Slip-and-fall victims hurt in Lemoore businesses can seek help from owners for their medical bills and lost income while out of work. Maison Law of Lemoore assists victims in holding owners and corporate chains accountable when their slippery floors, crumbling parking lots, and rotting stairwells cause customers to fall and get hurt.
To find out how to hold a property or business owner fully responsible for your pain, contact a skilled, local Lemoore Slip-And-Fall Lawyer and schedule a free, no-obligation case consultation.
Do I Need a Lawyer After a Slip-And-Fall?
While you’re sitting on the hard floor, perhaps with a broken bone, you may not be thinking about who should be held responsible for what happened. Yet, when the hospital and doctor bills come due, liability might become your number one concern.
Insurance companies for businesses and property owners should be fully in line to support you as you recover. But instead, they can have their adjusters focus on limiting what you take home as much as possible. They might claim you are clumsy and caused your own fall. They might say you are faking your injuries. This is when it’s time to trust your case to an experienced trip-and-fall lawyer.
Your Maison Law attorney is a safeguard against these tactics. Your lawyer can also take on any corporate lawyers that bigger businesses can afford. Your lawyer fully investigates what happened and uses the evidence collected to force a business to own up and pay up. This support often adds up to much more than you could secure by filing a claim yourself.
Trip-and-Fall Accident Dangers Around Lemoore
We may think about the dangers on local roads as we steer clear of dangerous drivers, but we may not think about the hazards at our destinations. We can park in a store lot and step into a pothole to trip and fall and bang up a knee. We might go inside and slip on a 42 oz. drink another customer has spilled.
California premises liability laws require business owners to monitor for these hazards and clean them up in a reasonable amount of time. However, owners and operators can get lax in their duties to clean up or repair dangers. Managers and employees can allow a dangerous fall risk to sit for a while until someone comes along and gets hurt.
These are just a few of the dangers that we can find in the places we go each day…
- Slippery puddles left on tile at grocery stores, restaurants, gas stations, movie theaters, and places like Walmart.
- Tripping hazards in stores such as boxes left on floors, crowded aisle displays, and folded up rugs.
- Bathroom dangers. Businesses that provide public restrooms must keep the floors free of leaking water and soap to minimize slip-and-fall opportunities.
- Parking lot hazards like potholes and busted sidewalks that businesses are usually responsible for.
- Stairwell debris in parking garages and in public parks.
- Dangers on sidewalks around apartment buildings.
- Surfaces left wet around pools.
Store owners and major chains are liable when customers get hurt. But not everyone gets the same level of support. Some are talked into accepting nothing at all, while others don’t get enough in a settlement to cover all of their medical bills.
When a serious injury is involved, victims often have to rely on a skilled attorney to determine what it will really take to help them heal and rebuild their lives. Then your lawyer demands that exact amount, and no less, from the store at fault.
Common Injuries in Slip-and-Falls
The level of settlement support victims receive is crucial after a fall, because injuries can heal, but then flare up again. Patients have to seek settlements that account for the potential that future surgeries and pain therapy are required.
Trips and Slips can each result in different types of injuries.
These are some of the most common injuries reported in trip-and-falls when people are generally launched forward:
- Knees are often a landing spot for people tripped up by debris. A kneecap fracture (patella fracture) may have patients waiting three to six months to get back to full activity, but permanent side effects involving pain and flexibility are possible. That’s according to Cleveland Clinic
- Ankles are often injured when a foot is held in place, but the body continues to fall.
- Finger, wrist, and arm fractures and sprains are common as victims instinctively reach out to catch themselves.
- Once past the arms, the victim’s face is exposed to severe damage. Nasal bones, cheekbones, and bones in the eye sockets are susceptible to breaks.
- Mouth injuries. Teeth can be knocked loose, and jawbones might take damage.
Victims in slip and falls often fall sideways or tumble backward. Other injuries are more common in these falls:
- Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) occur when the head strikes the floor or the corner of a counter or shelf. They can happen with a slip or a trip. TBIs involve a blow to the head that forces the brain to collide with the inner skull. Patients can experience concussions, amnesia, seizures, and a loss of feeling in limbs.
- Damage to the spinal cord in the neck and back can lead to disability and/or years of pain that will be hard to alleviate.
- Fractures in the hip joint can require surgery and result in a reduction in function for quite a while. The inactivity can lead to other health issues as a patient heals.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long do I have to file a slip-and-fall injury claim?
California generally grants victims up to two years to file a claim. In cases involving a government agency, the deadline will usually be shorter. Waiting to contact a lawyer is not recommended. You want to hand your case over to your lawyer while the evidence is still fresh and witnesses are easier to track down.
What if I can’t afford to pay a slip-and-fall lawyer?
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 that the owner’s insurance company must provide to you and your family.
What Types of Things Can Earn Me Compensation After Falling and Getting Hurt?
The totals on your medical bills you have now and any anticipated medical expenses in the months ahead must all be covered in a settlement check. The sum of your paychecks and benefits you lose while you can’t make it to work should be fully reimbursed. The emotional and physical pain experienced in the fall and during a long recovery can also earn additional support. Your lawyer would factor in several other hardships to increase the value of your claim.
Contact a Lemoore Slip-And-Fall Attorney
After a slip-and-fall accident, be sure to discuss your case with an experienced Kern County Slip-And-Fall Accident Lawyer. You should be able to focus on your recovery without worrying about the hospital bills piling up and the paychecks you’re missing while out of work.
Allow Maison Law to go to work on your case to secure the most compensation possible for your recovery. Contact us today for a free case evaluation to find out how we can assist you. There’s no obligation, and your case review is completely confidential. Not every injury victim earns the same amount in slip-and-fall claims. We want to make sure you get the maximum available.
