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The experienced attorneys at Koenigsberg & Associates will listen to your needs, organize the facts, evidence, and details of your case, and aggressively pursue legal action until you get the compensation that you deserve:
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Common types of truck accidents
18-wheelers, delivery vans, and box trucks on New York roads each create their own crash patterns and evidence challenges.
Jackknife crashes
Trailers swinging out at sharp angles on the BQE, LIE, and Cross Bronx — often caused by sudden braking and weather.
Rear-end collisions
Fully-loaded trucks can't stop in time when drivers are distracted, fatigued, or following too close.
Underride crashes
Cars sliding under the side or back of a trailer — among the most catastrophic and survivable-only-with-fast-response crashes we see.
Rollover accidents
Top-heavy trucks rolling on highway ramps and curves, often due to speed, improper loading, or driver fatigue.
Blind-spot ("no-zone") crashes
Cars in the truck's massive blind spots get sideswiped during lane changes and turns.
Wide-turn & right-turn crashes
Trucks turning right strike cars and cyclists they can't see — a common pattern at NYC intersections.
Tire blowout & equipment failures
Defective tires, brake failures, and trailer detachments often trace back to maintenance and inspection lapses.
Cargo spills & shifting loads
Improperly secured loads that fall onto roadways or shift inside the trailer, causing rollovers.
Fatigued & impaired driver crashes
Hours-of-service violations, drug use, and stimulant abuse by drivers under aggressive delivery deadlines.
Common truck accident injuries
An 80,000-pound tractor-trailer hitting a 4,000-pound car produces injuries on a different scale.
Traumatic brain injuries
Severe TBIs, anoxic brain injury, and permanent cognitive impairment — common when a fully-loaded truck strikes a passenger vehicle.
Spinal cord injuries & paralysis
High-impact crashes with trucks routinely cause partial or complete paralysis requiring lifetime care.
Crush injuries
Vehicles compressed by truck collisions cause severe crush injuries to the chest, abdomen, and limbs.
Amputations
Crush injuries from being pinned under or alongside a truck that result in surgical or traumatic loss of limb.
Internal injuries
Organ damage and internal bleeding from compression and side-impact crashes requiring emergency surgery.
Severe burns
Post-crash fires and fuel-tank ruptures cause life-threatening burns and disfigurement.
Broken bones & compound fractures
Multi-bone fractures of the legs, pelvis, ribs, and arms — frequently requiring extensive hardware and reconstruction.
Facial & dental injuries
Disfiguring lacerations and broken teeth from steering wheel and windshield impact.
Wrongful death
Truck crashes are over-represented in fatal collisions — surviving family can recover for funeral costs, lost support, and loss of companionship.
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Why are truck accident cases more complex than car accidents?
Commercial trucks are governed by federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations on top of New York traffic laws. They carry larger insurance policies, more sophisticated defense lawyers, and aggressive rapid-response teams that go to the scene within hours. Truck cases require fast preservation of electronic data, federal compliance analysis, and reconstruction by experienced experts.
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Who can be held responsible besides the truck driver?
Potential defendants include the motor carrier (trucking company), the truck owner, the company that loaded the cargo, the company that maintained the truck, the broker that arranged the shipment, and the manufacturer of any defective component. The driver is often just one piece of a larger liability picture.
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What evidence is critical to preserve after a truck accident?
Key evidence includes the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) data, event data recorder ("black box") downloads, driver hours-of-service logs, dashcam footage, GPS data, pre- and post-trip inspection records, maintenance files, cargo manifests, and the driver qualification file. We send legal hold letters immediately so the carrier cannot lawfully destroy it.
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What are federal hours-of-service rules and why do they matter?
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration limits how long commercial drivers can drive without rest — typically 11 hours of driving in a 14-hour on-duty window after 10 consecutive hours off. Violations are powerful liability evidence because they show fatigue and corporate noncompliance, and they can expose the carrier to punitive damages.
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How long do I have to file a truck accident claim in New York?
The general statute of limitations is three years from the date of the crash for personal injury and two years for wrongful death. Claims against governmental fleet vehicles require a Notice of Claim within 90 days. The earlier we get involved, the more electronic data we can capture before it is overwritten.
Offices across NYC
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Brooklyn Midwood
1213 Avenue U
Brooklyn, NY 11229
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Brooklyn Flatbush
282 Flatbush Ave, Suite 2
Brooklyn, NY 11217
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Queens
80-02 Kew Gardens Road, Suite 5001
Kew Gardens, NY 11415
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The Bronx
225B East 149th Street
Bronx, NY 10451