Fall injuries can be serious for all victims, but older Americans especially could experience devastating injuries if they sustain a fall. Because of the serious risks of falls, property owners are expected to maintain their properties in a reasonably safe manner before inviting any visitors onto their property. The specific obligation that a property owner owes determined by whether the visitor is there for commercial purposes or not. If someone is hurt because a fall occurs due to a property owner’s failure to maintain the property in a safe way, New York City trip and fall lawyers can provide help to those who have been

Should you trip and fall due to unsafe road conditions, you are liable to get compensation for any injury caused from those responsible for creating such circumstances. Proving a Trip and Fall Case As a victim of a trip and fall incident, you must first establish that there was indeed a dangerous and/or unsafe condition that caused you to fall, resulting in the said injury. The law however, stipulates that such an unsafe condition should have existed for a sufficient time span where the owner could be served a notice stating that it was truly unsafe. This is tricky issue and many public sidewalks require