Any highway or roadway in New York’s Nassau County – whether a local county road or a more significant thoroughfare such as Wantagh State Parkway – is going to be crowded with private and commercial vehicles. In fact, the website EmpireStateRoads.com claims that Nassau County’s roadways are some of the most densely-packed roads in the entire state. Whether they may like it or not, then, motorists who drive small passenger cars will be driving alongside large commercial trucks and tractor-trailers when going to, from, or within Nassau County. This reality of life for drivers and passengers in Nassau County means there is a very tangible likelihood that someday they will be injured – or even killed – in a Nassau County truck accident.
Truck accidents in Nassau County or elsewhere on Long Island are devastating tragedies that can alter life for the victim and his or her family for years to come. The financial costs associated with these collisions can be astronomical, but victims and their families do not need to bear this financial burden themselves. A Nassau County truck accident lawsuit brought with the assistance of Parker Waichman LLP can provide victims and their families with the money needed to pay for the costs and treatments associated with these collisions.
Why Do Truck Collisions Happen in Nassau County?
Truck drivers and drivers of other commercial vehicles are subject to more stringent licensing requirements than individuals who simply drive their own private cars and pickup trucks. Commercial drivers, for example, must meet certain health requirements that normal motorists do not, and the legal tolerance for alcohol in the commercial driver’s system is lower than the .08 level for private citizens driving their personal cars. One would think, then, that these additional requirements would help prevent truck collisions from occurring. Sadly, these terrible accidents can still occur because a truck driver decides:
- To drive too fast for the road and traffic conditions: Roads can become wet and slippery after a heavy storm or snowstorm in Nassau County, and large trucks handle differently in these conditions than do smaller cars. Choosing to drive too fast or not giving enough space between vehicles in front of the truck can lead to disaster if the truck needs to suddenly slow or attempt to avoid a collision. These evasive maneuvers can lead to the truck jackknifing, overturning, or sliding out of control and into other people or cars.
- To drive while drowsy: Driving while tired or drowsy can cause some of the same impairments and limitations drivers experience when driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. While federal regulations tell commercial drivers how long they are permitted to drive before they must rest, not all drivers follow these regulations. Moreover, older trucks and commercial vehicles may lack some of the technology present in newer vehicles designed to prevent truck drivers from driving when they should not.
- To drive with an overweight or improperly loaded trailer: The weight and the manner in which cargo is loaded within or on the trailer can have a significant impact on how the truck will handle when accelerating, stopping, or turning. A driver who is not aware of how his or her cargo is loaded or how this might affect how he or she ought to handle the truck safely. In addition, poorly-secured loads can come loose during stops or turns and spill over, potentially crushing a nearby pedestrian or motorist.
Truck collisions can also be caused because of an alcohol- or drug-caused impairment, disregarding traffic lights or road signs (whether intentionally or through inattentiveness), poor maintenance of tires, the braking system, or other parts and systems of the truck, retaining a truck driver with a documented history of unsafe driving behaviors, and other similar circumstances. Determining the facts that led to the truck crash is important, as this helps the truck collision victim know what individuals, businesses, and/or agencies may be responsible for paying compensation to the victims.
Finding out what led to a truck accident is a time-consuming endeavor requiring someone with the time to ask important questions and the knowledge of what questions to ask. Parker Waichman LLP has both, and we are committed to using assets at our disposal to investigate and resolve your truck accident injury lawsuit as quickly and successfully as possible.
How Do Truck Collision Victims in Nassau County Get Compensation?
Truck accident victims in Nassau County are able to be compensated for their economic and noneconomic losses connected with the truck collision. Economic losses are those expenses that can be easily calculated because there is an identifiable price for the good or service (like medical expenses, prescription drug costs, and wages missed from work). Non-economic losses include mental and emotional suffering and pain, the “costs” of not being available as a husband or wife or a father or mother, and the “loss” of one’s ability to enjoy life.
In order to receive financial compensation for these losses, the injured party in a truck collision must bring a lawsuit against the person or people (and/or businesses or other entities) who caused the truck collision. The injury victim should still bring a lawsuit even if he or she is also to blame for the crash: compensation is available so long as the injury victim is not primarily responsible for causing the collision (such as by cutting off a truck and slamming on his or her brakes). Before the court orders the at-fault truck driver or trucking company to pay any compensation, the victim will have to show:
- The truck driver and/or others acted in a careless way: The simple legal test to determine whether someone’s behavior is careless is this: if another person in the same position and circumstances as the truck driver and/or company would not have done what the truck driver/company would have done, then the truck driver or company acted in a careless manner.
