Blog: Slip & Fall - Page 2

The parking garages in Center City East, Philadelphia, move thousands of drivers through the city’s downtown core every day. If you fell inside one of those structures, the owner or operator may owe you money for your personal injury. Pennsylvania law says a garage has to keep its stairwells, ramps, and elevator lobbies reasonably safe. …

Millville, New Jersey’s museums, galleries, and theaters each put visitors on a different kind of floor, and keeping those surfaces safe is the operator’s job. New Jersey law puts that responsibility on the group that runs the place, not on the visitor. The duty covers the walkway, the lobby, the stairs, and the restroom. Therefore, …

A fall inside a Haddon Heights, New Jersey, fitness studio may be the studio’s legal responsibility, not the student’s. New Jersey law requires any business that opens its doors to students to keep floors, mats, and walkways reasonably safe. An injured student can pursue medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering. A curled mat …

Slip and fall accidents at thrift stores and discount stores in Berlin, NJ, can happen when shoppers encounter merchandise, debris, uneven flooring, or other hazards in aisles and walkways. Stores that invite customers onto their premises have a responsibility to take reasonable steps to keep shopping areas safe. When a store fails to address a …

If you fell on an outdoor walkway, breezeway, or open-air stairway at a Barrington apartment complex, your landlord may owe you money. New Jersey law requires a landlord to keep shared areas in safe repair. That duty covers the spaces outside your door as much as the ones inside. A dark walkway, a heaved slab, …

A Merchantville, New Jersey, medical office has to keep the way in and the way through reasonably safe for every patient it schedules. New Jersey law puts that duty on the practice and on the building owner alike. A patient injured by a hazard nobody fixed can pursue payment for medical bills, lost wages, and …