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The Westchester County-based company Cybersettle has settled nearly 200,000 claims online since its inception nearly 10 years ago.
And after handling personal injury claims filed against New York City on a demonstration basis, the company has now signed on to handle all of the city's 24,000 new claims as well as backlog litigation, said Cybersettle CEO Charles Brofrnan,
"We will handle all of the city of New York's disputes," he said.
According to the New York City comptroller's office, Cybersettle helped save the city more than $11 million that would have been spent in legal fees fighting claims in court during the first year of the demonstration in 2004.
Brofman and a partner, James Burchetta, both trial attorneys, filed a patent for their online, double blind auction model.
Both men had experience representing opposite sides of claim disputes in...