Maison Law represents victims injured at home improvement stores like Lowe’s. We help victims hold home improvement chains fully accountable when owners and operators create an unsafe environment for customers, including merchandise that can fall and hurt someone. To find out how to hold a negligent company fully responsible for your medical bills, contact a skilled, local California Lowe’s Accident Lawyer and schedule a free, no-obligation case consultation.
Do I Need a Lawyer After an Accident at Lowe’s?
If an item falls on you while shopping at Lowe’s Home Improvement and your injuries are very minor, such as scratches and bruising, you may not need a lawyer to help you with your injury claim. But if your injuries are more serious and the negligence of Lowe’s employees led to your injury, your fair treatment may depend on having a skilled lawyer on your side.
Unfortunately, when hospital bills rise, insurance adjusters and corporate lawyers are instructed to find ways to reject your claim. They may say your clumsiness caused your accident. 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 fully investigates what happened and uses the evidence collected to force Lowe’s to provide the maximum in compensation available.
Lowe’s Falling Object Dangers in California
Lowe’s are giant stores but they still have aisles that are tightly packed and often stacked to the ceiling. Customers can reach for tools, paint, or lumber over their heads and suddenly have an item falling toward their heads. Some items are sharp and may not cause a powerful impact but could create a nasty cut.
Lumber stacked 20 feet high might suddenly cascade down striking vulnerable legs, and arms, and risking a severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
These are just a few of the types of accidents we can help injured victims hold Lowe’s responsible for:
- Tools and parts falling from an upper shelf
- Shelving that gives way and drops heavy objects on customers
- Customer mistakes and misplacement that leave products on the edge of a shelf
- Heavy paint and stain cans placed too high and falling on customers
- Lumber or plywood landing on someone’s ankles, legs, or torso
- Items falling off a forklift
- Plants and landscaping tools hanging overhead in the outdoor department that suddenly come loose
- Stone and fencing left to teeter above
- Bags of seed or fertilizer placed overhead
- Ladders stacked in places they can tip over
- Ceiling fans and lighting falling on customers
Some of these items are pointed, sharp, and heavy. They can easily cause traumatic injuries and even risk lives. Victims could simply need support to pay for an emergency room visit and maybe a return trip to get a cast taken off. However, some victims will require long-term care and physical therapy after a major injury or being forced to live the rest of their lives with a permanent disability. Your Lowe’s Falling Object Accident Lawyer will be speaking with medical experts and demanding everything victims require to rebuild their lives.
Compensation Available to Lowe’s Home Improvement Accident Victims
Victims in home improvement store 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 other evidence, secure security footage, and track down witnesses.
Once your case is ready, your Maison Law attorney will be filing a claim backed with evidence. Your lawyer will be seeking an insurance settlement for 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 frightening accident and a difficult recovery.
- 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, in a cast, or in a wheelchair and unable to drive.
- Wrongful death benefits. Support for families after a loved one has died from injuries suffered in a terrible accident at Lowe’s. 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What if I can’t afford to pay a lawyer after suffering an injury at Lowe’s?
You won’t need any money to hire a Maison Law lawyer for your case. We don’t accept any payment unless we win your case for you. Then our fee comes out of the settlement check Walmart provides.
Should I speak to Insurance Agents or Lawyers working for Lowe’s Home Improvement?
Only offer basic information. Insurance companies may ask you to give a recorded statement about what happened. Refuse. They are hoping you say something they can twist to hurt your case. Refer them to your Maison Law attorney.
Can I receive compensation if I was partially to blame for my accident at Lowe’s?
Yes. Liability in a California personal injury accident can be shared between the victim and a business. You may have ignored a warning sign, but Lowe’s could still bear fault for not fixing the hazard. You could earn partial or full compensation for an injury. Your lawyer would be fighting to get your percentage of blame as low as possible or demanding that you should have to accept zero blame.
Contact a California Lowe’s Home Improvement Lawyer Today
If you have been hurt due to unsafe conditions created at Lowe’s Home Improvement you may be very worried about your financial situation. As you focus on your physical recovery, you should not have to stress about the many bills that keep piling up.
At Maison Law, our California Lowe’s Falling Objects Lawyers are here for you after a life-altering accident that led to serious injuries. We will work to hold the home improvement chain responsible for the harm that they have caused you in an accident. We will also negotiate with the insurance company on your behalf so that you obtain the financial support you need. Please contact us today to schedule a free, no-obligation case consultation.
