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We understand how confusing and overwhelming the aftermath of an accident can be. When you trust us to handle your personal injury case, you can count on being treated like a member of our family.

Accidents happen every day in New York, but each victim has a story. When accidents cause serious injuries, your story might include surgery, lengthy stays in the hospital, and weeks or months out of work.

Commercial trucks are a common sight in New York City and surrounding areas. Whether they are transporting goods or delivering materials to construction sites, these heavy vehicles are a threat to everyone around them.

Any type of accident can lead to scrapes, bruises, or broken bones, but some incidents are so devastating that they lead to severe injuries to the victim.

Motorcycle accidents can change your life in an instant. Often resulting in severe injuries, long-term medical treatment, and financial stress.

Each year, countless New York residents take a tumble, but most can get back up and go on with their day. But some slip and fall or trip and fall accidents result in serious injuries.

Property owners must keep their premises reasonably safe for those who enter, but accidents happen all the time.

While the yellow taxicab is synonymous with New York City, in recent years the traditional cabbie has been replaced in many people’s minds by the rideshare driver.

When doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals violate their professional duty, patients become seriously hurt.

You carry different types of insurance to protect your financial and personal interests from loss, so you expect to be covered by the policy provisions in exchange for paying premiums.

The vast majority of bicycle accidents in New York are entirely preventable. They only happen due to the negligent acts of others, usually motorists on the road.

An eye injury can severely impact your day-to-day life in many ways. We rely on sight as a critical sense to understand and interact with the world around us.

New York City has always been a dangerous place to get around if you are on foot. In 2022 alone, there were 118 pedestrians killed in accidents on the city’s streets.

Over a million people in the United States suffer back injuries each year according to official statistics. Indeed, back and neck injuries are among the most commonly suffered injuries in accidents. And many of these accidents were the result of third-party negligence.

Sexual abuse is one of the worst crimes a person could commit. Civil and criminal trials are often necessary to obtain the justice victims deserve, and to protect other individuals from the abuser’s future actions.

If you have been injured during a surgical procedure because a surgeon or another healthcare professional made a mistake, you likely deserve financial compensation.

You do not expect to get sicker while hospitalized or leave a health care facility in worse shape than when you arrived, but hospital acquired infection is a serious problem in the US.

The human skull is solid and protects delicate brain tissue from trauma, but it may not be sufficient when a person suffers a violent blow to the head.

Losing a family member is always traumatic. And when that loss is the result of negligence, the family understandable wants the responsible party held legally accountable.

We rely on all our body parts to perform everyday tasks. Having to lose an arm, leg, hand, or foot would be absolutely devastating.

Broken bones are common injuries. Any bone in the body can get broken. Broken bones can happen when a person falls or is involved in some sort of accident.

A ceiling collapse is a dramatic event with major consequences. In New York City, many ceiling collapses happen due to a hidden defect in the building, which causes the ceiling to give way and land on those below.

When you think about injuries caused by car accidents, falls, and dog bites, you may think of head trauma, back and neck injuries, and broken bones.

At Poltielov Law Firm, our New York explosion and fire accident lawyer provides personalized, justice-focused legal advocacy to victims and families.

Nursing homes provide around-the-clock skilled nursing care for the elderly and other vulnerable adults. Sadly, New York has many dangerous nursing homes which the state refuses to shut down.

Rear end collisions are one of the most common car accidents. When motorists tailgate or drive distracted, there is an increased risk of a collision, especially with cars directly in front of them.

The spinal cord is the central carrier of signals throughout the body. Spinal cord injuries affect more than 4 million Americans every year. An injury to the spinal cord may be a bruise, a contusion, a partial tear, or a complete tear.

At Poltielov Law Firm P.C, our car crash attorney in Queens is a skilled, experienced, and justice-driven advocate for victims and families.

Residents see garbage trucks and dump trucks virtually every day. They are essential to the proper functioning of any city like New York. Unfortunately, both garbage and dump trucks will cause devastating injuries