The New York state Legislature is set to send Gov. Hochul a series of bills that would make it easier to sue the state. Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Press Wire / SplashNews.com

News that a Bronx jury awarded $50 million to a guy clipped by a city garbage truck as he was crossing the street while on his cellphone is just the latest sign of how out-of-whack New York’s liability laws are — and they’re about to get even worse unless Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoes a pack of lawsuit-boosting bills headed for her desk.

This legal regime is actually a huge affordability issue: Juries often figure the insurance company can afford to pay big, but insurers then just raise their rates so that everyone winds up covering the costs of insane payouts.

It may well be that Darcy Bottex deserves compensation

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