If you fall in a store in New York, you must prove there was negligence. In order to prove negligence, you need to prove either actual notice or constructive notice. If you can prove that somebody actually told the store that there was a defect in the premises or that there was debris or whatever…
In the State of New York, if you are injured and the negligent party is a municipality, such as a village, a town, or a city, you will have to serve a Notice of Claim on the municipality within 90 days of the occurrence. A Notice of Claim is applicable when you need to sue…
If you’re injured as a result of a slip and fall on an icy sidewalk, you might have a case that will most likely not be against the municipality that owns the sidewalk. Each municipality requires that abutting landowners clear their sidewalks within a certain amount of time after a snowfall. If they take too…
