Premises Liability Case Values in New York (2026)

Premises Liability verdicts in New York demonstrate a highly polarized outcome landscape, with a significant gap between the median ($22.3M) and mean ($15.6M) suggesting that lower-value outlier cases can substantially pull aggregate averages downward despite a predominantly high-value trend. The data reflects New York's plaintiff-favorable jury environment and the absence of non-economic damage caps, which enables substantial awards in cases involving severe injuries, as evidenced by the Lemache and Hedges matters each exceeding $22M. However, case-specific factors such as jurisdiction, defendant type, and comparative fault allocation — illustrated by the stark contrast between the $23.5M urban commercial property verdict and the $1.1M county government case — remain decisive variables in final outcomes.