It’s not what you should receive for your leg injury, it’s what you must demand. You should determine what you’ll need to support your recovery and then reject any Home Depot settlement offer that doesn’t meet your requirements.
You (and a lawyer if you need one) will count up every medical cost, lost paycheck, and other hardships to determine how much in support you’ll need in a settlement check to fully recover. That figure must also include the support you’ll need in the future. Then you or your attorney will demand this amount from Home Depot and their insurers.
With a less serious break, settlements might simply cover the expense of an emergency room visit and returning to the doctor to have a cast taken off. The value may only be a thousand dollars or less.
However, when surgery is needed or a broken leg keeps you off your feet for months, the medical bills will be higher and a settlement check may need to be tens of thousands of dollars. Patients may lose function in the leg and suffer a permanent disability. Lifelong support could total a million dollars or more.
What Should I Demand After a Fall at Home Depot?
The amount of your injury settlement check should largely be determined by how long it takes your injury to heal, and how long you must miss time at your job.
A skilled attorney with experience in personal injury law could give you a much better estimate of what you could earn, but first, your lawyer would need to sit down with you and hear every detail of what happened.
Your lawyer would also fully investigate the accident and Home Depot’s role in it. Did Home Depot ignore a puddle on its aisle of household cleaners until you came along and slipped and hit your head? Did Home Depot leave dropped lumber in the parking lot, causing you to trip and fall to suffer an excruciating knee injury?
Home Depot is legally responsible for the safety of its customers. These examples of negligence leave Home Depot liable for the recovery costs that build up. Unfortunately, the giant home improvement company can also afford lawyers to try to discredit your account of what happened and your injury.
Your lawyer would combat these unfair tactics by collecting strong evidence. With that evidence of who was really at fault in hand, your attorney would demand support for these hardships and more:
- The total on your hospital bills and estimates on the care that may be needed in the years ahead
- Estimates on your lifelong expenses if you’ve suffered a permanent disability
- A reasonable level of support for the physical pain you suffer and may continue to have to cope with
- A reasonable level of support for the emotional pain a broken leg may cause, including a loss of enjoyment of life when you can no longer do the things you love
- Totals on 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
Not every leg fracture victim gets the same level of injury support. Those with strong legal representation often secure much more for their recoveries than they would have by handling the case themselves and trusting Home Depot’s insurance providers.
Contact a California Slip-And-Fall Accident Attorney
If you only suffer some minor bruising and soreness after a fall at a Home Depot, you might not need a lawyer’s help. But if you endure a more serious injury, like a broken leg, it’s a good idea to go over your options with a California Home Depot accident lawyer.
Contact Maison Law for a free, no-obligation consultation. It’s a no-risk way to find out what your injury is worth and what you should demand from unhelpful insurance companies. And if you feel we can help you earn more for your case, you don’t need to worry about finding the money to hire a lawyer. We don’t get paid unless we score a case victory for you. Then our fee comes out of the settlement Home Depot must provide to you.
