Long Island Personal Injury Law Firm Siben & Siben

Personal injury is the core of Siben & Siben’s practice: the firm represents people hurt through another person’s or company’s negligence, from the first call to settlement or trial.

After a car crash in New York, no-fault insurance pays basic economic loss up to $50,000 per person, and a claim for pain and suffering is open only when the injury meets the serious-injury threshold of Insurance Law § 5102(d).

Siben & Siben represents drivers, passengers and pedestrians injured in collisions with tractor-trailers, box trucks and delivery vans on Long Island roads.

Siben & Siben represents motorcycle riders and passengers injured in crashes caused by other drivers in Suffolk County and Nassau County.

Siben & Siben represents people bitten or knocked down by dogs in Suffolk County and Nassau County, whether the attack happened in a home, on a sidewalk or in a public place.

Siben & Siben represents nursing home residents and their families on Long Island when abuse or neglect by a facility or its staff causes injury.

Siben & Siben represents people hurt in falls on unsafe property across Long Island. A fall on a town, village or county sidewalk can require a notice of claim within 90 days, under General Municipal Law § 50-e.

Construction workers hurt in falls from scaffolds, ladders or roofs on Long Island job sites may have claims against owners and contractors under New York Labor Law § 240(1) and § 241(6), and Siben & Siben handles both.

Siben & Siben represents people living with traumatic brain injuries caused by car crashes, falls and workplace accidents on Long Island, and the families who care for them.

New York workers’ compensation covers employees hurt on the job, and Workers’ Compensation Law § 11 makes it the exclusive remedy against the employer in most cases. Siben & Siben represents injured workers across Long Island in their compensation claims.

Siben & Siben represents pedestrians struck by cars, trucks and buses in Suffolk County and Nassau County, and the families of those killed in these crashes.

When negligence causes a death in New York, the family’s wrongful death action must generally be filed within two years of the death, under EPTL § 5-4.1. Siben & Siben represents Long Island families in these claims.

A medical malpractice claim in New York must generally be filed within two years and six months of the act or the end of continuous treatment, under CPLR § 214-a. Siben & Siben represents Long Island patients and families harmed by medical negligence.

Siben & Siben also represents Long Island clients in real estate transactions and disputes.

Siben & Siben also advises Long Island families on wills, trusts and estate matters.

Siben & Siben also represents Long Island employees in workplace disputes and in claims involving their rights at work.