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Serious and Complex General Liability Cases

Property incidents, other than motor vehicle related accident, are likely the most common type of general liability cases.  Such incidents occurs on property of any type, it is referred to as a “premises” accident. This is a very broad term since there is really no limit to the number of ways in which people can be injured and the kinds of premises in which accidents may occur. Because of this, many premises/property accidents have come to be known by specific terms such as “slip and fall,” or “trip and fall,” or “snow and ice,” or “inadequate security.”

 
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Property incidents

One of the things that makes premises accidents so dangerous is that they occur in places where people feel safe and secure and are often not paying attention to conditions that can be dangerous. Places were people live, shop, vacation, engage in recreational activities, eat, enjoy entertainment, or simply walk, can hide a vast number of defective or hazardous conditions that are capable of causing serious injuries or deaths.

While most people are aware of the old saying that “most accidents occur at home,” it is quite true that familiar locations, where people are most likely to let their guard or behave in a casual manner, can be the most dangerous. Premises accidents may occur to people visiting or working in private homes, apartment buildings, shopping malls and stores, office buildings, garages and parking lots, theaters, sports venues, health clubs or swimming pools or beaches, vacant property, banks, restaurants and bars, stairways, driveways, elevators and escalators, museums, zoos, schools, amusement parks, storage facilities, or even within your own home.

Accidents can be caused by defective stairways, loose or ripped carpeting, inadequate lighting, slippery floors, falling ceilings, defective elevators or escalators, overcrowding or inadequate crowd control, excessively hot water, negligent snow and ice removal, inadequate security of all types, electrical fires, the lack of window guards, inoperative or missing smoke alarms, leaks, poor maintenance, toxic substances such as lead-based paint and building materials and many others.

Whenever an attorney believes he or she “has seen it all,” in terms of the places and ways in which an accident can occur, a new place or condition presents itself. Only an attorney with broad experience in handling premises cases should be consulted following this type of accident even if the injured person does not think he or she has a case. Often, a trained and experienced attorney is likely to recognize a negligent situation or condition of which a lay person is completely unaware.

If you have been the victim of a property accidents case, please contact us for a free consultation. We’re available at our New York offices to answer your questions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

 

General liability incidents

General liability incidents: These cases are more general instances of "negligent conduct" or unreasonably hazardous conduct by a company or individual which results in harm.  The law requires proof that conduct of the actor failure to use that degree of care that a reasonably prudent person would have used under the same circumstances.  Negligence may arise from doing an act that a reasonably prudent person would not have done under the same circumstances, or, on the other hand, from failing to do an act that a reasonably prudent person would have done under the same circumstances.  These active and passive neglect cases take many forms and arise from the duty of proper conduct that all individuals in society owe to each other not to cause harm by direct act or by failing to do something where the "instrumentality of harm" is within the control of the negligent actor.  

General tort law, as it is known, forms the leading edge in the effort of the law to safeguard individuals from harm and has served as the foundation for toxic tort regulatory schemes that are now "on the books" in the form of statutory and regulatory law.  We lawyers specialize in recognizing harmful and hazardous circumstances and act, sometimes even pioneering new areas of tort law.

If you have been seriously injured in any way, there may be a basis for a suit so that the wrongdoer might be held accountable.

If you have been the victim of a property accidents case, please contact us for a free consultation. We’re available at our New York offices to answer your questions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

 
 
 

Please contact us for a free consultation. We’re available at our New York office to answer your questions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

 
 
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