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On behalf of Pazer, Epstein & Jaffe, P.C. posted in Premises Liability on Friday, November 14, 2014. The United States has around 900,000 elevators, many located in New York City. Each year, these devices make 18 billion passenger trips and serve 20,000 people. Each elevator carries approximately 5 passengers on per trip. Most elevators are […]
On behalf of Pazer, Epstein & Jaffe, P.C. posted in Premises Liability on Friday, December 5, 2014. Premises liability in New York City is not limited to slip and falls on someone else’s property. Injuries caused by an unsafe condition attributed to the property owner’s negligence may constitute grounds for a civil lawsuit. For example, […]
On behalf of Pazer, Epstein & Jaffe, P.C. posted in Premises Liability on Friday, December 19, 2014. New York business property owners, like residential landlords, owe a duty of care to their tenants, visitors and any workers invited to do work on the premises. Negligence may have tragic consequences and cause serious injuries and fatalities. […]
On behalf of Pazer, Epstein & Jaffe, P.C. posted in Premises Liability on Wednesday, January 7, 2015. New York’s construction workers routinely face hazards that can lead to serious injuries and fatalities. Although an employer’s workers’ compensation provides some financial protection, it may not provide adequate relief for the serious losses that are suffered. Other […]
On behalf of Pazer, Epstein & Jaffe, P.C. posted in Premises Liability on Monday, January 26, 2015. In New York, the owner of a public building has the obligation to keep their premises reasonably safe for members of the public. This includes having a safe means to enter and exit the building. This rule is […]
On behalf of Pazer, Epstein & Jaffe, P.C. posted in Premises Liability on Friday, January 30, 2015. In addition to the duty of care owed to customers and guests, building owners in New York have responsibilities to workers. Under the state’s labor law, owners of buildings and contractors must provide reasonable and adequate protection and […]
On behalf of Pazer, Epstein & Jaffe, P.C. posted in Premises Liability on Friday, February 20, 2015. New York places legal responsibilities upon owners to maintain their properties and may hold them liable for any injuries that incur on their premises. This liability is not absolute, however. Owners must keep their property in a reasonably […]
On behalf of Pazer, Epstein & Jaffe, P.C. posted in Premises Liability on Friday, March 6, 2015. A landlord is normally not responsible if someone is injured by a tenant’s dog where the injury — such as a dog bite — takes place off of the landlord’s property. There is an exception to this legal […]
On behalf of Pazer, Epstein & Jaffe, P.C. posted in Premises Liability on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. In New York, landlords and property owners may be liable for injuries suffered by guests if the owner did not keep their premises in a reasonably safe condition. In other words, knowing about an unsafe condition and not […]
On behalf of Pazer, Epstein & Jaffe, P.C. posted in Premises Liability on Friday, March 27, 2015. Persons injured on another premises must prove that the owner of the premises owed a duty of care to the plaintiff, that the owner breached that duty and that the breach of this duty caused the damages or […]