DEFECTIVE SIDEWALK ACCIDENT LAWYER SERVING BROOKLYN AND THE NYC AREA
Sidewalk Injuries and Accidents
Brooklyn Sidewalk Accident Lawyer With A Winning Record
If your Sidewalk Accidents related serious physical injury has been caused by the negligence of a state, city, county, or local municipality, or other government entity, then, in order to preserve your right to bring a claim for compensation of your injuries, a Notice of Claim must be filed within 90 days of the date of the accident. Contact our New York law firm immediately, so that we could investigate your Sidewalk accident related accident, gather the relevant evidence, and obtain & submit the appropriate documentation necessary to protect all of your personal injury rights and get you The compensation that you deserve. Our law firm has a long history of successfully representing injured accident victims, throughout, New York State, including the Counties of Kings, Richmond, New York, Queens, Bronx, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester. The Bisogno & Meyerson Law Firm is proud in its dedication to the practice of New York City Personal Injury Sidewalk Slip-and-Fall and Trip-and-Fall Law Firm because it helps to achieve very good results, for seriously injured Accident Victims, seeking compensation for their injuries or wrongful death. We can help you receive the compensation you deserve for your medical expenses, loss of income and loss of future earning capacity, pain and suffering, and more. At Bisogno & Meyerson, LLP., we are Brooklyn attorneys who can help you recover the compensation you deserve for your Sidewalk accident injuries. We have a long history of success in representing hardworking men and women who sustained on-the-job construction accident injuries caused by all types of negligent situations, including:
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- Cracks or uneven footing on the sidewalk may cause tripping. It is the responsibility of the private owner of that property to maintain that sidewalk in front of their residents, business, or other building, in a good properly maintained and safe condition for pedestrians traversing the sidewalks.
- Sidewalk debris or other obstructions, including, cash machines, magazine racks, fruit stands, and improperly maintained or are otherwise defective sidewalk accessed cellar doors, may cause injuries through tripping and falling due to an inability of the pedestrian to safely traverse through the debris and obstructions, to continue walking along the sidewalk.
- Snow that has been improperly shoveled or there can be a failure to clear the snow and ice at all, can cause slipping because of the icy and slippery conditions that exist. The property owner has a duty and a responsibility to keep sidewalks clear of snow and ice. If you slipped on a sidewalk or walkway, belonging to another, because of ice and snow build up then that person is responsible for your serious injuries caused by your fall.
Our Brooklyn Sidewalk Accident Lawyer Will Get You The Compensation That You Deserve
When you or somebody you care about has been injured in an accident, your bottom line is getting justice, by getting the compensation you deserve, so you can heal — while also ensuring financial security for you and your family. We have Won over 100 Million Dollars for Seriously Injured New York City Personal Injury Accident Victims. At Bisogno & Meyerson, LLC, Since 1994, we have served personal injury clients in Brooklyn, Staten Island, and throughout New York City. Our highly rated sidewalk and walkway accident law firm has helped secure some of the largest settlements in New York, including a $10 million verdict for an injured construction worker and $4 million for a man assaulted at a shopping mall. But while we have established a track record of success, the only thing that really matters is what we can do to help you. Our motto is that we do one thing and we do it well. Our commitment is to helping injured people, whether through obtaining a personal injury settlement or getting you your workers compensation benefits.
Our Brooklyn Personal Injury Sidewalk Accident Lawyers Deliver Results for Injury Victims
Workers Third-Party Accident Claims
If the injuries from your work area accident were caused by the negligence or reckless behavior of someone other than your employer or co-worker, for example, if you are a delivery person delivering a package to a private or public place and the sidewalk in front of the building is in disrepair, though the negligence of another, causing you to sustain a serious physical injury, the company or person responsible for the lack of maintenance or disrepair, without maintaining it or marking it off with a danger damaged sidewalk warning, could be liable in a personal injury action, for injuries sustained from the accident, and you may also be entitled to file a personal injury claim against the homeowner or building owner, through what is known as a third-party-liability claim. You can file a personal injury claim for your injuries sustained in the Sidewalk accident, in addition to collecting workers compensation. This allows you to recover damages including pain and suffering, loss of consortium and other compensation that is not recoverable under New York workers compensation laws.
Experience our Excellent Sidewalk Accident and Worker’s Compensation Brooklyn Personal Injury Law Firm
Because our practice is focused on serving clients who have been personally injured, we concentrate all our skills, experience, doctors, experts and other resources on doing whatever it takes to maximize your recovery of damages. That means, for example, if you were walking down a walkway and caused to trip and fall, injuring yourself, because of a pipe sticking out of the ground in an unlit area, we will investigate your accident free of charge, and seek out every potentially liable party — including not just the owners and those responsible for the defect in the walkway construction and building walkway lighting, but also parts manufacturers for possible defects in parts and equipment, maintenance providers, and even any government agency, and other parties, responsible for such things as inspections, design, maintenance, and construction of the walkway and pipe sticking out of the walkway. We take every sidewalk and walkway related accident case very seriously. No detail is too small, no question too insignificant, and no case or adversary too large for us to tackle. Yet, while we are tough on liable parties and insurance companies, you can rest assured that you will be treated with the utmost respect and compassion.
