New York residents are all too familiar with the ice and snow that covers parking lots, sidewalks and entryways this time of year. No matter how careful you are while walking, there is a possibility that you could slip/trip and fall because of these conditions. Some...
The winter and holiday seasons present many dangers. You could fall from a ladder hanging up lights, slip on ice after a storm or suffer a heart attack after a heavy meal or while shoveling snow. We head straight to the emergency room when a health crisis hits and...
Accidents happen. You can slip or trip and fall just about anywhere. The best thing to do is to avoid situations in which you have a greater likelihood of being injured. However, that is not always possible. Even though those types of accidents inevitably occur to...
Property owners owe a duty of care to the people invited onto their property. When a slip-and-fall occurs at a retail store, it is possible that the store owner may be held legally responsible for breaching the duty owed to the victim. Store owners facing premises...
While a slip-and-fall accident can happen to anyone, New York’s elderly residents are often the victims of slip-and-fall accidents. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, when an elderly person falls, their chance of falling again doubles....
New York is well into the winter months and that means that snow and ice are always possibilities. When it is snowing or there is ice on the roads or sidewalks, it means that pedestrians need to take extra precautions to avoid slipping. It is easy to slip on snow and...
The legal theory behind premises liability is that property owners are responsible for harm or damage that may occur on their property. Property owners owe a standard of care to protect a visitor from injury who is either on the premises legally or is a trespasser. In...
Were you ever in a store in New York where the floor had been freshly mopped or there was a spill in one of the aisles, leading to a puddle? Or perhaps you have seen store parking lots with oil spills in them? Or perhaps the carpeting in a floor was torn up or there...
The seasons in New York are very different from each other. Right now the state is in the winter season which means that there will be snow storms. People will be dealing with snow and ice on the roads, sidewalks, parking lots and pretty much anywhere when they are...
Every year in the United States, more than 800,000 people are hospitalized from a slip-and-fall injury. Many of these medical stays are attributed to serious head injuries and hip fractures. A slip, trip or fall can happen virtually anywhere. At home, the workplace or...
