Guides to New York Injury Law
The rules that decide what an injury claim is worth are not secret, but they are rarely explained in plain language. These are the ones that come up in almost every case we take.
Nothing here is legal advice about your situation — every case turns on its own facts, and the only way to know where you stand is to ask someone about yours. But knowing how the rules work makes it much harder for an insurer to tell you something misleading, and that is worth having before you pick up the phone.
New York's comparative negligence rule
Being partly at fault reduces a New York claim rather than ending it, and there is no percentage cut-off. Why cases other states would dismiss are still worth bringing here, who has to prove your share, and where fault usually gets argued.
How contingency fees work
What "no fee unless we win" covers and what it does not, the difference between the fee and the expenses, the one question worth asking about how the percentage is calculated, and what to check before signing a retainer.