Slip And Fall Injuries: More Common Than You Think In New York City

People slip, trip and fall everyday, from missing a stair, to losing your balance, to not watching where you are going. So how is it, you ask, that people take New York slip and fall lawsuits to courts and collect damages? The answer is simple: some slip and fall cases results in serious injury, and some slip and fall cases could have been prevented if not for the negligence of the property owner where the accident took place.

The truth is that slips and falls are the number one reason for emergency room visits, and over one million people each year are seriously injured in a slip and fall accident. In fact, 17,000 people each year die in slip and fall accidents - and many, many more are left with head injuries, back injuries, fractured bones, nerve damage, and other permanent disabilities. All in all, the average cost of a slip and fall is $28,000 - $36 billion each year in the United States.

Some slips and falls involve negligence - and it is for these cases that the victim will require an experienced New York City slip and fall attorney or a New York premises liability lawyer. What are some examples of a slip and fall that involves negligence? If a property owner knew about the dangers of a loose carpet but did not fix it, and you slipped and broke your wrist on that carpet, the property owner was negligent. If a store owner knew the danger of an unlit staircase and you fell down that staircase, resulting in a spine injury, the store owner was probably negligent. If you slipped on an unshoveled sidewalk in Queens and suffered a head injury, the owner of the sidewalk might have been negligent.