If you were injured while visiting or renting someone else's property, the owner may be liable to you for your injuries. Homeowners and businesses have a duty to keep their premises in a safe condition. If you have suffered a slip and fall, it may have been due to the owner's negligence or recklessness. In this case you may be able to sue for medical bills, actual and potential lost earnings, pain and suffering, emotional distress and permanent disabilities.

To win your case, you must prove the property owner didn't adequately maintain the premises or created the hazardous condition—or that they knew the premises were unsafe and failed to warn you. Other important factors include how long the condition existed before your injury and whether other people were similarly injured. Proof that they fixed the dangerous condition after your injury, however, will not be considered by the court.

If you have been injured in a slip and fall accident in the New York area, which you believe is due to a property owner's negligence, we'd like to hear from you. Call us 1-800-NY-NY-LAW or contact us online for a FREE consultation.