There are certain aspects of living in a large city like New York that can be worrisome. While it might sound like a nightmare for a person to fall through the sidewalk and land on a nest of rats, it did happen, leaving a man injured and traumatized. After this type...
Month: December 2020
What’s it Worth? December 9, 2020
‘Tis the Season. The tree is up in Rockefeller Center. Shoppers are shopping, some in person, most online. Houses and apartments are decorated for the holidays. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is the musical guest this coming Saturday on SNL. All this must...
Comparative fault can protect store from slip-and-fall liability
Retail store owners, and other types of property owners have a duty to take reasonable steps to protect invitees (e.g. customers) who have entered their property legally from hazardous conditions. Generally, this requires store owners to: Regularly inspect the...
What is duty to defend?
All insurance companies in New York are responsible for paying benefits when their clients have been involved in accidents resulting in personal injuries where the client is apparently at fault to some degree. Sometimes, insured parties are totally at fault, partially...