Falls At New York City Summertime Events

The New York City slip & fall lawyers of David Resnick & Associates, PC have worked with many victims of accident injuries in New York City, including Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, the Bronx and Long Island. We are an experienced premises liability law firm and we understand New York’s laws surrounding personal injury claims.

If you have been seriously injured in a slip and fall accident at a New York summertime event, our NY slip and fall attorneys have the experience to assess your situation to determine whether there was negligence by the property owner. If your injuries were the result of negligence, we will work hard to obtain the compensation to which you are entitled. Please call us today at 212-279-2000 or contact us online.

Many people think of slip and fall accidents as a winter phenomena with the icy streets and snowy road conditions. However, slip and falls can occur during any time of year – and in fact, outdoor events during summer lend themselves to unsafe surfaces that lead to dangerous tumbles. Some of the most common causes of falls at summer events are seemingly innocuous conditions, including:

• Broken sidewalks;
• Wet or sandy surfaces;
• Spilled food or drinks.

Whether you are attending a baseball game where other patrons have spilled beer on the stadium floor, or watching an outdoor concert at a neighborhood park where the sidewalk needs repair, the opportunities for serious falls abound. Certainly, not every fall that takes place at a summer event is preventable. However, if your fall occurred because of conditions the property owner or manager should have been aware of – and failed to correct or post clear warnings about – you may have grounds for a lawsuit.

Summer event slip and falls, like any slip and fall accidents, fall into the legal area known as premises liability – the basic principle being that the owner or manager of a public premises is responsible for injuries that occur on their property. When the accident takes place at an event, however, the legal issues can become more complicated when assigning responsibility. For instance, if you are hurt at a concert, which party is to blame: the concert venue owner or the company organizing the event? In some cases, both parties may share legal responsibility, or there may be additional third parties involved.

Contact Our NY Premises Liability Lawyers Today

New York summer events often take place outside, so there are other legal questions to resolve when injuries occur on public property owned by the city or state. Whether your injury happened at a ball game or on a public sidewalk, you need an experienced slip and fall lawyer familiar with premises liability law and New York slip and fall accidents.

If you or someone you love has been injured in a NYC slip and fall accident, or you have a question about your legal rights regarding a slip and fall at a New York summer event, contact the premises liability attorneys of David Resnick & Associates, PC today by calling 212-279-2000 or contact us online.