Maison Law represents injury victims hurt at hardware stores like Ace Hardware. We help victims hold local owners and corporate owners fully accountable when their unsafe aisles cause customers to get hurt. To find out what you should be demanding from Ace after suffering an injury on its property, contact a skilled California lawyer and schedule a free consultation. It’s a no-risk way to determine what your injury is worth and how to hold a negligent business fully responsible.
Do I Need a Lawyer After Suffering an Injury at Ace Hardware?
If you suffer an injury while shopping at Ace and you only suffer very minor bumps or bruises, you may not need a lawyer’s help. But when your injuries are more serious, like a bone fracture or a head injury, you’ll want some legal protection when having to ask a business or a corporation for recovery help.
A hardware business and its insurance adjusters will often focus on trying to blame your accident on you instead of providing the financial help you need to pay for care. Your California slip-and-fall lawyer is your safeguard against these tactics. Maison Law investigates what happened to you and secures all evidence. Then, your lawyer files a claim backed with strong evidence and demands the maximum compensation available for what you’ve been put through.
Ace Hardware Dangers and Financial Liability
Many California do-it-yourselfers turn to Ace Hardware when they need tools and supplies to complete a project. But Ace owes its customers more than just a fair price and great service. They must also take responsibility for the customer’s safety while they are in the parking lot, walking the aisles, and even when they get home in some cases.
Ace must show a legal “duty of care” to monitor for hazards around the store its employees create and the dangers customers can leave behind. They must remove them or clean them up in a reasonable amount of time before someone can come along and get hurt. When they are negligent in this duty and someone gets hurt, victims can seek full compensation for their hardships.
These are just a few of the dangers that may pop up in an Ace Hardware that could hurt a customer:
- Aisle Dangers – Customers can leave puddles by spilling water around any corner or dropping birdseed on the floor causing someone to slip and suffer a hip injury. Many older Ace locations will have narrow aisles filled with displays, and those displays may trip someone up to fall and injure a kneecap. Employees restocking merchandise can leave small boxes on the floor that might also cause a tripping accident. Nails on the floor left out can roll someone’s foot to cause a broken ankle. Damaged flooring might cause a tumble.
- Bathroom Hazards – Pooling water and invisible soap on the floor can make it almost impossible for people to venture across safely. Taking a fall around a stall or a sink might cause a victim to suffer a powerful blow to the head from hard porcelain fixtures.
- Overhead Items – Merchandise stored high on shelves could also topple, creating the chance for a hard hit on the victim’s head. Victims can suffer head trauma and Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI).
- Exposure to Hazardous Substances – A bag of fertilizer may leak and the dust may end up in your eyes. Paint products could leak and create a noxious gas that causes breathing issues. The hardware store owners and operators are responsible for any harm that comes to you due to exposure to potentially harmful substances.
- Parking Lot Hazards – Ace is also liable for your journey into the store from the parking lot. Potholes, crumbling steps and sidewalks, and even landscaping timbers can trip customers up. Ace must fix these potential tripping hazards before someone stumbles to the ground.
- Tool Malfunctions – Ace and its suppliers may even be liable for your safety when you get home and a tool or part malfunctions and hurts you or a family member. A California defective product lawyer with Maison Law can help you hold the store and the product manufacturer responsible.
Who Is Responsible for My Injury If I Get Hurt at an Ace Hardware?
Ace Hardware is known as a retailer-owned cooperative. It means that most locations are run by independent owners. If you are hurt and need to file an accident claim, you’d usually be seeking compensation from individual owners and the liability insurance company that represents them.
But it’s critical to have a skilled California slip-and-fall lawyer on your side who can determine just who should be helping support you as you recover. In some cases, the Ace Hardware Corporation may also be liable for what happened to you. More than one party could have to support you in recovery.
The manufacturer of a malfunctioning tool or a dangerous product could also bear liability if you are hurt in the store or once you are home.
What Kind of Things Can I Earn Compensation For After Suffering an Injury at Ace?
It’s critical to include every hardship you and your family have faced after an accident in an injury claim. Only those damages mentioned will earn support in an injury settlement check. Anything left off would end up as costs you would have to pay out of your own savings.
Your slip-and-fall lawyer would make sure you didn’t miss anything. Your lawyer will also ask for compensation for some things you probably didn’t know could help add to your support totals.
Your Maison Law representative helps you secure compensation for your current hospital bills and support needed for future care. You should be reimbursed for the paychecks you lost while having to miss work with an injury. Your lawyer will also demand support for the physical pain and emotional trauma you’ve experienced and continue to experience.
Schedule a Free Consultation with a California Ace Hardware Accident Lawyer
After an accident involving a serious injury at a store like Ace Hardware, take action to hold negligent business owners fully accountable. Contact the skilled California Ace Hardware Accident Lawyers at Maison Law, for a free consultation and case evaluation. It’s a no-risk way to find out how much you should demand in compensation.
There’s no obligation, but if you feel we can help you earn more for your injury, you don’t have to worry about finding the money to hire us. We don’t get paid unless we win your case for you. Then our attorney’s fee comes out of the money Ace provides to you and your family.
