When you place a loved one in a nursing home, you count on the staff not just to take care of their everyday needs. You expect them to keep your loved one safe and uninjured. Many injuries in nursing homes result from falls. Falls in elderly people can cause brain...
Personal Legal
Attention
Attention
Premises Liability
Negligent housing maintenance and assault injuries in New York
When you rent a residence in the greater New York City region, you probably expect your landlord to keep the property in a safe condition. However, not all property owners care about the safety of their tenants. If landlords fail to conduct proper maintenance at...
The most common sites of slip-and-fall accidents
Millions of people are injured in slip-and-fall accidents every year, with thousands of these injuries proving to be fatal. The most dangerous aspect of this type of accident is that anyone can be exposed at any time. Nonetheless, certain people are more vulnerable...
3 maintenance failures that can lead to stairway accidents
Some landlords are notorious for doing the least amount of maintenance they legally can. Many of them will push things even further than that and fail to do basic, necessary maintenance to their buildings. If you live in an older building, your landlord may not...
Can seniors file a premises liability suit over a fall?
This time of year, the risk of slip-and-fall and trip-and-fall injuries is even greater than usual here in New York City. Between icy sidewalks, tracked-in snow on floors and merchandise overflowing on some aisles of stores, there’s a lot to watch out for. If you...
Just how safe is your apartment?
When you rent an apartment, the assumption is that the landlord has created a safe space. After all, you didn’t do the upkeep and maintenance. It’s not your property. You trust that they took care of everything. But did they? This type of work can be expensive. A...
2 business practices that could lead to serious slip-and-fall
Every business should do its best to maintain safe and clean facilities. After all, they have an obligation to do so under premises liability statutes; otherwise, someone who gets hurt while visiting the business can sue. Someone injured when they slip and fall in the...
Who oversees the safety of amusement park rides? It depends
New Yorkers are using the last pleasant weekends before winter hits to visit amusement parks and theme parks around the city – still making up for lost time last year. While many visitors enjoy rides that are thrilling and a bit scary, they don’t expect to be...
Is your apartment actually safe?
When you rent an apartment, you expect it to be safe. You expect not to be injured due to some inherent flaw or unnecessary risk. This isn’t to say that accidents and injuries won’t happen, but just that you shouldn’t feel like the apartment’s condition led to that...