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New York City Uneven Flooring Accident Lawyer

There are over 200 muscle movements involved in every footstep when we walk. The brain sends and receives messages from the feet to grip the floor, adjusting muscle movement according to the brain’s perception of the flooring or ground below. Unfortunately, a sudden change in the floor surface disrupts the footfall. Sometimes, this disruption merely causes a stumble, and the injury victim catches themselves without injury. Unfortunately, some trip-and-fall accidents caused by uneven flooring cause a sudden total loss of balance, resulting in a hard fall with serious injuries.

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Understanding Uneven Flooring Accidents in New York City

Property owners in New York City have a legal duty of reasonable care to those lawfully on their property. This duty requires them to make regular inspections of their property and promptly address safety hazards with warning signs and repairs, including uneven or broken flooring. When property owners invite others onto their property, such as tenants, customers, and patrons, for business purposes, they have an enhanced duty of care. Unfortunately, some property owners are negligent in this duty, putting off repairs and failing to take appropriate corrective measures. When a property owner’s negligence causes a person legally on the property to experience a trip-and-fall that results in a significant injury, the injury victim doesn’t have to be left responsible for the resulting financial damages, as well as the physical harm, pain, and suffering involved.

What Types of Injuries are Caused by Uneven Flooring Accidents In New York City?

During a fall, the body is thrown out of balance, bending, twisting, and overextending the musculoskeletal system. Then the body suffers blunt force trauma upon impact with the ground, sometimes striking obstacles on the way down. Common injuries resulting from uneven flooring include the following:

• Fractures of the limbs, hips, pelvis, and spinal vertebrae
• Soft-tissue injuries to knees, ankles, shoulders, and wrists
• Contusions, abrasions, and lacerations
• Back injuries
• Neck injuries
• Traumatic brain injuries, ranging from concussions to more severe brain injuries, such as diffuse axonal injuries
• Spinal cord injuries
• External head, facial, and dental injuries

Injuries result in expensive medical bills, often at the same time that they interfere with the ability to return to work. These are the economic damages in an uneven flooring accident claim in New York City.

What Damages Can I Recover After a Fall Caused by Uneven Flooring In NYC?

Hospital or urgent care center bills are expensive even for relatively minor injuries. More severe injuries are life-altering, causing disability and leaving the injury victim facing an uncertain future. A successful compensation claim against a liable property owner can recover compensation for typical damages such as past and future medical expenses, lost earnings, diminished earning ability, and compensation for pain and suffering. Additional compensation may be available for catastrophic injury if it causes loss of enjoyment of life, diminished quality of life, disfigurement, or the loss of one of the senses.

If a fall results in fatal injuries, a wrongful death claim against a negligent property owner could recover compensation for a close surviving family member.

Catastrophic and fatal injuries from uneven flooring accidents are more common for the elderly, but can happen at any age — contact a slip and fall attorney in New York City to pursue justice.

How Can a New York City Property Owner Liability Lawyer Help?

If you or a loved one suffered an injury due to a negligent property owner’s failure to repair uneven flooring, call the experienced attorneys at the Law Offices of Jay S. Knispel to learn about your legal rights and options to recover the compensation you deserve.