Premises Liability Case Values in New York (2026)

Premises Liability verdicts in New York demonstrate a highly polarized outcome landscape, with a median of $22.3M and a mean of $15.6M suggesting that a small number of lower-value cases significantly pull down the average while high-value verdicts dominate the dataset. The $22.4M gap between the lowest ($1.1M) and highest ($23.5M) outcomes underscores how dramatically case-specific factors — such as defendant type, injury severity, and security negligence — can drive valuation. New York's plaintiff-favorable jury environment, pure comparative negligence framework, and absence of non-economic damage caps continue to enable substantial awards, particularly in cases involving corporate or institutional defendants with identifiable safety failures.