Maison Law represents Bell CA slip-and-fall accident victims who have medical bills piling up and can’t work to pay them off. We stand by victims so they can afford the best care available and get back to their normal lives as soon as possible.
We provide a free, no-obligation consultation for all local injury victims. It’s a no-risk opportunity to find out what your injury may be worth and how to hold a negligent business or property owner 100% responsible.
Do I Need a Lawyer After Suffering a Slip-And-Fall Injury?
If you take a fall while visiting a business or public space and suffer a serious injury, you should speak to a lawyer about your options. Having a personal injury lawyer examine your case is especially important if your injury will take longer to heal, such as the recovery time for a broken bone or a neck or back injury.
The business owners or property owners responsible for your fall will want to avoid this enormous expense. Their insurers will try to blame you for slipping. They may even cast doubt on how severe your injuries are. A large grocery chain or a retailer like Walmart can also afford corporate lawyers who will be trying to poke holes in your case.
Your lawyer stands up to these false accusations and character attacks. Your lawyer fully investigates what happened and backs your case with powerful evidence. Your lawyer can also often secure much more for your case than you can win by taking on a big company alone.
Slip-And-Fall Liability in Los Angeles County
While we make a grocery run for the week at a business like Northgate Market or El Super, we rarely look down at what’s under our feet. Other shoppers can spill bottled water or a soft drink, leaving a hard-to-spot puddle behind. We can hit those slick areas and be on the hard floor in an instant. These falls can cause a broken arm, a head injury, or even cause us to lose teeth if we fall forward.
Victims are actually allowed to hold a business owner or operator liable for accidents under California’s premises liability laws. Owners and their staff must monitor for these hazards and remove them before someone gets hurt. If a mess has been mopped up, then a wet floor sign should be out until it’s dried.
Owners must protect visitors from all possible hazards. When they fail in this duty, they can be held financially responsible for the victim’s recovery costs.
These are just a few of the types of accidents store owners can be liable for:
- Spills — A frequent danger that ends up on floors with high foot traffic each day. Liquids may puddle unseen at the bottom of milk cases. Soft drinks and spilled juice should be mopped up before victims can take a fall and hit their heads on a shelf or the floor.
- Bathrooms – The restrooms should be monitored regularly to watch out for soap and leaks on the floor. The tile in bathrooms can be extremely slick.
- Floor Hazards – Children can spill small, hard candies on the floor, ready to roll someone’s foot out from under them. Victims can trip on Boxes or candy on the floor can send someone tripping or slipping. A curled floor mat and uneven surfaces can all send someone down to suffer a bump on the head and a Traumatic Brain Injury.
- Stairway Hazards – Spills and tripping hazards are extremely dangerous when left on steps. Victims can slip and then suffer multiple falls from a great height, suffering even further damage. A landlord would be responsible for unsafe stairwells at an apartment complex. The City of Bell might be responsible for a dangerous stairwell at a public parking garage.
- Weather Hazards – When it rains, employees and managers must keep an eye on the water that customers track in. Mops and wet floor signs should be out.
- Parking Lot Hazards – Potholes, unsafe steps, broken sidewalks, and landscaping obstacles can all send you falling forward to land on your knee or your face. The business owner who owns the parking lot must maintain it or face liability for accidents.
Unfortunately, this reasonable support is not something owners and corporations will submit to easily. But a skilled lawyer makes sure your case is backed with strong evidence so guilty parties can’t find excuses to reject your injury claim.
What to Do After a Slip-and-Fall Accident
The strongest evidence available will be found at the scene of your accident right after it happens. Unfortunately, your lawyer won’t be there until after you’ve consulted about your case. By then, the obstacle that caused you to fall will likely be removed or cleaned up.
If you can collect strong evidence on the scene of your fall, you can make it much harder for insurance adjusters to question your claim.
If you are left strong enough, attempt to gather as much evidence on the scene as possible:
- Call 911 if you are injured and let paramedics check out every pain
- Go to the hospital if necessary
- If you can, take photos of the hazard that caused your accident and show your injury
- Alert a manager or property owner and make sure an incident report is created
- Get contact information from witnesses
- Make an appointment with your personal doctor and follow the doctor’s recommendations
- Contact a Bell Slip-And-Fall Lawyer to get a free case evaluation before speaking to the owner’s insurance representatives
Can I Get All My Medical Bills Paid Through a Slip-And-Fall Claim?
Yes. That’s the goal. Your lawyer will be hard at work backing your case with evidence to be able to negotiate from a position of strength when it comes time to hold an insurance company liable. Your medical bills need to be fully covered, but other factors should also earn you support.
Victims in slip-and-fall accidents have up to two years to file an accident claim. You should act quickly to give your lawyer the most time possible to secure fresh evidence, secure security footage, and track down witnesses.
Once your case is ready, your slip-and-fall attorney will be filing a claim, making sure every medical expense is documented. Your lawyer will be seeking an insurance settlement to pay 100% these and other damages for you:
- 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 lasting a lifetime.
- Compensation for emotional trauma. A patient’s enjoyment of life may be lost as they deal with anxiety, depression, and PTSD symptoms resulting from a slip-and-fall incident and a difficult recovery.
- All wages and benefits are 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. This can include money to pay for a funeral and remaining hospital bills. The income the deceased would have continued to provide close family members in the future should also be compensated.
Contact a Slip-And-Fall Lawyer Serving Bell Victims
If you or a loved one is hurt in an accident at any business or public place, don’t count on insurance adjusters to treat you fairly. You’ll need to hold them accountable even when you have strong evidence showing a property owner or company’s negligence.
Having an experienced Bell Premises Liability Lawyer on your side safeguards your case and helps you earn the maximum compensation available. Contact Maison Law to schedule a free and confidential case consultation to find out what your case is worth.
There’s no obligation, but if you feel Maison Law can help you earn more for your case, you don’t have to worry about having money to hire us. There are no upfront costs. We don’t get paid unless we win your case for you. Then our fee comes out of the settlement money you receive.
