In New York, you can file a personal injury claim even if you are partially responsible for an accident. In fact, even if you were 99% liable for an accident, you are eligible to file for compensation. New York invokes a pure comparative fault role which means that a party can file for compensation up to the amount they aren’t responsible for an accident. For instance, if you are dealing with 200,000 in damages and you are 50 percent liable for the accident, you will get 100,000 dollars compensation.