A tumble down a flight of stairs can be devastating whether you’re in public or at home. According to one study, more than 1 million people a year suffer stair-related injuries. So how can you make your stairs safe? Occupational therapist Tracy Chippendale shared her tips for safeguarding your stairs and stuntman Zachary Huber of Hollywood Stunts NYC demonstrated how to tuck your chin into your chest and protect your head.
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Common injuries from falling down stairs | https://brainlaw.com/personal-injury/premise-liability/
Injuries from falling downstairs occur because a landlord or a property owner hasn’t properly maintained that staircase. It could be from a handrail that’s misplaced. It could be because that staircase doesn’t even have a handrail, or perhaps there’s a rug or carpet that’s frayed or has a hole in it, which causes someone to trip and fall. When each one of these situations takes place and a person falls, there could be a number of different injuries that develop.
There could be ankle injuries as a result of twisting that ankle, there could be fractures of the ankle. There could be injuries to the knee, torn ligaments that may develop. You might also fall and hit your head causing a traumatic brain injury. In each one of these situations, it’s important, obviously, to seek medical advice as soon as possible. It’s also important to go back to that scene as soon as possible and photograph what caused your injury to take place before the situation changes. Frequently, what we see, the landlords are not doing their job properly until, unfortunately, someone gets hurt.
Then they make the repair that they should have made before. It’s important that we, as lawyers, are able to document the dangerous condition that existed at the time of your fall. When you retain the law firm of De Caro & Kaplen, you retain lawyers that will go to the scene of the accident. Will hire appropriate engineers and other experts, search the building close to determine exactly why your injury took place and how that injury could’ve been prevented.
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Often times, those who bear the hardship of an accident assume no one’s at fault—they’re simply victims of fate. Hey, accidents just happen, right? Wrong!
De Caro & Kaplen, LLP proudly represents the interests of traumatic brain injury and bodily injury victims in the state of New York and beyond. With demonstrated success both in and out of the courtroom, our attorneys have the passion and persistence to take on the toughest personal injury claims—and win.
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