Personal Injury Lawyers in the Bronx

Where a Bronx injury case is filed

A personal injury case in the Bronx is generally brought in the Supreme Court, Bronx County, Civil Term, at:

• Bronx County Courthouse — 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451

It is part of the 12th Judicial District of the New York State Unified Court System. You do not need to live in the Bronx for your case to belong there — venue generally follows where the accident happened or where one of the parties resides.

What tends to be different about a Bronx case

The Bronx is the only borough attached to the mainland, and it carries the traffic to prove it. The Cross Bronx Expressway, the Major Deegan, the Bruckner and the Hutchinson River Parkway put a large volume of high-speed and heavy-vehicle traffic through a dense residential borough, and highway collisions make up a bigger share of serious injury work here than almost anywhere else in the city.

Housing matters as well. Much of the borough lives in large multi-family and walk-up buildings, so premises cases — stairwell falls, poor lighting, defective handrails, lobby and hallway hazards — are a steady part of what we handle in the Bronx.

The deadlines that apply

Three years is the usual limit for a claim against a private driver, business or property owner, under CPLR § 214. But if the City of New York, the MTA, NYC Transit, a public hospital or a school is involved, a written Notice of Claim is due within 90 days under General Municipal Law § 50-e, with the lawsuit itself due within one year and 90 days. A wrongful death claim runs two years from the date of death under EPTL § 5-4.1.

Separately, the no-fault application to your own insurer is due within 30 days of a motor vehicle crash, and no-fault does not cover pain and suffering — that requires meeting the “serious injury” threshold in Insurance Law § 5102(d). Our guide to how these claims work goes through both in plain English.

Neighborhoods we serve in the Bronx

Baychester, Bedford Park, Belmont, Castle Hill, City Island, Concourse, Co-op City, Fordham, Highbridge, Hunts Point, Kingsbridge, Melrose, Morris Park, Mott Haven, Norwood, Parkchester, Pelham Bay, Riverdale, Soundview, Throggs Neck, Tremont, University Heights, Wakefield, Williamsbridge and Woodlawn.

We also take cases in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island, and across the rest of New York State. See the full coverage map.

The cases we handle in the Bronx

• Motor vehicle accidents
• Pedestrian accidents and bicycle accidents
• Bus accidents, taxi accidents and Uber & Lyft accidents
• Construction and work injuries
• Slips, trips and falls and premises liability
• Truck accidents and wrongful death

The City publishes its street-safety data and redesign work through Vision Zero, a useful public record of the corridors that generate the most serious crashes.

Talk to us about a Bronx case

The consultation is free and there is no fee unless we win. If you are not sure whether you have a case, that is exactly the call to make — particularly if a city agency or the MTA may be involved, because of the 90-day clock.

Deadlines and their exceptions turn on facts specific to each case, so treat the dates above as the shape of the rule rather than as advice about your own claim.