Category: Premises Accidents
Category: Premises Accidents
Apartment Overcrowding in NYC
- December 12, 2015
- Premises Accidents
A landlord in Elmhurst, Queens was bewildered to find that two of his tenants had turned a 3-bedroom unit into an overloaded 10-bedroom space without his consent. This extreme story is emblematic of a burgeoning problem that has afflicted New York City for the better part of the past decade: apartment overcrowding. According to many sources, the amount of units classified as “overcrowded,” as well as the total amount of residents affected by overcrowding, in general[ ... ]
Man Falls From Building
- September 17, 2015
- Premises Accidents
At Tucker Lawyers PC, we try and see every misfortunate accident as an opportunity to inform our readers of what exactly went wrong, so as to try and avoid similar mishaps in the future. Last weekend, a terrible tragedy occurred. A man in South Paterson, New Jersey fell off the roof of an apartment building. He died from the injuries he sustained. The middle-aged man, along with some fellow employees, were working on a low-level apartment building on Bloomfield Avenue w[ ... ]
Violence Mars West Indian Day Parade
- September 10, 2015
- Premises Accidents
Earlier this year, we warned about the inherent danger of parades, and advocated practicing parade safety. We talked briefly about the importance of remaining vigilant, of practicing restraint, and about the importance in being mindful of fellow parade-goers. We preached the virtues of celebrating in a safe, yet still enjoyable manner, and suggested that one lim[ ... ]
Elevator Accidents
- June 30, 2015
- Premises Accidents
In 1854, Elisha Graves Otis, innovator and dramatist extraordinaire, ascended a transparent-sided mock-up of an elevator shaft way with an axe and a dream. He’d long toiled with a design that would improve the safety and braking systems of elevators. He was set on proving that his invention was capable of stopping an elevator car before it plummeted fatally to the ground, and so he ascended a specially-constructed tower in a test-model elevator that had his prototype[ ... ]
The Power of Carbon Monoxide Detectors
- February 16, 2015
- Premises Accidents
The situation is a well-known one- the carbon monoxide detector is running low on batteries, and its incessant din is echoing throughout the house. Everyone scrambles, trying to hone in on the one detector responsible for causing all the racket. If you’re familiar with this situation, it’s because we’ve all been there. So frustrated are we, when we finally find the infernal machine, that our first impulse may be to get rid of the system altogether. Irritated and e[ ... ]
Playground Safety
- February 11, 2015
- Premises Accidents
Every year, thousands of children are injured on playgrounds. Even though playgrounds are designed to provide the optimal amount of enjoyment for the children while posing the minimal amount of potential danger, accidents are still bound to occur. Playgrounds have been known to cause injuries of all kinds, ranging from the non-serious, such as bruises, scratches, and minor cuts, to the more severe, such as broken and dislocated bones, internal bleeding, and brain trauma[ ... ]