Slip and Fall Injury Attorney
If you have been injured due to a slip, trip, or fall accident on another person’s property, you may be entitled to compensation for the cost of your medical treatment if you can prove that the property owner did not take reasonable steps to provide a safe environment. Call us about your injury to see what options are available to you.
Examples of negligence leading to trip-and-fall accidents include the following:
- Inadequate lighting
- Sidewalk cracks and potholes
- Walkway obstructions
- Wet floors
- Unsafe premises – No effort was made to maintain the premises and ensure that they were safe. Examples include not making a reasonable effort to remove debris and not repairing uneven surfaces that could contribute to a slip or fall accident
- Inadequate warnings – Visitors were unaware of potential hazards due to inadequate warnings. For example, a building owner should post signs near wet floors or near trip or fall hazards
- The property owner was aware of unsafe conditions and made no effort to warn others of the hazards, make reasonable repairs, or take appropriate action.
The severity of an injury suffered in a fall can be extensive, including fractures, head injuries, spinal cord trauma, back injuries, and neck injuries. Recovering from a serious fall can take many months and leave a person with lifelong health issues and exorbitant medical bills. Under state laws, a property owner has a legal duty to properly maintain their building and grounds. If that duty is breached due to negligence and it results in an accident, the owner, operator or manager could be held liable for damages.
Most property owners carry liability insurance to cover accident-related injuries. We can determine the merits of your case and compile the documentation that will be needed for your claim.
Determining Liability After a Serious Slip & Fall
If you have suffered a serious injury on another person’s property, you may be wondering how you will be able to prove that the owner’s negligent actions are responsible for your involvement in a slip and fall accident. Premises liability cases can prove to be tricky, as the evidence is often cleaned up and/or fixed immediately after the incident has occurred. Similarly, it is up the victim to show that the property owner was aware, or should have been aware, that a hazardous condition existed and that they had failed to remedy it in a timely manner. For this reason, it is important to take a few necessary steps in the wake of a slip and fall. First and foremost, you must document any evidence.
We recommend that you take the following steps:
- Start by taking pictures of the scene of the accident, even if you must do so with your cell phone, as this could prove to be invaluable to your case later on.
- Next, you should speak to anyone that has witnessed the accident and gather their contact information. By taking the time to do so, you will only have a better chance of recovering the compensation that you deserve.
- Finally, you should review the facts of your case with an attorney to better understand your legal options. Even if you are unsure of whether or not you have grounds to pursue a lawsuit, you owe it to yourself to find out. Suffering through the consequences of an injury should not be done alone, especially when someone else is at fault.