Maison Law represents slip-and-fall victims hurt at supermarkets like FoodMaxx in Bakersfield. We help victims hold the store chain fully accountable when their unsafe aisles cause customers to fall and get hurt. To find out what you should be demanding from a grocery store after suffering an injury on its property, contact a skilled, local lawyer and schedule a free, no-obligation case consultation.
Do I Need a Lawyer After Taking a Fall at a Bakersfield Grocery Store?
If you slip and fall at a FoodMaxx and your injuries are serious, like a broken bone or a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), you may need the protection of a Bakersfield grocery store slip-and-fall lawyer. When your injury was caused by the negligence of store owners and operators, you can seek full compensation for your recovery costs.
Unfortunately, when recovery times are long and hospital bills are high, insurance adjusters and corporate lawyers will fight even harder to get FoodMaxx off the hook. They may say your clumsiness caused your fall. They may try to convince you to sign off on a “lowball” settlement offer that doesn’t cover all of your recovery costs. Your Maison Law attorney is a safeguard against this treatment. Your lawyer submits all evidence to force a business to accept responsibility and pay the maximum in compensation available.
FoodMaxx Aisle Dangers
Local residents may enjoy the selection and variety a warehouse store like FoodMaxx offers, but all that extra floor space also creates additional space for accidents. There’s a real risk at an expansive location like the one on Niles Street or the one on Ming Avenue.
Victims can suffer painful hip injuries after slipping on a puddle left on the floor by a careless shopper holding a drink or a child with a juice box. Customers may suffer head trauma when tripping on an aisle display and falling onto a shelf. A fall in the bathroom might cause victims to break an arm trying to catch themselves.
The hazards continue outside in the parking lot, where FoodMaxx is also responsible. A pothole could catch a foot and send someone down to land with their full weight on a knee. A crumbling sidewalk could send someone stumbling into traffic.
These and other dangers could leave victims with major injuries, massive doctor bills, and lost paychecks while they can’t work. It’s up to a skilled slip-and-fall lawyer to make sure big supermarket chains don’t stick victims with the costs of recovery. At Maison Law, we demand the most in compensation available for an injury, so victims can rebuild their lives.
Who Can I Sue After an Accident Caused by a FoodMaxx Employee?
The grocery stores you enter during the week owe you a legal “duty of care” established by California premises liability law. A duty of care means they must see to your safety as you walk across a parking lot, step through the automatic doors, and stroll the aisles.
Owners and operators must monitor the store for these dangers and act to remove them. When they fail in these duties, and someone gets hurt, victims are empowered to seek full compensation for their injury hardships.
In order to have a case the victim would simply need to show the hazard was:
- Created by the proprietor, or
- The proprietor knew about the hazard or should have known and didn’t fix it in a reasonable amount of time.
Corporate store owners can deny they created the issue or say that they didn’t have enough time to catch the problem caused by a shopper. Your lawyer will investigate your case and collect powerful evidence to prove otherwise.
Any proof you can collect in the minutes after a fall will also be helpful. If you’re left strong enough, take photos of the hazard that caused your fall. These hazards will obviously be long removed before you or your lawyer can return. You should also collect contact information from all witnesses.
How Much Will I Receive After Falling at a Grocery Store?
Reaching an accurate estimate of what your injury is worth will be difficult until you can fill a lawyer in on what happened and your lawyer can investigate what happened. Your settlement total will usually depend on a few things. How long it takes you to heal will be one factor insurance companies must consider. How much your injury will affect your life in the short term and long term is another factor.
These and other factors will determine how much an insurance company will offer you in a settlement check:
- All current medical expenses and those expected in the future.
- The lifelong expenses associated with a permanent disability.
- Compensation for the physical pain suffered and perhaps chronic pain for a lifetime.
- Compensation for emotional trauma. The anxiety and depression that can develop during a difficult recovery. A patient’s enjoyment of life may be affected if mobility and freedom are lost.
- All wages and benefits lost at work while the patient is unable to perform job duties.
- Travel costs accumulated to attend doctor visits while immobile and unable to drive.
- Wrongful death benefits. Support for families after a loved one has died from injuries suffered in a slip-and-fall accident.
Contact a Bakersfield Grocery Store Slip-And-Fall Lawyer
After a slip-and-fall accident, be sure to discuss your case with an experienced Bakersfield FoodMaxx slip-and-fall attorney serving all of Kern County.
Contact us today for a free, confidential case evaluation to find out how we can assist you. There’s no obligation, but if you feel we can help your family earn more, you won’t need any upfront money to pay Maison Law. Our lawyers work on a contingency basis. It means we don’t get paid unless we win your case. Then our fee comes out of the settlement check you receive.