- The careless behavior led to the truck collision: Driving while talking on a phone may be a careless decision for a truck driver to make, but if that decision had nothing to do with why the truck collision occurred, the injured victim is not entitled to compensation. For example, a truck driver who is speeding over the posted limit is driving carelessly; however, if the resulting truck collision occurred because another car cut off the truck driver and the truck driver would have had no opportunity to avoid a crash at any speed, the injury victim may not be entitled to any financial recovery.
- The truck collision is the reason for the injuries and losses the victim suffered: If the victim would have suffered the harm he or she did regardless of the truck collision, then the victim’s claim for compensation may be denied.
- The victim’s losses can be quantified and compensated: This requires the victim to prove the dollar amount of the losses he or she suffered and/or is likely to suffer in the future as a result of the truck collision. For example, the victim must produce bills and invoices showing how expensive his or her medical treatment has been to date along with evidence showing what medical treatment (and at what cost) is likely in the future.
Recovering compensation after a Nassau County truck accident, then, is no easy feat. However, with practiced Nassau County truck accident lawyers such as those with Parker Waichman LLP.
Our firm has earned a “5 Dragons” rating from Lawdragon.com and an “8” out of a perfect “10” rating from Avvo.com. We can not only help Nassau County truck accident victims in proving that another’s negligence caused their truck collisions and resulting injuries, but we can also help them recover the maximum amount of compensation possible.
How Much Does Parker Waichman LLP Charge for Nassau County Truck Accident Cases?
Parker Waichman LLP aims to make legal recovery and compensation as easy and accessible as possible for Nassau County truck accident victims. To achieve this goal, we provide a free initial case evaluation to all potential truck accident clients. To take advantage of this, potential clients and truck accident injury victims need only contact Parker Waichman LLP by phone or online and set up their free consultations. During this consultation, a caring and understanding member of Parker Waichman LLP’s team will discuss how the person was injured, answer any questions the person may have about his or her case and will explain the next steps in the recovery process.
One thing that will not occur as part of this initial consultation is this: Parker Waichman LLP will not collect any retainer payment or upfront fees. This is because Parker Waichman LLP accepts Nassau County truck accident cases on a contingency-fee basis. This means that injury victims will not be asked to come up with thousands of dollars in order to retain Parker Waichman LLP’s services. Instead, Parker Waichman LLP will get to work on a truck accident victim’s case right away and will get paid only when the truck accident victim receives compensation through a settlement or verdict.
How Quickly Should a Victim File a Nassau County Truck Accident Lawsuit?
Nassau County truck collision injury victims need to act quickly to protect their rights to compensation. In Nassau County, truck accident victims will need to file their lawsuit with the local Supreme Court in Mineola (100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY, 11501) within three years of the date the truck collision occurred. A personal injury lawsuit filed more than three years after the truck collision occurred are routinely dismissed by the Court upon a request of the opposing party without the Court considering the harm caused to the victim or the evidence of fault or blame.
There are some exceptions to this three-year time period. For example, if the victim did not realize he or she was injured until months later (due, for example, to an internal injury that did not manifest any symptoms until long after the truck crash happened), the victim may be able to file his or her lawsuit outside the three-year time period. However, this exception (and others) apply only in a very small number of cases. Rather than waiting until the last minute to file one’s case and hoping there is an exception, the better way to make sure one’s lawsuit is timely filed is to retain a Nassau County truck accident law firm to prepare and submit one’s petition for damages as soon as is practical.
How to Contact Parker Waichman LLP Quickly
To receive your free accident injury case review and start out on the path toward receiving compensation for your Nassau County truck accident injuries, reach out and contact Parker Waichman LLP right away. You can reach our firm by calling 1-800-YOURLAWYER (1-800-968-7529) or by messaging us through our firm’s website contact form.
How Do I Get My Police Report?
Within hours of an arrest or accident, a police report is generated by the investigating officer who inputs the case information. If the case is ongoing, it may be difficult to obtain the report or you may only be able to get the “public portion” until the case has wrapped up and any charges have been filed. After the police investigation has concluded, your attorney will have access to the full police report and you can ask them for a copy. The only other way to obtain a copy of a police report is to go to your local government website and request a report by filling out a form and either submitting it electronically, via mail, or in person depending on the instructions listed on your local government’s website. There may be a fee associated with requesting a copy of a police report and it may take several days after the incident for the report to be available.
