Slip and Fall
A New York Slip and Fall Injury Attorney Who Aggressively Pursues Compensation
Everyone slips and falls on occasion, but sometimes it can cause severe injuries, from broken bones to head injuries, such as a concussion. The term “slip and fall” is the legal way to describe when someone was injured due to having slipped, fallen, tripped or stumbled on someone else’s property, whether private premises of public land.
Slip and fall accidents happen in all types of circumstances in New York-on a slippery sidewalk in front of a Brooklyn apartment building, on broken floor tiles in a Long Island shopping mall, on a poorly lit Central Park path or newly mopped Manhattan museum floor. If you slipped and fell down on someone else’s property, the owner is liable for your injuries, including medical bills and lost wages if you can’t work as you recover. With the help of a determined New York slip and fall attorney, you may be able to get a significant settlement from the negligent property owner’s premises liability insurance.
If You Slipped and Fell, Call a Diligent New York Property Accident Lawyer
Homeowners and landlords are often found to be negligent when a visitor, tenant, customer or member of the public slips and falls on their property. Their property may have been in disrepair or in any number of dangerous conditions:
- Torn carpeting or tattered rugs
- Loose handrail on stairs
- Broken threshold in public building doorway
- Low lighting or blown light bulb
- Dim lighting in parking lot
- Faulty elevator or escalator
- Hazardous construction zones
- Puddles or slick entrance ways
- Safety codes ignored or building code violations
- Recently mopped floor with “Wet Floor” sign
- Broken tiles on a train station platform
Contact a Reliable NY Slip and Fall Attorney For Your Free Consultation
If you slipped and fell you might have broken bones, a knee injury or even a shoulder and neck injury if you went down a set of stairs head first. You may have a wrist injury, from breaking your fall with your hands, or a spinal cord injury from landing on the base of your spine. If you are elderly, you could have a fractured pelvis.
Whether you or a loved one slipped and fell on another person’s property, contact Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano, LLP today. Call (800) 692-3717 or contact us online for a free evaluation. Every conversation is completely confidential and personalized, and you pay nothing unless you win! We help New York slip and fall victims in the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens County, Staten Island, and Rockland and Westchester counties.