income
Compensation may include qualifying income lost while an injured person is unable to work because of the accident.
Reduced Earning Capacity
Permanent injuries may affect future employment, career options, work hours, or lifetime earning ability.
Future Medical Care
Serious injuries may require future surgery, rehabilitation, medication, equipment, home assistance, or other continuing care.
Pain & Suffering
Where legally recoverable, compensation may account for physical pain and other non-economic consequences caused by the injuries.
Loss of Enjoyment of Life
Permanent limitations can affect independence, recreation, family responsibilities, mobility, and everyday activities.
Commercial Vehicle Litigation
Our 360° Truck Accident Investigation
A serious commercial vehicle claim should not be evaluated solely from the police report. The driver, vehicle, motor carrier, commercial relationships, electronic data, insurance, injuries, and future losses may all require analysis.
Marks Law Group develops these issues together so the claim reflects both how the collision occurred and the full effect of the resulting injuries.
1
Preserve the Evidence
Identify vehicles, electronic data, video, photographs, witnesses, logs, records, and other potentially time-sensitive evidence.
2
Identify Commercial Relationships
Determine ownership, employment, motor-carrier, maintenance, contracting, cargo, and other relationships connected to the truck.
3
Develop Liability & Damages
Connect crash evidence with medical treatment, financial loss, future care, earning capacity, and other legally recoverable damages.
4
Prepare for Litigation
Use discovery, depositions, commercial records, experts, motion practice, negotiation, and trial preparation when necessary.
Filing Deadlines
How Long Do You Have to File a Truck Accident Lawsuit?
The deadline depends on the claim and parties involved. Evidence-preservation concerns can arise long before the formal statute of limitations expires.
Many Personal Injury Claims
Many New York personal injury actions are subject to the three-year limitations period contained in CPLR §214 .
Government Vehicles
If a municipality, public authority, or other public entity is involved, additional notice or filing requirements may apply and can be substantially shorter.
Commercial Evidence
Electronic data, video, vehicle condition, dispatch information, logs, and business records may need to be preserved well before a lawsuit is filed.
Nassau + Suffolk Counties
Truck Accident Representation Across Long Island
Marks Law Group’s physical office is in Great Neck, Nassau County. The firm’s truck accident representation extends throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
Great Neck
Manhasset
Mineola
Garden City
Hempstead
Hicksville
Long Beach
Huntington
Babylon
Smithtown
Islip
Brookhaven
Riverhead
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Attorney Handling Serious Injury Matters
Harris L. Marks, Esq.
Harris L. Marks, Esq. is the founder and personal injury trial attorney at Marks Law Group, P.C.
He handles serious motor vehicle and commercial vehicle injury claims involving substantial injuries, disputed responsibility, multiple defendants, insurance issues, and significant financial losses.
Harris remains directly involved in the major strategic stages of the firm’s cases, including investigation, discovery, depositions, expert development, settlement strategy, and trial preparation.
15+ Years
Legal experience handling serious injury matters.
$40M+
Recovered for injured clients over his career.*
Great Neck
Serving serious injury clients throughout Long Island.
*Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Experience & Preparation
Serious Truck Accident Cases Require Serious Preparation
Every commercial vehicle claim depends on its own crash evidence, defendants, business relationships, injuries, insurance, damages, and applicable law.
$40M+
Recovered for injured clients over Harris Marks’ career
15+ Years
Legal experience handling serious injury matters
Long Island
Serving serious injury clients across Nassau and Suffolk Counties
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Our Long Island Office
Marks Law Group in Great Neck
Marks Law Group’s physical office is located in Great Neck, Nassau County. From this office, the firm represents serious truck accident clients throughout Long Island.
Great Neck Office
Marks Law Group, P.C.
Marks Law Group, P.C. 111 Great Neck Road, Suite 201-M Great Neck, NY 11021 (516) 687-9763
Common Questions
Long Island Truck Accident FAQ
Who can be responsible for a truck accident?
Depending on the evidence, potential defendants can include the truck driver, motor carrier, employer, truck or trailer owner, maintenance provider, contractor, cargo-related companies, and other entities connected to the vehicle or commercial operation.
Why is a truck accident case different from a car accident case?
Commercial vehicle cases can involve corporate defendants, motor-carrier relationships, electronic logging and telematics data, commercial safety rules, maintenance records, driver qualification information, multiple insurance policies, and other evidence that may not exist in a typical passenger-car collision.
What records should be preserved after a commercial truck crash?
Depending on the case, relevant evidence can include electronic logs, telematics, GPS and dispatch information, video, photographs, inspection and maintenance records, driver records, contracts, insurance information, witness information, and physical evidence from the vehicles and crash scene.
Can the owner of a truck be responsible for a crash?
New York Vehicle and Traffic Law §388 addresses vehicle-owner liability for negligent use or operation by a permissive driver, subject to the statute and other applicable law. Ownership and commercial relationships must be evaluated based on the particular case.
Do federal hours-of-service rules matter in a truck accident case?
They can. Where federal motor-carrier regulations apply, hours-of-service rules regulate driving and on-duty periods and required rest. Electronic logs and related records may therefore become relevant to whether fatigue or driving time contributed to a crash.
How long do I have to file a truck accident lawsuit in New York?
Many New York personal injury actions are governed by the three-year limitations period in CPLR §214 . Different or shorter requirements can apply depending on the defendants and circumstances.
Does Marks Law Group handle truck accidents throughout Long Island?
Yes. Marks Law Group is physically based in Great Neck, Nassau County and represents serious truck and commercial vehicle injury clients throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties and other areas served by the firm.
Seriously Injured in a Long Island Truck Accident?
Marks Law Group can review how the crash occurred, identify the commercial parties that may require investigation, evaluate available evidence and insurance, and discuss your legal options.
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