Apartment Building Accidents

It's a parent's nightmare: Your child naps in her room while you're in the kitchen fixing dinner. A police siren awakens the child, and she walks over to an unguarded window and leans out to see what's going on. Tragedy is only a few feet away.

Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman knows this scenario is repeated daily in New York. Landlords neglect to install window guards, and children are hurt or killed in falls.

Too many apartments in New York are not as safe as they should be. They're missing all kinds of basic safety devices - not just window guards but smoke alarms, door locks, and accessible fire escapes. Elevators are old, lack proper service and maintenance, and can fall without warning. Hallways and entrances are dimly lit. Stairs are broken and filthy. Our families and friends are needlessly endangered.

Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman has more than 40 years of experience handling lawsuits for people who have been hurt in their apartments and buildings. When a landlord fails to safely maintain a building, anyone injured there has the right to sue. We have represented clients involved in window falls, rapes, robberies, assaults, fires, elevator accidents, and falls. Our depth of experience has resulted in large monetary awards for victims of all types of apartment building accidents.

Although prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome, the dedication and experience of our attorneys have produced an enviable record of verdicts, jury awards and pretrial settlements that amount to more than One Billion ($1,000,000,000.00) dollars.)