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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.
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The Maurer Law Firm, PLLC
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Feldman, Kleidman, Collins & Sappe LLP
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Tom Anelli & Associates
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With over 45 years of experience, The Maurer Law Firm, PLLC specializes in serious personal injury and wrongful death cases, including car accidents and railroad injuries. The team is known for clear communication, thorough case evaluation, and compassionate support, helping clients understand the process while pursuing fair outcomes.
With over 35 years of experience, Feldman, Kleidman, Collins & Sappe LLP focuses on personal injury cases, including car accidents, providing attentive and clear communication throughout the process. Clients appreciate the team’s responsiveness and support, though some note the firm’s thorough approach can take time. Their personalized service helps ease the stress of legal proceedings.
Focused exclusively on DWI defense across New York State, Tom Anelli & Associates offers personalized legal strategies backed by over 20 years of experience. The team handles case review, court representation, and scientific testing analysis, with clients appreciating their clear communication and dependable support throughout often lengthy processes.
Pick how serious the injury is. Each point shows the average medical bill for that body part at that severity; bigger point = costlier injury. Tap a point to compare it with the average workers’ comp claim for the same body part, which also pays lost wages. Then run the calculator for your own number.
With over 40 years of experience, Robert P. Ianelli focuses on personal injury cases involving motor vehicle and premises liability accidents. The team provides clear communication and compassionate guidance throughout the legal process. Clients appreciate their professionalism and the approachable, attentive service they receive.
In 2024, 3 fatal crashes involving a car, SUV, pickup or van killed 3 people in Fishkill, NY (2 in 2023), according to NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). The city had 4 fatal crashes of any kind that year.
Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2022–2024 data, compiled by TrustAnalytica. FARS covers crashes in which at least one person died; injury-only crashes are not included.
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 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.
General information, not legal advice — consult a licensed New York attorney.