If you are injured while at a laundromat, call the best personal injury lawyers in the Bronx, Feiner & Lavy!
Slip-and-fall accidents and the injuries they cause can happen in almost any place in the Bronx or New York City, and one of the places that presents many hazards to people are laundromats.
The owner of a laundromat is responsible for your safety while you are washing your clothes or even accompanying someone to the establishment. There aren’t hard statistics collected on the number of injuries in laundromats throughout New York’s five boroughs, but we at the Bronx personal injury law firm of Feiner & Lavy believe that dozens or even hundreds of accidents resulting in injury happen every year.
What concerns us is that many of these are likely unreported, and that the people injured in those accidents probably settle for far less money than they would if they had contacted our law firm. This isn’t about greed. Many people struggle to pay for the resources they need to treat and recover from their injuries – from doctor’s care to physical therapy and even psychological counseling – that could take months or years to correct. Their lives are never the same, and that settlement that sounded good when it was offered, turned out not to cover all the care that was promised by the laundromat owner, his lawyer, and his insurance company. And those three convinced the victim that this was all they were going to get whether or not they worked with a lawyer. To put it nicely, this is pure nonsense.
Water on the floor of a laundromat creates an almost immediate slip and fall hazard, and a spill of detergent or fabric softener can be more slippery than an icy sidewalk. If detergent is spilled on the floor and cleaned up poorly, it can still leave a nasty, slick film that nobody sees until it’s too late. Then the legs of someone who isn’t looking out for a hazard fly into the air, and they slam down hard on their back. This is a painful experience.
Under the best of circumstances, laundromats require a lot of maintenance. Water leaks from lines feeding washing machines, leaky machines leaving puddles on the floor, newly mopped floors that aren’t marked, wet weather from outside being tracked inside, spilled laundry products, damaged floors, laundry carts rolling into someone’s path…these all represent the kind of hazards someone can encounter at a laundromat. And attendants at laundromats sometimes fail in their jobs – spending lots of time in a back room while neglecting the space they’re supposed to keep safe.
One of the things about the injuries suffered in a slip and fall is that the effects are not always immediately apparent. A compound bone break will be apparent right away, but a less dramatic fracture or a soft tissue injury might not be recognizable for a few days. This is why it is always so critical for injury victims to file a police report, take pictures of the location, and seek medical attention. These are key pieces of evidence to be used if the business owner and his representatives don’t want to be responsible and pay their fair share to take care of your injuries and expenses.
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.
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