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When Window Guards Are Missing in NYC: Who Can Be Held Liable if a Child is Injured or Killed after Falling?
A young child climbing out of a window and falling from a fire escape is the kind of incident that should never happen in New York City. Yet these cases arise again and again, and they are often preventable.
Under New York law, when a child is injured after falling from a window without proper safety guards, the focus of a personal injury attorney immediately turns to whether the landlord failed to comply with strict safety requirements.
