Feiner & Lavy fights hard for clients injured while dining out at a Bronx restaurant.
One of the great pleasures in life is going out to eat. Getting to sit down and casually enjoy food and company at one of the great restaurants in the Bronx can make for a tremendously relaxing and pleasant evening.
But when you least expect it, that’s when something terrible can happen. Getting up out of your seat to go to the bathroom or to step outside to make a quick phone call, you fail to notice a spill on the floor, and you slip and fall. Hard! The floors of many restaurants are concrete, and that can be very damaging to a human body. At the Bronx personal injury law firm of Feiner & Lavy, we have seen the results of these falls and they can be very tragic.
Accidents in a restaurant can happen anywhere – not just the dining room. Restrooms can be a real hazard zone as water can collect on the floor because of a leaky sink, toilet or urinal. Other substances like soap or cleaning fluids can also puddle and create a hazard for restaurant guests. Bar areas are filled with liquids and ice, which can be hard to spot and is very slippery. Outside the restaurant, parking lots can be poorly lit and filled with cracks and potholes that can catch someone’s foot, leading to a trip and fall that puts someone flat on their face. And slicks of oil or grease created by garbage hauled to the curb night after night are a terrible hazard that can lead to hard falls and severe injuries.
How serious can the injuries really be? Very serious! We know of cases where people have fractured their spine so severely that they needed to use a wheelchair permanently or a severely broken arm that led to complications the victim had to live with the rest of their life. These were injuries that were the result of negligence by the staff and therefore the responsibility of the restaurant owner, which may be a national chain.
What is important to know is that the owner and their representatives will come to you with a settlement. They will want to dictate the terms and tell you this is the most money they can offer. And they will encourage you not to get a lawyer.
The lawyers at Feiner & Lavy know these tricks and caution you not to fall for them. The truth is that these guys don’t care about you, they care about their wallet. They want to offer you a speedy and cheap settlement that is unlikely to cover the lingering effects of your injury. You need an experienced law firm that can guide you through the process and help you to recover the maximum settlement available to you. And given the costs of doctors, hospitals, physical rehabilitation and possibly psychological therapy, you are going to need serious resources.
If you suffer a fall, always ask for the police to be called, take pictures of where you fell and any hazard that led to your fall, and get yourself checked out by a doctor. Even if you don’t feel hurt at the time of the accident, if you fell hard, there’s a good chance you’re going to feel a soft tissue or minor bone break within a couple of days. At that point, it becomes harder for law firms to reconstruct the circumstances and prepare to prove a case.
As one of the best Bronx personal injury law firms, Feiner & Lavy knows that if you are hurt in a slip and fall accident, you need to talk to a lawyer. Don’t take that settlement until you call Feiner & Lavy! The experience and knowledge accumulated during many decades of combined experience representing personal injury cases and the broad range of capabilities we have developed during our years in practice are the keys that enable us to successfully win you the settlement you deserve. We are a local Bronx personal injury law firm that knows our courts, our borough and our clients. We develop very friendly relationships with our clients, and we pride ourselves on our level of determination – we will not stop until our clients’ cases are resolved with the highest possible payout. If you believe you have been injured at the hands of another, call us today at 212-393-9130 for a free consultation.