At our Brooklyn and Staten Island Slip-and-Fall or Trip-and-Fall Accident injury law firm, the philosophy is simple:
When Is a Property Owner Responsible for A Sidewalk Accident Injury?
Maintenance to avoid sidewalk related accidents, is to ensure the safety of pedestrians as they move from place to place throughout New York City and surrounding areas. A property owner must fix and otherwise maintain broken sidewalks, in front of their homes or businesses, to ensure that they are not cracked, broken, or otherwise defective. These pedestrian sidewalks must also must be free from oily or other slippery chemical substances, which must be immediately cleaned or adequately marked. Sidewalk and walkway areas are to be maintained by the property owner, and must be well-lit, secure, and properly maintained. When a sidewalk or other walkway on a property is not maintained in a safe condition, the property owner is responsible for the injuries sustained as a result of perhaps, a slippery substance, a broken or missing piece of concrete, obstructions, improper lighting, negligent sidewalk or walkway design, failing to properly clean snow and ice, and just about any other dangerous condition brought about through the property owners negligence and failure to repair the defective and dangerous sidewalk or walkway condition. If you or a family member has been injured due to a sidewalk related accident, because property owners did not meet their obligations to ensure your safety when they knew or should have known that a dangerous condition existed on the sidewalk or walkway, and they failed to correct it, they are liable for the injuries that you sustained due to the defective or otherwise improperly maintained sidewalk. The Brooklyn law firm of Bisogno & Meyerson, LLP can help you receive the compensation you need for your medical expenses, loss of income and loss of future earning capacity, pain and suffering, and more, for the sidewalk related injuries. Slipping and falling on an icy outdoor sidewalk or walkway, or on a slippery wet spot, for example, at a fruit stand, or tripping over uneven or broken sidewalk are among the most common types of sidewalk related premises liability accidents. In fact, sidewalk related accidents are among the leading causes of injury, and are particularly dangerous for the elderly.
Investigate Your Sidewalk Accident For Free
At Bisogno & Meyerson, LLP, we give you 100 percent of our attention, consideration, and effort, 100 percent of the time. And that is how we plan to get you 100 percent of the compensation you deserve when you have been injured as the result of someone else’s negligence or reckless behavior. To schedule a free consultation with one of our skilled sidewalk and walkway personal injury attorneys, please contact us online or call us at 718.745.0880. We arrange Home or hospital visits. All of our injury cases are taken on a contingency basis— so if we don’t win, you don’t pay a dime! That’s our guarantee to you! Our accident lawyers speak Spanish, French, and Portuguese. To schedule a free consultation to discuss your legal options, please contact us online or call us at 718.745.0880. We are also available to make home or hospital visits.
NY Construction Labor Law 240 and OSHA
At Fast 90 day case filing limits apply in some cases
ACT FAST & CALL US NOW! DO NOT LOSE YOUR CHANCE TO BRING A LAW SUIT FOR YOUR SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURIES: Personal injury accident claims against the City of New York and other NY State and local government entities, including the MTA (Mass Transit Association), and others, have different filing requirements, that an accident victim must follow in starting a personal injury lawsuit against private defendants. To preserve your right to bring a lawsuit for your personal injuries, accident victims, must comply with special rules, including the filing of a written formal notice of Claim (NOC) within 90 days of the incident, the only exceptions being catastrophic disability or death.Additional Consideration under New York’s Labor Laws
N.Y. LAB. LAW § 240 : NY Code – Section 240: Scaffolding and other devices for use of employees
New York provides additional protection for construction area fall workers under several sections of the State Labor Laws. These include: N.Y. LAB. LAW § 200 : NY Code – Section 200: General duty to protect health and safety of employees; enforcement may make a property owner or contractor liable for an injury that occurred as a result of a hazardous condition of which they were aware or should have been aware. Section 240, called the “scaffold law,” states that a contractor or property owner (excluding owners of single- or two-family private homes not in direct control of the work being performed) is responsible for providing proper and non-defective safety devices to protect workers who perform their jobs from an elevated position. Section 241-6 states that property owners and, in some cases, general contractors are responsible for providing a safe working environment, including safety equipment, and cannot delegate that responsibility. As your attorneys, we can explain your construction area fall area fall options in detail. We are here to help you, whether you were injured as a construction area fall worker or as a visitor to a construction area fall site.
