Blog: Slip & Fall - Page 11

Walk through Callowhill near Spring Garden Street and Ridge Avenue, and the neighborhood’s industrial past is still built into what you see underfoot. Heavy brick buildings, old granite curbs, and worn entry steps remain from a time when this area was designed for factories, freight, and rail traffic, not modern apartment living. Today, those same …

Slip and fall accidents in Northern Liberties often increase during spring due to standing water, poor sidewalk drainage, and lingering wet surfaces. Streets like Canal, Laurel, Bodine, Cambridge, and Orkney are especially prone to recurring wet spots after rain, creating unsafe walking conditions for pedestrians. Even when sidewalks appear normal, hidden moisture, pooling water, and …

The “streeteries” that line Walnut, 18th, and 19th around Rittenhouse Square sit on wood-and-steel platforms built into what used to be the parking lane. Diners step up onto the deck on the way in and back down on the way out. Two surface transitions per visit, on a threshold most patrons never inspect. Wet wood …

The brick sidewalks along East Passyunk Avenue carry weekend dinner crowds across a walking surface that has not been rebuilt in over a century. Tree roots have lifted entire courses of brick by an inch or more in places. Decades of foot traffic have eroded the mortar between the bricks, leaving gaps and unstable edges …

Northeast Philadelphia is filled with large, car-oriented shopping plazas that were designed during the mid-to-late 20th-century expansion of the city. Unlike walkable commercial districts in denser urban cores, these centers were built around expansive parking lots, wide access roads, and multiple entry points rather than a pedestrian-first design. That layout still defines much of the …

Slip and fall accidents can happen anywhere — on icy sidewalks, in grocery stores, on apartment stairs, or in poorly maintained parking lots. While some result in minor bruises, others can lead to serious injuries that change the course of your life. In New Jersey, the law allows injured individuals to seek financial compensation when …