Serious crashes can leave injured people facing medical care, lost income, insurance disputes, and lasting uncertainty. Marks Law Group represents drivers, passengers, pedestrians, and families injured in motor vehicle accidents throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
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A serious motor vehicle collision can affect nearly every part of a person’s life. Beyond damage to a vehicle, an injured person may face emergency treatment, specialist appointments, surgery, physical therapy, missed work, reduced earning capacity, and uncertainty about how insurance companies will evaluate the claim.
Marks Law Group represents people injured in car accidents throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties from our office in Great Neck. Led by Harris L. Marks, Esq., the firm investigates how collisions occurred, identifies potentially responsible parties, evaluates available insurance coverage, documents injuries and financial losses, and prepares serious cases for litigation when necessary.
Long Island car accident cases can involve New York’s no-fault system, serious-injury requirements, disputed liability, comparative fault, uninsured or underinsured motorists, commercial vehicles, multiple defendants, and collisions involving government-owned vehicles or roadways.
Early investigation can matter because surveillance footage, vehicle data, photographs, witness information, and other evidence may become harder to obtain as time passes.
New York motor vehicle cases operate under rules that can affect medical benefits, liability, recoverable damages, and whether an injured person can 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.
Current New York CPLR §1411 contains specific rules for personal injury actions subject to Article 51 of the Insurance Law. How fault affects a particular claim depends on the evidence and parties involved.
No-fault benefits, a liability claim against an at-fault driver, uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage, and claims against additional responsible parties can involve separate requirements and deadlines.
Serious crashes can occur on residential streets, busy commercial corridors, major intersections, parkways, expressways, and highways throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
Rear-end crashes can cause significant neck, back, head, shoulder, and orthopedic injuries even when property damage initially appears limited.
Traffic signals, stop signs, unsafe turns, failure to yield, speeding, and visibility disputes can make intersection collisions particularly fact-sensitive.
Higher speeds, merging traffic, sudden lane changes, chain-reaction impacts, and limited stopping distances can make expressway and parkway collisions especially serious.
Cellphone use, navigation systems, passengers, and other distractions can prevent drivers from reacting safely to traffic, pedestrians, signals, and changing road conditions.
Excessive speed, unsafe passing, tailgating, and aggressive lane changes can increase both the likelihood of a collision and the severity of resulting injuries.
When several vehicles are involved, determining how the collision developed may require analysis of multiple drivers, insurance policies, witnesses, and impact sequences.
Long Island’s road network combines heavily traveled expressways, parkways, commercial corridors, suburban intersections, and local streets across both Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
Marks Law Group’s office is located in Great Neck, Nassau County. The firm represents people injured in crashes throughout Nassau, including western Nassau, central Nassau, and South Shore communities.
Nassau County Car Accident Lawyer →The firm’s Long Island representation extends into Suffolk County, including matters arising from serious collisions on local roads, major commercial routes, highways, and other heavily traveled corridors.
Long Island drivers regularly travel roads such as the Long Island Expressway, Northern State Parkway, Southern State Parkway, Sunrise Highway, Northern Boulevard, Jericho Turnpike, Route 110, and other major routes.
Your immediate health and safety come first. Once emergency needs are addressed, taking reasonable steps to preserve information about the collision can become important to an insurance or personal injury claim.
Every accident is different, but important evidence can disappear quickly. Photographs, surveillance footage, vehicle data, eyewitness accounts, and roadway evidence may be difficult to obtain later.
Potential compensation depends on the injuries, liability evidence, 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 can be relevant to a claim.
Injuries can prevent a person from working during treatment and recovery, resulting in significant loss of income.
Permanent or long-term limitations may affect the work a person can perform and the income they are capable of earning in the future.
Serious injuries may require surgery, therapy, specialist care, medication, assistive devices, or other continuing treatment.
In qualifying cases, recovery may include compensation for physical pain and other non-economic consequences of serious injuries.
