Andrew Finkelstein, Managing Partner of Finkelstein & Partners and president of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, was featured in a July 2026 Law.com article about New York’s new injury laws.
The article covers a major change to how accident cases work in New York. Under the new 51% fault rule, an injured person who is found to be more than half responsible for an accident loses the right to recover anything at all.
In the article, Finkelstein warns that the new rules give insurance companies more ways to delay and deny claims from injured people. He promised that the Trial Lawyers Association will use every legal option to protect New Yorkers’ access to the courts. He also raised a key question: will drivers actually see lower insurance bills, or are they giving up important legal rights while insurers keep doing business as usual?
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