New York City Slip and Fall Attorney: Notice, Sidewalks and Who Is Actually Liable

The hardest thing to explain to someone who has just broken a wrist on a New York City sidewalk is that being injured by an obvious hazard, on someone else’s property, does not by itself create a claim. Property owners in New York are not insurers of everyone who walks across their premises. They are liable when they created a dangerous condition, or when they knew about it and failed to fix it in a reasonable time.That second element, notice, decides more slip and fall cases in this city than every other issue combined. This guide explains how it is...