The laundromat is one of the more surprisingly dangerous places for people to suffer a debilitating slip and fall injury. The Bronx personal injury law firm of Feiner & Lavy understands the hazards of a laundromat, and how many of our friends and neighbors in Grand Concourse, Riverdale, Co-Op City, Pelham, and Fordham rely on...

Parking lots and parking garages have the potential to be dangerous for reasons beyond the obvious. Yes, being jumped or being involved in an accident with a vehicle are certainly hazards, but so are less obvious problems like a poorly maintained parking lot or structure that leads to a fall and an injury. The Bronx...

Broken or hazardous sidewalks may be visually interesting to a photographer but they present a real and present danger to New Yorkers who do a lot of their getting around on foot. The Bronx personal injury law firm of Feiner & Lavy is one of the leading advocates for people who are hurt in trip...

Slip and fall or trip and fall accidents happen more frequently than many people may believe. In fact, it is incredible to us that roughly two-percent of Americans suffer an injury due to an unintentional fall that requires emergency room treatment. These numbers jump to 12 percent when we consider all injuries that end up...

Drugstores have come a long way from the old days. Today, these stores are about a lot more than bandages, ointments, and pills, and they are growing in number. The attorneys and staff at the law firm of Feiner & Lavy see CVS and Walgreens right in our South Bronx neighborhood, and Duane Reade and...

Date night is back! Since the end of COVID, restaurants in and around the Bronx are seeing business pick up. Nobody ever dreams of their date ending with a ride to the hospital because of a slip and fall accident, but these things do happen. The Bronx personal injury law firm of Feiner & Lavy...

Escalators are stairs with teeth. We know how much better it can be to take one than to ride the stairs, and they’re usually very safe, but stairs with teeth can mean big problems if you fall on an escalator. As one of the best Bronx personal injury law firms, Feiner & Lavy was curious...

Are you ready for the summer? Whether you are or aren’t, this is the best time of the year for a shopping trip to check out the latest fashions before hitting the beach or lounging at the pool. But a favorite activity like a day out shopping can end tragically if you are the victim...

Most people in the Bronx live in apartments. In fact, according to our research, about 80-percent of Bronx residents rent apartments. That means there is a hazard that affects people the moment they walk into a building, whether it’s a tenement or high rise, public or privately owned: the building lobby. And it’s not only...

The people at the most risk when suffering a slip and fall accident are the elderly. This isn’t just the opinion of Feiner & Lavy, a leading Bronx personal injury firm, but is borne out by statistics and studies. The CDC tells us that there are about 36 million falls among seniors reported every year,...

A common question we hear at the law offices of Feiner & Lavy is one about the terminology used to describe an accident. “Was the fall where I was injured a slip and fall or a trip and fall?” People use the terms synonymously, but they really aren’t one and the same. And the big...

A quick stop for a quart of milk, a cup of coffee and buttered roll for breakfast, the paper (yeah, some of us still want to read about the Yankees in the Post or Daily News) or a lottery ticket. This is a short list of things many people run to a corner store or...