Queens Personal Injury Lawyer

Were you injured in an accident in Queens, NY?

At Rosenberg & Rodriguez, PLLC, we provide personal injury representation on a contingency basis, with no attorney fees unless we recover compensation for you.

If you were injured in Queens because a driver, property owner, or contractor failed to act with reasonable care, an attorney can help you pursue compensation for medical treatment, lost income, and the lasting effects of the injury. A Queens, NY personal injury lawyer at Rosenberg & Rodriguez, PLLC investigates what happened, deals with the insurance carriers, and prepares each claim for the possibility of trial.

Our attorneys bring more than 100 combined years of experience to injury cases across New York City. Contact us to arrange a free consultation.

Personal Injury Lawyer Queens, NY

A personal injury lawyer represents people who were hurt through someone else's carelessness and pursues payment for those losses from the responsible party or its insurer. The work involves investigating the incident, identifying every party that may share fault, documenting the injuries, and negotiating or litigating the claim. Serious injury cases that go to court in the borough are usually filed in Queens County Supreme Court.

Queens recorded 57 traffic deaths in 2025, down from 74 the year before, according to NYC DOT data. Many more collisions, falls, and job-site accidents in the borough leave people with fractures, spinal injuries, and recoveries that last months.

Types of Personal Injury Cases We Handle in Queens

Our practice covers the accidents that most often lead people to a Queens personal injury attorney. The facts differ from one case to the next, but the core work stays the same: we identify who was responsible, secure the evidence before it disappears, and build a damages record an insurer or jury will take seriously.

• Car accidents. We handle intersection crashes, rear-end impacts, and highway collisions. Early on, we obtain the police report, photographs, and any camera footage, then assess whether the injuries meet the threshold for a lawsuit.
• Truck accidents. Commercial trucks traveling between JFK Airport, the expressways, and local warehouses can cause catastrophic harm. These claims often involve the driver, the carrier, and a maintenance or loading company, so we request driver logs and inspection records quickly.
• Motorcycle accidents. Riders have little protection and often face assumptions that they were speeding. Scene evidence and witness accounts answer those arguments.
• Pedestrian accidents. A person struck by a turning car or a driver running a light can suffer head trauma and multiple fractures. We examine signal timing, crosswalk markings, and the driver's sight lines.
• Bicycle accidents. Dooring, unsafe passing, and vehicles cutting across bike lanes injure cyclists throughout the borough. Many of these claims raise the same insurance questions as car crashes.
• Rideshare accidents. Passengers and other motorists hurt by Uber or Lyft drivers may have access to more than one policy. Which one applies usually depends on whether the driver was logged into the app or carrying a rider at the time.
• Slip and falls. Wet floors, broken stairs, and dim hallways in stores and apartment buildings cause serious falls. Our task is to show the owner knew, or should have known, about the hazard.
• Construction accidents. Falls from height, falling objects, and unsafe scaffolding injure workers and passersby. These cases may support claims against property owners and general contractors in addition to workers' compensation.
• Premises liability. Owners and managing agents can also be responsible for negligent security, ceiling collapses, and defective elevators. Commercial landlords are frequent defendants.
• Wrongful death. When negligence takes a family member's life, the estate's personal representative may pursue the family's financial losses. These cases carry their own filing deadline, discussed below.

Why Choose Rosenberg & Rodriguez, PLLC as My Personal Injury Lawyer in Queens, NY?

Founding Attorneys With Long Careers in New York Courts

Laura Rosenberg has been licensed in New York and New Jersey since 2001 and is admitted in both state and federal courts. She earned her law degree from Cardozo School of Law. Super Lawyers selected her every year from 2019 through 2026, and Martindale-Hubbell gave her an AV Preeminent rating and a Gold Client Champion award. She holds a Lawyers of Distinction honor and belongs to the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and the New York State Bar Association.

Ivan Rodriguez earned his law degree from Hofstra University's law school in 2001. He is fluent in Spanish, so Queens residents who want a Spanish-speaking personal injury lawyer can work with our firm in their native language.

Clients looking for a personal injury lawyer in Queens, NY can meet with us at our Forest Hills office.

Results That Reflect Careful Preparation

Clients have received millions of dollars recovered in our cases, including these results:

• $875,000 settlement in a high-risk case with difficult liability
• $750,000 recovery for a truck accident victim
• $550,000 settlement after a rear-end collision
• $250,000 jury verdict, after a three-day trial, for a woman struck by a car while crossing the street

Our Queens personal injury lawyers handle every case on contingency, so you don't owe an attorney fee unless we recover compensation.

