New York Slip-and-Fall Accidents Attorney
Slips, trips and falls are common causes of serious injury and death in the United States. In fact, fall injuries are one of the most common reasons that young people and senior citizens visit emergency rooms each year. Some slip/trip-and-fall accidents occur because of negligent property maintenance at apartment buildings, hotels and restaurants. A slip-and-fall accident or a trip-and-fall injury may give you a legal right to claim money for your lost wages, medical bills and pain and suffering. A fall injury can be the basis of a premises liability legal claim filed on your behalf by a knowledgeable slip-and-fall attorney.
Let the experienced New York slip-and-fall accident attorneys of David Resnick & Associates, P.C., provide you free, no-obligation advice about your legal rights. We handle slip-and-fall cases throughout New York City, including Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and the Bronx. Contact us at (212) 279-2000 or contact us online for your free case consultation.
Facts about Fall Accidents
More than 21,700 Americans died as a result of a fall injury and more than 7.9 million were injured in non-fatal fall accidents in 2007, the most recent year of complete data, according to the National Safety Council. Falls are the leading cause of injury-related deaths among adults aged 73 and older and the second leading cause among those aged 60 to 72. Unintentional falls are the leading cause of injuries requiring treatment in hospital emergency room for older adults.
Not all slips and falls lead to a slip-and-fall lawsuit or a slip-and-fall settlement. For example, many New Yorkers frequent their neighborhood shops. If you are walking through the grocery and slip and fall on puddle of water from a leak in the ceiling, then you may have a premises liability lawsuit —if the property owner knew or should have known about the leak and failed to remove the slip-and-fall water hazard or warn customers. Slip-and-falls accidents often arise in grocery stores where food or liquids are spilled on the floor and create slippery walking surfaces.
But if you are walking through the grocery aisle and the child in front of you spills a soda and you immediately slip and fall, then you may not have a valid slip-and-fall claim for your fall accident. The shopkeeper did not know about the danger.
Trips and Falls and Fall Accidents
A related type of premises liability case is a trip-and-fall. Trips and falls may occur because of poor property maintenance such as a loose stair and the creation of trip-and-fall hazards. If you are walking through a grocery aisle and trip on grapes that have fallen from a bin, then you may have a premises liability lawsuit —if the store employees knew or should have known about the grapes and failed the correct the trip-or-fall hazard or warn customers.
If you are walking through the produce aisle and the child in front of you drops a cucumber, and you immediately trip and fall, then you may not have a valid trip-and-fall claim. As in the earlier example, the property owner did not know about the danger.
Contact Experienced New York Slip-and-Fall Attorneys
The experienced premises liability lawyers of David Resnick & Associates, P.C., can help you determine if the facts of your trip-and-fall or slip-and-fall accident meet the New York State legal requirements for a premises liability lawsuit. We encourage you to contact our New York accident attorneys as soon as possible after your accident so that we can provide you with a free, no-obligation consultation. If there is reasonable cause to believe that the property owner created the unsafe condition, or knew about a slip-and-fall liability but did not take steps to protect people on the property, then our NY premises liability attorneys may advise you to file a slip-and-fall lawsuit.
We will not be paid unless you recover damages in court or through a slip-and-fall settlement. Our slip-and-fall attorneys are skilled at negotiating slip-and-fall settlements to the advantage of our clients. Your possible damages in a trip-and-fall premises liability claim or slip-and-fall claim include compensation for medical bills, lost income, pain and suffering and other damages.
If you have been hurt in a slip-and-fall accident or trip-and-fall accident in New York City, including Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, or the Bronx, please contact a slip-and-fall accident attorney at (212) 279-2000, or contact us online for a free case consultation.