Significant injuries can interfere with independence, mobility, family responsibilities, recreation, and normal everyday activities.
Serious collision cases should be developed with both liability and damages in mind from the beginning. That means examining what caused the crash 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.
Examine reports, photographs, video, witnesses, vehicle evidence, roadway conditions, and other available evidence concerning how the crash occurred.
Evaluate whether one or multiple drivers, vehicle owners, businesses, employers, contractors, or other parties may bear legal responsibility.
Develop the medical, employment, financial, and other evidence needed to understand the present and future impact of the injuries.
When fair resolution cannot be reached, prepare the matter for discovery, depositions, expert analysis, motions, and trial when necessary.
A serious injury can sometimes exceed the liability insurance available from the driver who caused the collision. Identifying every potentially applicable policy can therefore be an important part of the investigation.
The insurance covering the potentially responsible vehicle is generally one of the first sources of coverage to investigate. Policy limits and exclusions can materially affect the claim.
Depending on the policies involved, an injured person may have additional protection when a responsible driver has no insurance or insufficient coverage.
Vehicle ownership, employment relationships, commercial use, multiple drivers, and other circumstances can sometimes create additional avenues of potential responsibility and coverage.
There is no single deadline that applies to every motor vehicle claim. The correct timeline depends on the claim, defendant, insurance issues, and other circumstances.
Many New York personal injury actions are subject to the three-year limitations period contained in CPLR §214 . That period should not be assumed to apply to every defendant or every claim.
When a tort Notice of Claim is legally 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 of the deadline for filing a personal injury lawsuit.
Evidence preservation, insurance notices, public-entity claims, and other procedural requirements can make earlier action important.
Different vehicles and accident circumstances can create additional liability, insurance, and investigative issues.
Commercial vehicle crashes can involve drivers, motor carriers, vehicle owners, employers, maintenance providers, and several layers of insurance coverage.
Long Island Truck Accident Lawyer →Riders have little physical protection in a collision and can suffer severe orthopedic, head, spinal, and other traumatic injuries.
Long Island Motorcycle Accident Lawyer →Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles can suffer catastrophic injuries requiring extensive treatment and long-term rehabilitation.
Long Island Pedestrian Accident Lawyer →
Harris L. Marks, Esq. represents people who have suffered serious injuries in motor vehicle accidents throughout Long Island and New York.
From Marks Law Group’s physical office in Great Neck, Nassau County, Harris represents clients throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties in matters involving substantial injuries, disputed liability, multiple defendants, insurance issues, 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.
Marks Law Group’s physical office is in Great Neck, Nassau County, but the firm’s Long Island car accident representation extends throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
This page focuses on Long Island car accident representation across Nassau and Suffolk Counties. For Nassau-specific information, visit our Nassau County car accident lawyer page .
Marks Law Group’s physical office is located in Great Neck on Long Island. From this office, the firm represents car accident and serious personal injury clients throughout Nassau County, Suffolk County, and other areas served by the firm.
Our Great Neck location provides a Long Island base for representing people injured in serious motor vehicle accidents throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
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 or Suffolk County.
Not every minor collision requires an attorney. Legal review becomes more important when a crash involves serious injuries, disputed fault, significant lost income, permanent impairment, inadequate insurance, several vehicles, 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 statutory and policy rules.
Definitions concerning first-party benefits and basic economic loss can be reviewed 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 of the case.
New York amended its comparative-fault law for motor vehicle personal injury actions subject to Article 51 of the Insurance Law in 2026.
Under current CPLR §1411 , claimant culpable conduct bars recovery in such an action 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 depends on the evidence and parties in the individual case.
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.
Claims involving public corporations can involve additional requirements. When a Notice of Claim is required, 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. 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.
The 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.
Yes. Marks Law Group’s physical office is located in Great Neck, Nassau County, and the firm represents car accident and serious injury clients throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties and other areas served by the firm.
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.
