Enter your details below to estimate what your personal injury claim in New York may be worth — incorporating local New York negligence laws, statutes of limitations, and damage caps.
If you were injured in New York (in cities like New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers), your claim is governed by local statutes and fault rules:
This estimator uses the standard "Multiplier Method" used by insurance adjusters and personal injury attorneys. We take your hard economic losses (medical bills and lost wages) and multiply them by a factor of 1.5 to 5 based on the severity of your injury and the clarity of liability.
Under New York law, the statute of limitations for personal injury claims is 3 years. If you do not file a lawsuit within this time period, you will lose your right to seek compensation.
New York follows pure comparative negligence. You can recover damages even if you were 99% at fault, with your recovery reduced by your fault share.
New York has no statutory caps on compensatory (economic or non-economic) damages in personal injury lawsuits. There are no caps on medical malpractice damages in New York.