New York Personal Injury Attorney Blog

Premises liability cases fall under the category of personal injury cases. They can arise when a property owner is potentially legally responsible for injuries sustained in an accident on their property, typically if the accident is due to the unsafe conditions of their property.    Slip and fall accidents, construction site accidents, fires, or even…

A common question that many individuals ponder when in an elevator: What would happen if we got stuck in this elevator and couldn’t get out? Or, even worse, what would happen if the elevator suddenly crashed? Regardless of the safety precautions taken or the age of the building, the potential for elevator accidents to occur…

New York uses a pure comparative negligence system when awarding monetary compensation to slip and fall plaintiffs. This means injured victims may still recover damages if they are partially to blame. However, their compensation will be reduced by their percentage of liability. Therefore, it is vitally important to understand how shared fault is determined. Theories…

A slip and fall injury on someone else’s property does not automatically mean the property owner is legally responsible. Although New York property owners owe all visitors a duty of reasonable care, negligence, or a breach of that duty which caused the injury, must also be proven. How To Prove Negligence Showing a property owner’s…

An owner of a dog who knows, or has reason to know, that his or her animal has a vicious disposition or a vicious propensity will be strictly liable for injuries or property damage caused by its animal. The term “vicious disposition” includes not only “biting”, but also the jumping up and on to people,…