Are you looking for a truck accident lawyer in Brooklyn?
At The Edelsteins, Faegenburg, & Blyakher LLP, we have been trusted truck accident lawyers serving clients across Brooklyn for over 85 years.
If you were hit by a tractor-trailer, a delivery truck, or a city sanitation vehicle in Brooklyn, the company on the other side has likely already started protecting itself. Its insurer has adjusters, investigators, and defense counsel on call. You should have someone in your corner too. Our firm has represented injured New Yorkers since 1937, three generations of trial attorneys working in the borough where you were hurt. Our Brooklyn, NY truck accident lawyer has been relied on by families for decades, and we’ll start preserving evidence right away. The consultation is free.
Truck Accident Lawyer Brooklyn, NY
What does a truck accident attorney in Brooklyn, NY do that a general injury firm does not? We treat the truck as a business asset owned by a company that keeps records. That means demanding the driver’s logs, dispatch history, maintenance file, and onboard data before it can be overwritten, while naming every party who shares fault.
NYC DOT sensors counted a monthly average of 7,777 overweight trucks crossing the BQE’s triple cantilever in Downtown Brooklyn in the seven months before automated enforcement began. Heavier trucks stop slower and hit harder. When one of them causes a collision, both the injuries and the litigation look different from an ordinary car crash.
Types of Truck Accident Cases We Handle in Brooklyn
Brooklyn’s truck traffic ranges from 80,000-pound tractor-trailers on the Gowanus Expressway to box trucks squeezing down residential blocks in Bensonhurst. Each brings its own defendants and paper trail. These are the cases our Brooklyn truck accident attorneys handle most often.
- Tractor-trailer and semi-truck collisions. The heaviest vehicles on the BQE and the Gowanus cause the most severe injuries when they rear-end or sideswipe passenger cars. We pursue the driver, the motor carrier, and any company that loaded or dispatched the trailer.
- Delivery and box truck accidents. Package vans and box trucks make thousands of stops a day across the borough, often double-parked or pulling out without looking. A driver rushing a route is still an employee, and the company that set the route answers for him.
- Sanitation and city-owned truck crashes. Department of Sanitation trucks, street sweepers, and other municipal vehicles injure Brooklyn residents every year. These claims run against the city, which means shorter deadlines and additional procedural steps, so we move on them immediately.
- Private carting and garbage truck accidents. Commercial waste haulers run overnight routes at speed with drivers at the end of long shifts. We obtain route records and driver hours to show what the company knew about fatigue.
- Construction and dump truck collisions. With active work zones across Downtown Brooklyn, Gowanus, and Williamsburg, dump trucks and concrete mixers share narrow streets with pedestrians and cyclists. Contractors, site owners, and trucking companies can all be responsible.
- Blind spot and wide-turn crashes. A truck turning right onto Atlantic Avenue or Flatbush Avenue can crush a cyclist or a pedestrian in the crosswalk without the driver ever seeing them. Drivers are trained to account for those blind spots, and failing to do so is negligence.
- Jackknife, rollover, and lost-load accidents. Poorly secured cargo and hard braking on wet highway ramps cause trailers to swing or tip. These cases often turn on loading records and inspection reports rather than driver error.
- Fatal truck accidents. When a family loses someone to a truck crash, we bring the wrongful death claim on the estate’s behalf and account for the support that person would have provided.
Why Choose The Edelsteins, Faegenburg, & Blyakher LLP as my Truck Accident Lawyer in Brooklyn, NY?
Results Against Trucking Companies and the City
Our firm has recovered more than $131 million for injured clients. Several of those results came from truck cases:
- $5,250,000 settlement for a man who suffered life-changing groin and leg injuries, scarring, and a fractured elbow after being hit by a negligently driven truck
- $1,850,000 settlement for a driver who sustained back injuries after being struck by a street sweeper
- $1,500,000 jury verdict for a man severely injured when a tractor-trailer hit his car
- $1,200,000 settlement for a woman dragged by a Department of Sanitation truck, whose leg injuries and scarring required surgery
Three Generations of Brooklyn Trial Lawyers
Paul J. Edelstein and Glenn K. Faegenburg handle our truck accident cases. Both earned their law degrees at Brooklyn Law School, Glenn in 1990 after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania. Glenn has been recognized by Best Lawyers every year since 2018, and the firm is listed with Super Lawyers. Both belong to the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, and Paul is also a member of the Brooklyn Bar Association. Our personal injury lawyer in Brooklyn, NY has decades of trial work against insurers and knows what to do when a carrier refuses to make a fair offer.
