Owners of restaurants and other retail establishments owe their customers a duty of care with regard to their safety. Hazardous areas, elements and conditions of a restaurant or retail store should be corrected by management before an accident happens. This may mean installing lights in dark hallways, repairing cracked and broken sidewalks in front of the restaurant or store, and in general, watching out for customers' well-being. It also means handling food safely to prevent contamination.
Dangerous situations in retail stores and restaurants often include one or more of the following:
- Unlit or poorly lit stairs down to a bathroom
- No proper hand railing on stairs leading to a bathroom
- Food spilled on the floor and not cleaned up in a timely manner, creating a slippery hazard
- Hot food spilled on customers, sometimes resulting in burns
Whatever the owner's or manager's negligence was and whatever your injury was, you are urged to have your case evaluated by an experienced personal injury lawyer. If you suffered a New York restaurant injury, lawyer advocacy can mean the difference between insufficient compensation and ample compensation that covers all medical expenses, lost wages and related expenses — and in some cases, intangible pain and suffering.
See our " results" page on this website to gain an idea of ways in which we have been able to help New Yorkers recover compensation after they were seriously injured in various types of premises liability accidents.
Contact a New York City (NYC) Slip-and-Fall Injury Lawyer
If you have been injured in a slip-and-fall accident in a retail store or restaurant, contact a New York City personal injury attorney at Smiley & Smiley. Our Manhattan slip-and-fall injury lawyers provide free initial consultations, are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and are conveniently located in Midtown Manhattan across from Grand Central Station at 1 Grand Central Place. We have Spanish interpretation services available, and our staff includes a Haitian Creole speaker. To contact us, call 212-986-2022 or toll free 866-SMILEYLAW.
