Trips, Slips and Falls – Types and Causes

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Trips, Slips and Falls Types and Causes

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Premises Liability Trips, Slips and Falls

• Slip and fall or trip and fall injuries can be
  serious. These falls affect thousands of people
  each year in New York.
• Municipalities and property owners can be held
  liable for injuries occurring on the premises.
  This area of law is known as premises liability.
• If you have been injured in a slip and fall
  accident, or trip and fall accident, you may be
  entitled to compensation.

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Premises Liability Trips, Slips and Falls

• It is the property owners duty to warn visitors
  of unreasonably dangerous conditions. The
  property owner must also maintain the property in
  such a way as to prevent hazardous situations.
• Premises liability cases can arise from injuries
  sustained in hotels, airports, residential or
  commercial buildings, restaurants and bars,
  shopping areas, parking lots, sidewalks, and
  public spaces.

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Marvin A. Cooper, P.C. - Slips and Falls Lawyer

• The New York slip and fall attorneys at Marvin A.
  Cooper, P.C. will make sure you are treated
  fairly and will help you recover monetary damages
  for your case.
• Marvin A. Cooper, P.C. in White Plains will
  review the details of your accident to determine
  if you have a case against the owner of the
  property or the municipality.

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Types of Slip, Trip and Fall Injuries

• There are four basic types of slip /
  trip-and-fall injuries
• Trip and Fall Caused by an object placed in a
  normally clear walkway, such as a box in the
  aisle of a store.
• Slip and Fall When a surface is left greasy,
  wet, or icy with no indication of its hazardous
  condition.

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Types of Slip, Trip and Fall Injuries

• Step and Fall Caused by stepping into an
  unanticipated hole in the ground, such as an
  uncovered manhole or a broken stair.
• Stump and Fall When a dangerous obstruction is
  placed in a passageway, such as a jutting brick
  in a brick sidewalk or a door jam that is higher
  than the surrounding floor.

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Causes of Slip, Trip and Fall Accidents

• Negligent property maintenance
• Poor lighting
• Slippery floors
• Structural defects
• Uneven floors or elevators
• Broken stairs
• Falling objects

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• Contact
• Marvin A. Cooper, P.C.
• Slips, Trips and Falls Attorney, White Plains, NY
• Ph. No. ??212-385-1954, 718-619-4215,
  914-357-8911
• E-mail whc_at_cooper-law.com
• www.cooper-law.com