Slip-and-Fall Injuries

Nursing Home Slip-And-Fall Injury Attorneys

Nursing home injuries can occur for many reasons, including medications errors, a lack of hydration, bedsores and numerous other areas. The most common injuries, though, are injuries from slip and falls.

Creating a safe environment in which nursing home residents are safe from slip, trip and fall injuries involves following simple safety guidelines, such as:

• Monitoring exits so that residents don’t leave the safety of the facility
• The use of bed rails for vulnerable residents
• The escorting of residents to restrooms
• Responding quickly to the need for help once a fall occurs

When these and other guidelines are followed systematically, slip-and-fall injuries are rare. When nursing home staff members fail to observe these guidelines, slip-and-fall injuries happen all too frequently.

The New York nursing home injury lawyers of Smiley & Smiley, LLP, provide caring and results-driven legal representation to elderly or incapacitated people who have suffered serious injuries in a nursing home, in-patient mental health facility or any other in-patient facility.

Why Smiley & Smiley?

At Smiley & Smiley, our attorney team has over 80 years of combined experience. Our founding partner, Guy Smiley, is listed in Who’s Who in American Law and in New York Super Lawyers. Our team has earned a number of substantial verdicts and settlements over the course of our practice.