Slip & Fall Injury Lawyers

Slip-and-fall injuries can range from minor scrapes and bruises to a lifelong, disabling impairment. If you have been injured from a fall, we’re prepared to represent you.

ATTORNEYS FOR SLIP AND FALL ACCIDENTS

Slip-and-fall accidents are caused by dangerous or hazardous conditions on commercial, private, or public property. Indoor hazards include torn carpeting, abrupt changes in flooring, poor lighting, narrow stairs, or a wet slippery, floor. Outdoors, you may slip and fall because of rain, ice, snow, or an unseen hazard, such as a pavement gap or pothole.  Not all slip and fall accidents are unavoidable. If a property owner or business manager could have prevented yours, you may stand to recover compensation.

Wherever accidents happen, property owners have a responsibility (duty of care) to maintain a safe environment.  Some common causes of slip and fall cases include:

• STRUCTURAL DEFECTS. Structural damage to a building, due to age or wear-and-tear, can be a significant cause of injurious falls. Uneven steps, parking lot potholes, cracked sidewalks, broken tiles, or torn carpeting can create dangerous situations for visitors to a building.

• WEATHER-RELATED ACCIDENTS. The property owner is required to take reasonable steps to reduce hazards created by adverse weather. These steps can include but are not limited to, shoveling snow from walks, salting or sanding icy and slippery areas, and installing anti-slip devices on outdoor steps.

• HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.  Property owners are required to maintain their property in a reasonably safe manner.  This includes ensuring their property is free from unreasonably dangerous conditions, and warning others of known hazards.

RESPONSIBLE PARTIES

Property owners owe guests (and others who are legally on the property) a safe environment. Liable parties in a slip and fall case could include:

• Private business owners, such as grocery stores, restaurants, shopping centers, and more
• Government entities, such as city or state governments
• Transportation centers, such as airports
• Third-party contractors and vendors

COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE

As a guest on another person’s property, you are expected to exercise reasonable judgment and caution. In some situations, both parties may be at fault.  For example, if you fall on hotel stairs while reading a newspaper and sustain serious injuries, comparative negligence may apply. The hotel owners may be responsible because they failed to repair a broken step. But you may also be responsible because you were distracted.

Our team has experience determining who may be liable for your slip and fall accident.

CONTACT OUR ATTORNEYS TODAY

If you have been injured in a slip and fall accident, call us at 1-800-334-3298 or fill out our contact form for a free consultation as soon as possible.  If we take your case, we will work on a Contingent Fee basis, which means you don’t pay us unless we win.

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