Albertson Alden Manor Allenwood Argo Village Atlantic Beach Baldwin Baldwin Harbor Bar Harbor Barnum Island Baxter Estates Bayville Bellerose Terrace Bellerose Village Bellmore Bethpage Briar Park Brookville Carle Place Cedarhurst Centre Island Cove Neck East Atlantic Beach East Farmingdale East Hills East Massapequa East Meadow East Norwich East Rockaway East Williston Elmont Far Rockaway Farmingdale Floral Park Franklin Square Freeport Garden City Garden City Park Garden City South Glen Cove Glenwood Landing Great Neck Greenvale Harbor Acres Harbor Hills Harbor Isle Hempstead Herricks Hewlett Hewlett Bay Hewlett Bay Park Hewlett Harbor Hewlett Neck Hicksville Inwood Island Park Island Trees Jericho Kenilworth Kensington Kings Point Lake Gardens Lake Success Lakeview Lakeville Estates Lattingtown Laurel Hollow Lawrence Levittown Lido Beach Locust Valley Locustwood Long Beach Lynbrook Malverne Manhasset Manhasset Hills Manorhaven Massapequa Massapequa Park Matinecock Meacham Meadowmere Park Merrick Mill Neck Mineola Mitchell Field Muttontown New Cassel New Hyde Park North Baldwin North Bellmore North Hills North Massapequa North Merrick North New Hyde Park North Valley Stream North Wantagh North Woodmere Oceanside Old Bethpage Old Brookville Old Westbury Oyster Bay Oyster Bay Cove Plainedge Plainview Plandome Point Lookout Port Washington Rockville Centre Roosevelt Roosevelt Field Roslyn Roslyn Estates Roslyn Harbor Roslyn Heights Russell Gardens Saddle Rock Saddle Rock Estates Sands Point Sea Cliff Seaford South Farmingdale South Floral Park South Hempstead Stewart Manor Strathmore Sutton Park Syosset The Terrace Thomaston Uniondale University Gardens Upper Brookville Valley Stream Wantagh West Hempstead Westbury Williston Park Woodbury Woodmere Woodsburgh
Nassau County Auxiliary Police (516) 679-5810
2708 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, NY 11710
East Rockaway Police Department (516) 887-6319
6 James St S, East Rockaway, NY 11518
Nassau County Police Department (516) 573-4450
376 Atlantic Avenue, East Rockaway, NY 11518
Freeport Police Department (516) 378-0700
40 N Ocean Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520
Nassau County Police Department (516) 573-6500
1655 Dutch Broadway, Elmont, NY 11003
Floral Park Police Department (516) 326-6400
1 Floral Boulevard, Floral Park, NY 11001
Garden City Police Department (516) 465-4100
349 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530
Glen Cove Police Department (516) 676-1000
1 Bridge St, Glen Cove, NY 11542
Great Neck Estates Police Department (516) 487-7700
1 Cedar Drive Great Neck, NY 11021
Kensington Police Department (516) 482-0480
1 Beverly Road #A Great Neck, NY 11021
Lake Success Police Department (516) 482-4600
318 Lakeville Road, Great Neck, NY 11021
Hempstead Police Department (516) 483-6200
99 Games A. Garner Way, Hempstead, NY 11550
Nassau County Police Department (516) 573-6400
1699 Broadway, Hewlett, NY 11557
Village of Kings Point Police Department (516) 482-1000
32 Stepping Stone Ln, Kings Point, NY 11024
Nassau County Police Department (516) 573-6800
286 N Wantagh Avenue, Bethpage, NY 11714
Long Beach Auxiliary Police (516) 431-6868
859 E Park Avenue, Long Beach, NY 11561
Long Beach Police Department (516) 431-1800
1 W Chester St, Long Beach, NY 11561
Lynbrook Police Headquarters (516) 599-3300
1 Columbus Drive, Lynbrook, NY 11563
Malverne Police Department (516) 599-3141
1 Britton Circle, Malverne, NY 11565
Mineola Auxiliary Police (516) 746-2448
300 Garfield Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501
Nassau County Police Department (516) 573-7000
1490 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501
Old Brookville Police Department (516) 626-1300
5701 Northern Boulevard, Old Brookville, NY 11545
Old Westbury Police Department (516) 626-0200
1 Store Hill Road A, Old Westbury, NY 11568
Centre Island Police Department (516) 922-6466
100 Centre Island Road, Oyster Bay, NY 11771
Oyster Bay Cove Police Department (516) 922-6363