Understanding Personal Injury Cases

Damages, Liability, and Compensation for Personal Injury Cases

Liability begins with negligence: the other party owed you reasonable care, failed to provide it, and caused your injury. Once a personal injury attorney in Queens establishes fault, New York law allows recovery for several categories of loss.

• Economic damages. These cover medical bills, rehabilitation, lost wages, and reduced future earning capacity.
• Non-economic damages. These compensate for pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, and disfigurement.
• Wrongful death damages. A family may recover funeral expenses and the financial support and services it lost.

Your own share of fault can reduce the award under CPLR 1411. For motor vehicle injury lawsuits filed on or after May 26, 2026, recovery is barred entirely if your fault is greater than that of the defendants combined. Car crash claims for pain and suffering also require a qualifying injury under the serious injury threshold, which the 2026 insurance reforms narrowed. No-fault coverage pays some early losses after a serious car accident, but it does not compensate for pain and suffering.

What Are Important Aspects of a Personal Injury Case?

Deadlines, evidence, and insurance coverage determine whether a claim can proceed and what it's worth. All three require attention in the first weeks after an injury.

• Filing deadlines. Most personal injury lawsuits must be started within three years under CPLR 214. Claims against the City of New York must be filed within one year and 90 days under General Municipal Law 50-i, and a notice of claim must be served before suit. Wrongful death actions generally must begin within two years of the death under EPTL 5-4.1.
• Evidence. Store and traffic camera footage is often overwritten within days. Careful records of documenting your injuries from the first medical visit forward support both fault and damages.
• Insurance coverage. No-fault benefits, the at-fault party's liability policy, and your own uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage may all apply to one crash.

What Is The Personal Injury Case Timeline?

Most claims a personal injury lawyer in Queens handles follow a similar case timeline, although each stage runs longer when injuries are severe or fault is disputed.

1. We investigate while you receive medical treatment, and that phase continues until your condition stabilizes.
2. We send the insurer a demand supported by medical records and proof of your losses.
3. Negotiation follows, and many claims resolve at this stage.
4. If the insurer refuses fair value, we file suit, exchange records in discovery, and take depositions.
5. The case then settles through mediation or a settlement conference, or it proceeds to trial.

What Should You Bring to Your Personal Injury Consultation?

Insurers begin building their file within days, so a Queens personal injury lawyer will want to review the same records at the first meeting.

• The police or incident report, or its report number. NYPD collision reports can be requested from the precinct or online.
• Medical records, bills, and a list of your treating providers.
• Photographs of the scene, your injuries, and any damaged property.
• Insurance cards and any letters you have received from insurers.

The consultation is free, and we will explain the deadlines that apply and whether we believe the claim should move forward. If you can't travel to our office, we can visit you at home or in the hospital.

Most Dangerous Locations for Personal Injury in Queens

Dangerous streets

• Queens Boulevard. This wide corridor runs through Rego Park, Forest Hills, and Elmhurst. Pedestrian injuries along the redesigned stretch have dropped 45 percent since the fourth phase was completed in 2021, NYC DOT reports, but heavy traffic and turning conflicts remain.
• Northern Boulevard. This east-west route from Long Island City to Flushing carries buses, trucks, and heavy foot traffic.
• Woodhaven Boulevard. Pedestrians must cross many lanes of fast-moving cars and buses on this north-south corridor.
• Roosevelt Avenue. The elevated 7 train structure and crowded sidewalks limit visibility for turning drivers.
• Hillside Avenue. This commercial corridor in Jamaica sees steady bus traffic and frequent pedestrian crossings.

Dangerous highways

• Long Island Expressway (I-495). Commuter and commercial traffic merge constantly across the borough.
• Van Wyck Expressway (I-678). Congestion and sudden lane changes are common near JFK Airport.
• Grand Central Parkway. Tight curves and airport traffic near LaGuardia contribute to crashes.
• Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278). Truck volume is heavy through western Queens.
• Cross Island Parkway. High speeds along the eastern edge of the borough leave little margin for error.

Reach Out to Rosenberg & Rodriguez, PLLC to Schedule a Consultation

An injury claim is easier to build while evidence is fresh. One conversation can clarify your deadlines and options. Rosenberg & Rodriguez, PLLC offers free consultations, and you pay no attorney fee unless we recover compensation for you. We can meet at our Forest Hills office, at your home, or in the hospital. We respond to new inquiries promptly. Contact us to schedule a time with a personal injury attorney in Queens.