Your landlord has a duty to maintain your apartment building and your apartment in a safe condition. If you are injured in your apartment building or in a hotel due to the fault of your landlord or their employees, you may have a case. Some common examples of landlords or their employees failing to maintain your apartment building and your apartment in a safe condition are as follows:
- The landlord fails to makes repairs in a timely manner
- The landlord fails to maintain the building entrance safe and free of defects
- The landlord fails to maintain the hallway, stairways and common areas safe and free of defects
- The landlord fails repair missing, cracked or broken steps
- The landlord fails to provide proper lighting in the hallway, stairways and common areas
- The landlord fails to clear garbage from hallway, stairways and common areas
- The landlord fails to clean up spills & liquids from hallway, stairways, and common areas
- The landlord fails to properly remove snow and ice
- The landlord fails to properly repair & maintain the elevator
- The landlord fails to repair leaks resulting in ceiling collapses
- The landlord fails to repair leaks resulting in slip & falls
- The landlord fails to post “Caution: Wet Floor” signs
- The landlord fails to fix building code violations such as uneven steps or excessively high steps
- The landlord fails to install stairway treads
- The landlord fails to maintain stairway treads
- The landlord fails to maintain entrance mats, runners and/or carpets
- The landlord fails to keep the garbage bins from overflowing
- The landlord fails to install handrails
- The landlord fails to repair loose or wobbly handrails
- The landlord fails to must maintain the apartment build in a manner that does not attract bedbugs, rodents, and mold
- The landlord fails to remove dangerous mold
- The landlord fails to remove lead paint.
If you are the victim of an apartment building accident, call the NYC Personal Injury Lawyer at Greenstein & Milbauer LLP. The NYC Apartment Building Accident Lawyers at Greenstein & Milbauer LLP have over twenty five (25) years of experience suing landlords whose negligence resulted in injuries to their tenants. The NYC Apartment Building Accident Lawyers at Greenstein & Milbauer are here to help. Our firm’s motto is “Don’t Be A Victim Twice”. If you are a victim of an accident involving an apartment building, call 1-800-VICTIM2 (1-800-842-8462) to schedule a confidential consultation. The call is free. The consultation is free. You don’t pay us unless we are successful. That’s our “Our Fee Guarantee – No Fee Unless Successful. You will have not only an experienced attorney on your side but someone you can contact 7 days a week / 24 hours a day by phone, text, or email.