Car Accident Settlement Calculator Baldwin, NY
Work out your likely compensation and payout range from medical bills, lost wages and New York fault rules — free, instant, no sign-up.
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New York: Your payout drops by your share of fault, but you can still recover even if you were mostly at fault.
Enter your medical expenses or lost wages — the estimate is built from them.
Penn Collision Inc.
4.8 · 80 reviews · Free consultation
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Stephen Bilkis & Associates, PLLC
4.1 · 30 reviews · Free consultation
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Eckhardt & Sutton PC
3.7 · 6 reviews · Free consultation
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Penn Collision Inc.
Known for handling the insurance claim process from start to finish, Penn Collision Inc. specializes in auto body repairs with a focus on making the experience as smooth as possible. The team provides timely, professional work that often leaves vehicles looking like new, and customers appreciate their helpfulness and rental car assistance during repairs.
Stephen Bilkis & Associates, PLLC
With over 20 years focused on personal injury law, Stephen Bilkis & Associates, PLLC handles car accidents and related claims across New York. The team offers thorough case investigation and personalized legal strategies, and clients often highlight their professionalism and dedication, though some note challenges with initial receptionist interactions.
Eckhardt & Sutton PC
Eckhardt & Sutton PC offers legal services in areas including tax issues, real estate transactions, wills, and probate. Clients find the team knowledgeable and professional, appreciating their focus on protecting individual needs. Some feedback notes a firm approach from the attorneys.
About this Car Accident Settlement Calculator
This calculator uses the multiplier method, the starting point most insurance adjusters and personal injury lawyers use. It adds your financial losses (medical bills and lost wages) to a pain-and-suffering figure, which is those losses multiplied by a factor set by how serious the injury is: 1.5 to 2 times for minor injuries, up to 4 to 5 times for catastrophic ones. The type of accident adjusts the result, and it is then reduced by your share of fault under New York law. In New York, a no-fault state, it also separates what your own PIP insurance pays from what you can claim from the other driver.
New York rules this calculator applies
- Fault rule
- Pure comparative fault. Your payout drops by your share of fault, but you can still recover even if you were mostly at fault.
- Deadline to file
- You generally have 3 years from the date of the injury to file a personal injury claim in New York. Claims against a government body usually need formal notice much sooner, and medical malpractice and wrongful death claims can have their own deadlines.
- No-fault
- Yes. Your own PIP pays first; see below.
No-fault insurance in New York
New York is a no-fault state. After a car accident, your own personal injury protection (PIP) pays your medical bills and 80% of your lost income, up to $50,000, whoever caused the crash.
You can claim pain and suffering from the at-fault driver only if your injury meets New York's serious-injury threshold: a fracture, significant disfigurement, permanent loss or limitation of a body organ, member or function, significant limitation of a body function, or death. Financial losses above your PIP limit can still be claimed.
Since May 26, 2026, a driver who is more than 50% at fault for a car accident in New York can no longer recover pain and suffering, only a reduced share of their financial losses.
Motorcycle riders are generally outside PIP and follow the ordinary fault rules. Choose Motorcycle Accident in the calculator above to see that estimate.
General information about New York law, not legal advice, and the estimate is not a guarantee of any outcome. A lawyer can tell you how these rules apply to your case.
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