What Is Important To Understand About Truck Accident Cases?
Damages, Liability, and Compensation for Truck Accident Cases
- Negligence. The driver or the company failed to use reasonable care, and that failure caused your injury. In truck cases the negligence often lives in company records: hiring, training, maintenance, scheduling.
- Company liability. A carrier answers for its driver’s mistakes on the job, and separately for its own decisions, such as sending a poorly maintained rig onto the BQE.
- Comparative fault. Under CPLR 1411, your recovery is reduced by your share of fault. For motor vehicle cases filed after New York’s May 2026 reform, a claimant found more at fault than the defendants combined recovers nothing, so insurers now work hard to shift blame to you.
- No-fault benefits. Your no-fault coverage pays medical bills and a portion of lost wages, up to $50,000 in basic economic loss under Insurance Law 5102, regardless of who caused the crash.
- Pain and suffering. Recoverable from the at-fault party only if your injury meets the statutory definition of a serious injury: a fracture, significant disfigurement, a permanent or significant limitation, or death. The old 90/180-day category no longer applies to new cases, so the serious injury threshold is often the first fight.
- Economic damages. Medical costs beyond no-fault limits, lost earnings, reduced earning capacity, and future care.
Important Aspects of a Truck Accident Case
Trucking evidence disappears quickly. Onboard data gets overwritten, dashcam footage is deleted on a schedule, and drivers move on. A Brooklyn truck accident attorney earns the fee in the first month by locking that evidence down.
- Preservation demands sent to the carrier and its insurer within days
- Every responsible party identified: driver, carrier, trailer owner, shipper, maintenance contractor, and the city for municipal vehicles
- Engine control module, GPS, telematics, and camera data pulled before it cycles out
- In turning crashes the company will argue you were in the truck’s blind spot. We anticipate that defense and answer it with camera footage, witnesses, and reconstruction.
What Is The Truck Accident Case Timeline?
A truck case in Kings County typically runs one to three years, depending on your injuries and how hard the carrier fights.
- Weeks one through four: investigation, preservation demands, no-fault paperwork, and the start of treatment
- Months one through six: treatment continues while we build the liability case. Common mistakes in this stretch, like posting on social media or skipping appointments, cost money later
- Demand and negotiation once your doctors can describe your long-term recovery
- Lawsuit filed in Kings County Supreme Court if the carrier will not pay, followed by depositions and defense medical exams
- Mediation, settlement, or trial. Most cases resolve before a jury is picked, but we prepare each one as though it won’t
You have three years from the crash to file suit under CPLR 214. Claims against New York City run on a much shorter clock, and our truck accident attorneys in Brooklyn, NY have written about suing the city for exactly that reason.
What to Bring to Your Truck Accident Consultation
Bring what you have to your appointment with us. Missing items won’t stop the evaluation, as we can gather more information we need later on.
- The police accident report or its number, along with the trucking company’s name and any USDOT number you photographed on the cab door
- Photos and video of the scene, the vehicles, and your injuries
- Medical records, discharge instructions, and bills received so far
- Your auto insurance policy and any letters or calls from the trucking company’s insurer
- Names and contact information for witnesses
The consultation is free. We’ll tell you whether you have a case, which parties we would pursue, and what happens next.
Most Dangerous Locations for Truck Accidents in Brooklyn
Citywide, NYC DOT reported 140 freight-involved traffic deaths between 2020 and 2024, 11 percent of all traffic fatalities in that span. In Brooklyn, these crashes cluster along the designated truck routes and the local streets that feed them:
- The BQE (I-278) and its ramps at Atlantic Avenue, Hamilton Avenue, and Metropolitan Avenue
- The Gowanus Expressway and Third Avenue through Sunset Park, where Industry City and the waterfront warehouses draw constant freight
- Atlantic Avenue from Downtown Brooklyn to East New York
- Flatbush Avenue, Linden Boulevard, and Pennsylvania Avenue
- Flushing Avenue along the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Truck cases arising in the borough are filed in Kings County Supreme Court, Civil Term, at 360 Adams Street, the busiest civil term in New York State.
Reach Out to The Edelsteins, Faegenburg, & Blyakher LLP to Schedule a Consultation
A truck case is often won in the first few weeks, before the carrier’s records get lost. Our consultation is free, and you pay no fee unless we win. We’ll review the crash report, explain how liability and no-fault apply, and tell you whether we can help. Contact us online or by phone and a Brooklyn, NY truck accident lawyer will contact you to schedule a consultation.