NYS No Fault

The New York No-Fault Law provides for the payment of benefits to victims of motor vehicle accidents to reimburse them for their basic economic loss. Briefly summarized, basic economic loss consists of up to $50,000 per person in benefits for the following:

1. all necessary doctor and hospital bills and other health service expenses, payable in accordance with fee schedules established or adopted by the New York State Insurance Department;
2. 80% of lost earnings up to a maximum monthly payment of $2,000 for up to three years following the date of the accident;
3. up to $25 per day for a period of one year from the date of the accident for other reasonable and necessary expenses the injured person may have incurred because of an injury resulting from the accident, such as the cost of hiring a housekeeper or necessary transportation expenses to and from a health service provider; and
4. a $2,000 death benefit, payable to the estate of a covered person, in addition to the $50,000 coverage for economic loss described above.

Additional benefits may be owed to you if the above policy has been endorsed to include Optional Basic Economic Loss coverage and/or Additional Personal Injury Protection coverage.

In determining the benefits payable to you under the No-Fault Law, amounts recovered  or recoverable on account of the accident from Workers' Compensation, New York State Disability, and certain wage continuation plans will reduce your No-Fault benefits. Therefore, if you are entitled to any of these benefits you should make your claim for them promptly.

If you are a named insured or relative under a Mandatory Personal Injury Protection policy which includes OBEL coverage, you may be entitled to an additional $25,000 of Basic Economic Loss coverage. You should make your claim to that motor vehicle insurer promptly, but in no event later than 90 days after your $50,000 of Basic Economic Loss coverage under this policy is exhausted.

NOTE: The No-Fault Law provides that if you are injured on a bus or a school bus in New York State, No-Fault benefits must be paid by your auto insurer or if you have no auto, the auto insurer of a relative with whom you reside. The law further provides that you should only file a No-Fault claim with the insurer of the bus or school bus if there is no such auto policy in your household. If the above rule does not apply, you may file a No-Fault claim with the insurer of the bus or school bus if you are the operator, owner or employee of the owner of the bus company.

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