Fatal Accidents From Rooftop Falls
A tall building in New York City must have a rooftop exit as a fire escape option. This means the rooftop is accessible by the tenants and guests of the building. This also means that a fight atop a rooftop can end with one or the other combatant falling to his or her death from the rooftop.
There are some building complexes with as many as 56,000 people living in the complex. The building can become segregated, with certain ethnic groups occupying a group of floors. The rooftop becomes a problem when a fight breaks out between these groups of people and the fight extends to the rooftop.
Sakkas, Cahn & Weiss, LLP, is a New York law firm that represents people who are injured due to the negligence, mistakes or fault of another party. We are a personal injury law firm focused 100 percent on the representation of the victims of accidents and people with injuries caused by the negligence of others. We are not a general practice. We offer serious help for serious injuries.
$500,000 settlement for a mentally disabled woman who was gang raped on the rooftop of a large residential housing complex. The woman's assailants, who had disabled the roof alarm, were never arrested or prosecuted. However, we were able to demonstrate through security expert that the building owners had failed to take appropriate precautions to secure the rooftop such as installing an alarm system that could notify security personnel that the alarm had been disconnected and that people were on the roof
Attorneys for Serious or Fatal Rooftop Injury Victims
There are a number of serious accidents and injuries, including death, which can occur on an apartment building roof. Please contact our law firm for legal help with any issue that is like any of the following:
- Thrown from a rooftop in a wrongful death
- Broken locks and alarms on rooftop doors resulting in assault and battery
- Lack of rooftop security resulting in sexual assault or rape
- Physical assault on roof due to roof alarm bar disconnected
Free Consultation ∙ Se habla español
The New York City rooftop negligence accident injuries attorneys at Sakkas, Cahn & Weiss, LLP, are skilled and aggressive trial lawyers with years of experience helping thousands of clients. To learn more about our law firm or to request a free initial consultation with a personal injury lawyer, please call 212-571-7171, or e-mail Sakkas, Cahn & Weiss, LLP, today.
