Slip and Fall Lawyer in Bronx, NY

Most slip and fall cases are lost on one issue, and it is almost never whether the floor was wet. It is notice — proving the owner created the condition, actually knew about it, or that it existed long enough, and was visible and apparent enough, that a reasonable inspection would have found it.

Ask a prospective attorney how they intend to prove that. The good answers are specific: obtain the store's sweep log or the building's porter log, secure the surveillance video before it is overwritten, identify prior complaints about the same condition, depose the person responsible for inspections.

The Bronx layer on top of that:

• Sidewalk falls. Under NYC Administrative Code § 7-210 the abutting property owner, not the City, is generally responsible for maintaining the sidewalk — with a narrow exception for owner-occupied one-to-three-family homes. Identifying the correct owner early decides the case.
• Snow and ice. Administrative Code § 16-123 sets the timetable for clearing after a snowfall ends, and the storm in progress doctrine allows a reasonable period before liability attaches.
• Buildings. Falls on interior stairs, in lobbies and in hallways engage the Multiple Dwelling Law and the Housing Maintenance Code, including handrail, lighting and stair-geometry requirements.
• NYCHA and City property. A notice of claim within 90 days under General Municipal Law § 50-e, a § 50-h hearing, and suit within one year and 90 days.
• Deadlines otherwise: three years for personal injury (CPLR 214), two years for wrongful death.
• Comparative fault: New York applies pure comparative negligence (CPLR 1411), so being partly at fault reduces the award rather than ending the claim.

Cases are filed in Supreme Court, Bronx County, 851 Grand Concourse. General information, not legal advice.

Nothing upfront and nothing hourly. New York injury attorneys work on contingency — a percentage of the recovery, nothing if there is no recovery. One-third of the net recovery is the customary arrangement in New York personal injury matters, set out in a written retainer.

What determines what you actually receive:

• Whether the case settles pre-suit, in discovery, or at trial
• Case expenses: an engineer or code expert to document the stair riser, the handrail, the lighting or the floor's coefficient of friction; site inspection; medical narratives; deposition transcripts; index and filing fees
• Whether those expenses are deducted before or after the fee is calculated
• Liens to health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, or workers' compensation if the fall happened at work
• Available coverage, including any excess policy on a commercial building
• Whether a municipal or NYCHA defendant adds § 50-e and § 50-h procedure

Court approval is required for any settlement involving a minor. Our consultation and referral cost nothing.

Because the evidence that proves notice — video, logs, prior complaints — exists for days or weeks, not years, and the property owner controls all of it.

• Free consultation; the referral costs you nothing.
• Available 24/7 at (800) 669-0060.
• English, Spanish, and Russian.
• Over 30 years matching injured people with attorneys across New York and New Jersey.
• Local case experience in Bronx County.
• Continued involvement after the introduction.

Attorneys in Michael Brook's network give the same first instruction to every caller: report the fall in writing the same day and photograph the condition before it is cleaned or repaired. An incident report created that day outweighs any amount of testimony given a year later.

Disclaimer: Michael Brook Attorney Referral is not a law firm and provides no legal representation or legal advice. This is general information and does not replace advice from a licensed attorney about your specific situation. No result is guaranteed.