Berry Hill Road, Oyster Bay, NY 11771
Port Washington Police Department (516) 883-0500
500 Port Washington Boulevard, Port Washington, NY 11050
Sands Point Police Department (516) 883-3100
26 Tibbits Lane, Port Washington, NY 11050
Rockville Centre Police Department (516) 766-1500
34 Maple Avenue, Rockville Centre, NY 11570
Nassau County Police Department (516) 573-6700
3636 Merrick Road, Seaford, NY 11783
Nassau County Police Department (516) 573-5275
970 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury, NY 11590
Westbury Auxiliary Police (516) 876-4925
645 Union Avenue, Westbury, NY 11590
Nassau County Police Department (516) 573-6300
214 Hillside Avenue, Williston Park, NY
Williston Park Auxiliary Police (516) 746-0720
494 Willis Avenue, Williston Park, NY 11696
Jericho Auxiliary Police (516) 364-3433
807 Dee Ln, Woodbury, NY 11797
Nassau County Police Department (516) 573-6200
7700 Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury, NY
St. Joseph Hospital (516) 579-6000
4295 Hempstead Turnpike, Bethpage, NY 11714
Nassau University Medical Center (516) 572-0123
2201 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow, NY 11554
Glen Cove Hospital (516) 674-7588
101 St Andrews Lane, Glen Cove, NY 11542
South Nassau Communities Hospital Off-Campus Emergency Department (516) 870-1010
325 East Bay Drive, Long Beach, NY 11561
North Shore University Hospital (516) 562-8730
300 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030
NYU Winthrop Hospital (516) 663-0333
259 First Street, Mineola, NY 11501
Mount Sinai South Nassau (516) 632-3000
One Healthy Way, Oceanside, NY 11572
Plainview Hospital (516) 719-3000
888 Old Country Road, Plainview, NY 11803
Mercy Medical Center (516) 705-2525
1000 North Village Avenue, Rockville Centre, NY 11570
St Francis Hospital (516) 562-6000
100 Port Washington Boulevard, Roslyn, NY 11576
Syosset Hospital (516) 496-6400
221 Jericho Turnpike, Syosset, NY 11791
Northwell Health - Long Island Jewish Valley Stream (516) 256-6000
900 Franklin Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11580
Amagansett Amity Harbor Amityville Aquebogue Asharoken Babylon Baiting Hollow Bay Hills Bay Point Bay Shore Bayberry Point Baycrest Bayport Beach Hampton Beech Croft Belle Terre Bellport Blue Point Bohemia Box Hill Brentwood Bridgehampton Brightwaters Brookhaven Calverton Canaan Lake Captree Island Carver Park Center Moriches Centereach Centerport Central Islip Cherry Grove Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Hills Commack Copiague Coram Corneil Estates Crab Meadow Cutchogue Davis Park Deer Park Deer Wells Dix Hills East Hampton East Islip East Marion East Moriches East Northport East Patchogue East Quogue East Setauket East Yaphank Eastport Eatons Neck Edgewood Elwood Fair Harbor Farmingville Fire Island Fire Island Pines Fishers Island Flanders Flowerfield Fort Salonga Gilgo Beach Gordon Heights Great River Greenlawn Greenport Halesite Hampton Bays Harbor Heights Hauppauge Head of the Harbor Heer Park Hither Plains Holbrook Holtsville Huntington Huntington Bay Huntington Station Islandia Islip Islip Manor Islip Terrace Jamesport Kings Park Kismet Knollwood Beach Lake Grove Lake Panamoka Lake Ronkonkoma Lake Ronkonkoma Heights Laurel Lindenhurst Lloyd Harbor Lloyd Neck Manor Park Manorville Marconiville Mastic Mastic Beach Mattituck Medford Mid Island Middle Island Miller Place Montauk Moriches Mount Sinai Nassau Point Nesconset New Suffolk Nissequogue North Amityville North Babylon North Bay Shore North Bellport North Haven North Lindenhurst North Patchogue North Sea Northampton Northport Oak Beach Oak Island Oakdale Ocean Bay Park Ocean Beach Old Field Old Mastic Old Westfield Orient Orient Point Panamoka Patchogue Peconic Pine Air Pine Neck Point O Woods Poquott Port Jefferson Port Jefferson Station Promised Land Quioque Quogue Remsenburg Ridge Riverhead Rivers Edge Rocky Point Ronkonkoma Sag Harbor Sagaponack Saint James Saltaire San Remo Sayville Scotts Beach Seaview Selden Setauket Shelter Island Shelter Island Heights Shirley Shoreham Smithtown Sound Beach South Hauppauge South Haven South Huntington South Jamesport South Setauket Southampton Southold Speonk Stony Brook Strongs Neck Sunken Meadow Terryville Upton Wading River Wainscott Water Mill West Babylon West Bay Shore West Brentwood West Gilgo Beach West Hills West Islip West Sayville Westhampton Westhampton Beach Westhampton Dunes Wheatley Heights Wildwood Wincoma Wyandanch Yaphank
