Catastrophic Injury Lawyers Serving New York City and the New York Metro Area

Catastrophic injuries don't just disrupt lives, they alter them permanently. Victims face years of medical treatment, financial hardship, and profound emotional challenges. Whether caused by a defective product, a serious trucking accident, or unsafe property conditions, these cases require a trial team with the skill, resources, and determination to pursue every dollar of compensation available.

McCartney Stucky's New York office is based in Rye, NY and serves clients throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Long Island, and Westchester County. Our attorneys are admitted in New York state and federal courts and have litigated catastrophic injury and product liability cases across New York jurisdictions for decades. Every client gets the full trial team from day one. No call center, no junior associate handoff. We handle all case costs upfront and charge no fee unless we win.

A Firm Built for Cases That Require Everything

Catastrophic injury cases are not volume work. They demand in-depth investigation, specialized medical testimony, life-care planning, and the ability to counter the defense strategies of major corporations and insurance companies. We work with nationally recognized medical experts, forensic specialists, and life-care planners to prove both liability and the full lifelong impact of our clients' injuries.

Founding partners Terry McCartney and Chris Stucky have litigated catastrophic injury and product liability cases in New York courts for decades. We maintain an in-house, climate-controlled evidence storage facility with a vehicle lift, physically accessible for New York cases, that allows us to preserve and inspect defective vehicles and components that most firms have no capacity to hold.

Results Against Some of the Largest Manufacturers in the World

$22.3 Million — Verdict Against Honda. A rollover case that produced a record product liability verdict in Columbia County.

$4.3 Million — Verdict Against BMW. A defective airbag caused the plaintiff to lose an eye. After a two-week trial in Ulster County, the jury awarded $4.3 million in damages.

We take on tough cases that other firms might not be willing to take on, and we prepare every one of them for trial.

Catastrophic Injury Cases We Handle in New York City

Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)

TBI cases are among the most complex catastrophic injury claims. The injury is often invisible, the long-term consequences are disputed by defense experts, and the lifetime cost of care is significant.

Wrongful Death

When negligence or a defective product takes a life, the legal claim must account for the full scope of the loss: economic support, companionship, and the grief no settlement can fully address.

Trucking Accidents

Truck crash cases often involve multiple liable parties: the driver, the trucking company, and the manufacturer if a vehicle defect contributed to the severity of the crash. We investigate all three.

Severe Burn Injuries

Burn injury cases demand proof of both the defect or negligence that caused the fire and the full scope of a victim's future medical needs, including surgeries, skin grafts, and psychological care.

Serving Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Long Island

Manhattan cases fall under New York Supreme Court, New York County and the Southern District of New York. Brooklyn cases proceed through Kings County Supreme Court and the Eastern District of New York. Queens, with its concentration of commercial truck traffic on the Van Wyck Expressway and Grand Central Parkway, generates a steady volume of catastrophic injury claims tied to that traffic. The Bronx falls under Bronx County Supreme Court. Long Island clients, in Nassau and Suffolk counties, fall under the Eastern District of New York.