Feb 3, 2020
Q: My neighbor owned a two-family home. He planned to rent-out both halves and hired me to put a horizontal wooden board, running all around, under the edge of the roof. The board would be used to hold the rain gutter. The owner supplied me with a ladder. I was concerned that it was too short, and told him so, but he said that the project needed to be completed before I left and proceeded to hold the ladder – while I climbed it and then stretched-out my arm to attempt the work. Sure enough, I fell.
Feb 3, 2020
Q: On the Fourth of July, I went to a fireworks display in the park. It was sponsored by the city. Toward the end, we began to cross the park towards our car. A large crowd of people had spilled over from the grassy areas onto the walkways. I had a difficult time navigating through the crowd, so I departed from the walkway and crossed what turned out to be a field of tulips. Although overhead light fixtures are located throughout the park, they were off. Suddenly, there was a drop from the field to the curb. I was unable to see it.
Feb 3, 2020
Q: One evening, while thinking about yesterday and going down a stairway in a two-family house, I fell. I had rented the upstairs apartment for over 20 years. It was always too dark in that stairway. In addition, there was a loose top step and a loose screw on the landing. One or more of these conditions is why I fell. My friend says it’s my own fault: after all those years, I should have known better.
Feb 3, 2020
Q: My friend had installed a zip line between two trees. The seat failed to brake, so I put my feet out in front of me until they hit the end tree – and I was thrown backwards, off the seat and onto a boulder on the ground.
Feb 3, 2020
Q: I live in a rent-stabilized apartment. It has roaches and other problems at the refrigerator, the door lock, the fire-escape window and the stove. Five years ago, the situation was already so bad that the Division of Housing and Community Renewal ordered a rent reduction.