Amityville Police Department (631) 264-0400
21 Ireland Place, Amityville, NY 11701
Saltaire Public Safety Office (631) 583-5572
14 Bay Prom St, Bay Shore, NY 11706
Suffolk County Police Department (631) 854-8300
1630 5th Avenue, Bay Shore, NY 11706
NY State Police (631) 231-5962
800 Crooked Hill Road, Brentwood, NY 11717
MTAPD (631) 851-2230
10 West Suffolk Avenue, Central Islip, NY 11722
East Hampton Police Department (631) 324-3018
159 Pantigo Road, East Hampton, NY 11937
East Hampton Village Police Department (631) 324-0777
1 Cedar St, East Hampton, NY 11937
Huntington Bay Police Department (631) 427-2843
244 Vineyard Road, Halesite, NY 11743
Southampton Town Police Department (631) 728-3400
110 Old Riverhead Road, Hampton Bays, NY 11946
Lloyd Harbor Police Department (631) 549-8800
380 W Neck Road, Huntington, NY 11743
Suffolk County Police Department (631) 854-8200
1071 Park Avenue, Huntington, NY 11743
Harbor Police Department (631) 224-5656
Bayview Avenue, Islip NY 11751
Montauk Police Precinct (631) 668-3709
52 S Embassy St, Montauk, NY 11954
Asharoken Police Department (631) 261-7400
1 Asharoken Avenue #1, Northport, NY 11768
Northport Village Police Department (631) 261-7500
224 Main St, Northport, NY 11768
Ocean Beach Police Department (631) 583-5866
1 Bay Walk, Ocean Beach, NY 11770
Southold Police Department (631) 765-2600
41405 Route 25, Peconic, NY 11958
Quogue Police Department (631) 653-4175
115 Jessup Avenue, Quogue, NY 11959
Riverhead Police Department (631) 727-4500
210 Howell Avenue, Riverhead, NY 11901
Sag Harbor Police Headquarters (631) 725-0058
70 Division St, Sag Harbor, NY 11963
Head of the Harbor Police Department (631) 584-7891
500 Route 25a, St James, NY 11780
Nisseuogue Police Department (631) 584-5302
Moriches Road, St James, NY 11780
Old Field Village Constables (631) 941-9401
207 Old Field Road, Setauket, NY 11733
Shelter Island Police Department (631) 749-0600
44 N Ferry Road, Shelter Island, NY 11964
Southampton Village Police (631) 283-0056
151 Windmill Ln, Southampton, NY 11968
East Hampton Town Police Department (631) 537-7575
131 Wainscott Road, Wainscott, NY 11975
Suffolk County Police Department (631) 854-8100
555 Route 109, West Babylon, NY 11704
Southside Hospital (631) 968-3000
301 East Main St, Bay Shore, NY 11706
Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital (631) 477-1000
201 Manor Place, Greenport, NY 11944
Huntington Hospital (631) 351-2200
270 Park Avenue, Huntington, NY 11743
Long Island Community Hospital (631) 654-7100
101 Hospital Road, Patchogue, NY 11772
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port Jefferson New York Inc (631) 473-1320
75 North Country Road, Port Jefferson, NY 11777
St. Charles Hospital (631) 474-6600
200 Belle Terre Road, Port Jefferson, NY 11777
Peconic Bay Medical Center (631) 548-6000
1300 Roanoke Avenue, Riverhead, NY 11901
St Catherine of Siena Hospital (631) 862-3107
50 Route 25a, Smithtown, NY 11787
Stony Brook Southampton Hospital (631) 726-8200
240 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, NY 11968
University Hospital (631) 444-2701
Health Sciences Center SUNY, Stony Brook, NY 11794
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, (631) 376-3000
1000 Montauk Highway, West Islip, NY 11795
Long Island Attorneys
Lawyers in Long Island
New York | Brooklyn | Queens | Long Island | New Jersey | Florida
Call us at: 1-800-YOURLAWYER (800-968-7529) | Schedule your free consultation
Have you or a loved one been injured in an 18-wheeler truck accident?
Click To Get A Free Case Review
