Trucking Accident Lawyers Fighting for Victims of Catastrophic Crashes in New York City and Nationwide

In 2021, the FMCSA recorded approximately 494,000 police-reported crashes involving large trucks, more than 110,000 of them resulting in serious injuries or fatalities. These vehicles weigh 20 to 30 times more than a passenger car, and when something goes wrong, whether a driver falls asleep, a company skips a safety check, or a truck's design fails in a crash, the consequences are almost never minor.

McCartney Stucky's Rye, NY office represents catastrophic injury victims throughout the New York Metro area in serious trucking accident cases that most firms can't or won't handle. Our attorneys have the resources, technical knowledge, and trial experience to pursue maximum compensation.

Driver Negligence, Company Violations, and Truck Defects — We Investigate All Three

Every trucking accident is different, but the sources of liability follow familiar patterns: driver error, carrier regulatory violations, improper maintenance, and, in cases where the truck itself failed, manufacturer product defects. Our attorneys know how to identify every liable party and pursue each one.

We work with accident reconstruction experts, mechanical engineers, and federal motor carrier safety specialists to uncover the full picture. When a truck crash results in wrongful death, we handle both the negligence and defect angles simultaneously, because the party most responsible is not always the most obvious one at the outset.

Trucking Accident Cases We Handle

Driver Negligence

Speeding, fatigue, distracted driving, and impairment, often enabled by carriers who set unrealistic schedules and look the other way on violations. We pursue both the driver and the company that put them on the road.

Mechanical Failures

Brake failures, tire blowouts, and steering system failures caused by poor maintenance or defective truck components. When a mechanical failure traces to a design or manufacturing defect, the manufacturer becomes a defendant alongside the carrier.

Hours-of-Service Violations

Drivers who exceed legal driving limits, skip mandated rest periods, and operate while fatigued, in violation of FMCSA regulations that exist specifically to prevent this. ELD data and driver logs are among the first evidence we secure.

Trucking Company Negligence

Failure to properly train, supervise, or vet drivers, or deliberate pressure on drivers to skip rest and meet deadlines. Carrier liability often runs deeper than the driver's own conduct.

Trucking Accident Lawyers Serving New York City and the New York Metro Area

The New York Metro area is one of the highest-volume commercial truck corridors in the country. I-95 through the Bronx and into New Jersey, the Cross Bronx Expressway, the New York Thruway (I-87), and I-78 through New Jersey carry enormous volumes of interstate freight daily. When crashes happen on these routes, and they do, consistently, victims need attorneys who know New York courts and how to try cases in them.

McCartney Stucky's Rye, NY office handles trucking accident cases throughout the New York Metro area, including Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Long Island, and Westchester County. Our attorneys are admitted in New York state and federal courts and litigate in both New York Supreme Court and the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.