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When a property owner or construction crew fails to properly maintain a safe parking lot, innocent people get hurt. Parking lot falls in New York City injure countless people every year. If you were injured, you could be entitled to compensation for your medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering.
The Law Offices of Jay S. Knispel Personal Injury Lawyers is a personal injury law firm in New York City, NY, that has helped injured clients for over two decades. We want to help you get back on your feet after your accident.
Contact us today for a free consultation with a New York City premises liability lawyer. We are standing by to take your call at (212) 564-2800.
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Falls are a leading cause of injury in the United States. Most result in minor injuries, but others cause serious and even fatal harm. If you were injured, you likely need help recovering compensation for your accident. Our New York City personal injury lawyers can help.
The Law Offices of Jay S. Knispel Personal Injury Lawyers provides elite legal representation to injury victims and their families in New York City, New York.
We’ve dedicated more than twenty years to this task and have recovered millions for clients just like you. These feats have earned us induction into the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates and the National Trial Lawyers “Top 100 Trial Lawyers.”
When you retain our team, we can:
Sometimes parking lot falls are caught on camera. Other times, you won’t be so lucky. Property owners may rush to fill potholes or repair conditions before we can get pictures. Time is of the essence, make sure to contact us quickly so we can take action.
Our NYC slip and fall lawyers are ready to provide your free consultation.
There are two main ways to pursue a parking lot injury claim. The first is with a negligence suit against a third party. The second cause of action is called premises liability.
Negligence means you were injured because someone failed to live up to their legal duty of reasonable care. In society, we generally all have an obligation to act with reasonable caution to avoid hurting others. You might have a negligence claim against a construction company or another person whose carelessness cause your fall.
The four elements of negligence are:
Premises liability is closely related to negligence. However, under premises liability in New York City, there is less arguing over whether the defendant owed you a duty of care. Premises liability law imposes a duty of care on all property owners to keep their premises reasonably safe.
Under this framework, property owners are required to take reasonable steps to discover and repair hazardous conditions that exist on their property. Failing to do so constitutes a breach of their legal obligation to lawful entrants.
An experienced attorney should examine your case and determine the best cause of action to bring.
Parking lot falls can be caused by a number of different conditions on the property.
Some common hazards that cause parking lot and pedestrian accidents include:
Did you know that in New York City parking lot owners are required to remove snow and ice within four hours of the end of a storm? Violation of safety statutes like this one, and many others, can be strong evidence of negligence and help us make your case.
Attorney Knispel will carefully examine whether any safety statute violations contributed to your injury. Do not let a property owner get away with having unreasonably dangerous property. Contact us to hold them accountable.
Damages are different in every case depending on the severity of your injuries, their impact on your future earnings, and their effect on your quality of life.
Typically you are entitled to economic and non-economic damages related to your injuries. Economic damages serve to make you whole for past and future medical expenses and lost wages. Non-economic damages account for things like permanent limitations and emotional harm.
In any case, damages should fully compensate you for all the losses you have sustained from the parking lot accident.
New York is a comparative fault jurisdiction. You can still recover damages if you are partially at fault for your accident. Damages are just reduced by the percentage fault allocated to you.
If you are injured in a city-owned or operated lot, rules of sovereign immunity apply. This means you cannot sue the city for a parking lot fall unless the City had received written notice of the dangerous condition and failed to act for 15 days. You also must file a notice of claim with the city within 90 days. On top of this, there is a one-year statute of limitation for claims against the city.
If the parking lot was privately owned, regular statutes of limitation would apply. For a personal injury claim, the time limit is typically three years from the date of your accident.
Parking lot falls in New York City are a serious matter, and many people are injured every year in these accidents. Attorney Jay Knispel is committed to helping accident victims recover financially from their accidents. Contact us right away for your free consultation. You don’t pay us a penny unless we win your case.
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