Category: Premises Accidents
Category: Premises Accidents
Who Can You Sue if You Fall in a Parking Lot?
- September 4, 2020
- Premises Accidents
If you’re lying in a hospital bed after a severe slip and fall accident, you may think about who can you sue if you fall in a parking lot? It would probably be the parking lot owner. There may be other parties responsible, too, depending on the facts of your case. Who can be sued for a fall in a parking lot is determined after we investigate your accident, which can start after you hire the Tucker Lawyers to represent you. With your help, we can turn up evidence th[ ... ]
Can I Sue For Slipping And Falling in a Store?
- March 12, 2020
- Premises Accidents
If you’ve injured yourself because of an unsafe condition at a store, then you may have cause for bringing a slip and fall lawsuit. As public establishments, stores have a duty to keep people reasonably safe. If you suffer an injury because of a business owner’s failure to discharge this duty, you should be entitled to compensation. W[ ... ]
Conor McGregor Storms Barclays Center, Opening Questions of Negligent Security
- April 6, 2018
- Premises Accidents
Theatrics are common in UFC media events. Pushing, insulting and hurling water bottles are simply part of the hype one can expect in the build-up to a high-profile mixed martial art bout. But when Conor McGregor and several of his associates charged into the Barclays Center on Thur[ ... ]
Long Island Cesspool Sinkhole Fiasco
- June 6, 2017
- Premises Accidents
Cesspool Collapse Kills One According to Wikipedia, a cesspool, also known as a cesspit, is a “term…used to describe an underground holding tank (sealed at the bottom) or a soak pit (not sealed at the bottom) …used for the temporary collection and storage of feces, excreta or fecal sludge as part of an on-site sanitation system and has some similarities with septic tanks or with soak pits. Traditionally, it was a deep cylindrical chamber dug into the ear[ ... ]
Penn Station Sewage Situation
- May 12, 2017
- Premises Accidents
Penn Station Sewage Situation Usually, the addition of an indoor waterfall is an interior decoration asset. Not so last week at Penn Station, when a cascade of accidental sewage came pouring through the ceiling near the ticket booths by Track 19. The spill originated upstairs at 2 Penn Station, inside the Vornado Realty Trust building, who have rented the space above Penn Station for years. A pipe somewhere in their p[ ... ]
Falling Flower Pot Ends in Tragedy
- April 30, 2017
- Premises Accidents
An innocent game of ball on a Marina Park premises turned deadly last week. A young boy, seeking to retrieve the ball he was playing with from a large flower pot, was killed when the vessel loosed from its position and fell atop him. The heavy object, a 4-foot-long ceramic flower pot in a window planter box, toppled over, and landed on 8-year-old Kevin Reilly’s head. This tragic accident shattered the neighborhood in Brooklyn; neighbors on the scene remember hearing K[ ... ]
Exploding Manhole Covers in Queens
- February 28, 2017
- Premises Accidents
Exploding Manhole Covers Rock Queens It was a story that, quite literally, sounded a lot worse than it actually was. On Monday, February 20th residents of Forest Hills, Queens reported hearing explosions (three to be exact), near Queens Boulevard and 68th Street. Buildings were physically rocked by the force of the blasts, and power went out in the immediate vicinity but, fortunately, no injuries were reported. The cause? Explodi[ ... ]
Staircase Safety
- May 31, 2016
- Premises Accidents
Staying Safe on NYC Stairs Every day, we climb up and down more sets of stairs than we may realize. Hopefully, this routine task fades into the background of our daily consciousness because the stairs we traverse are safe, sturdy, well-lighted and well-maintained. However, a faulty staircase could lead to catastrophic personal injury. New York City is the most populous city in the United States. It is also among the most densely populated. As populations ri[ ... ]
Focusing on Subway Safety
- April 1, 2016
- Premises Accidents
New York Subway Safety 85,000 lbs. Or, 42.5 tons. That’s (approximately) how much a New York City MTA subway car weighs. The doors, the seats, the motors and wheels, the antennae and headlights, the interior lights, the heating and cooling systems, the brakes; it all adds up! To get all of this machinery and material moving, a high-powered third rail system is necessary. The New York City subway system is equipped with a third rail which carries 625[ ... ]
Twin Elevator Tragedies
- January 16, 2016
- Premises Accidents
As we have talked about before, elevator-related deaths are extremely rare. On average, only 27 people per year are killed by elevators. Which is what makes the incidents that occurred this past month all the more strange. Two separate accidents, wherein people were killed in or around elevators. The first incident involved a locksmith, who was visiting friends at their Willi[ ... ]