Maison Law represents slip-and-fall victims hurt at giant stores like T.J. Maxx. We help victims hold companies fully accountable when their unsafe aisles and bathrooms cause customers to fall and get hurt. To find out what you should be demanding from T.J. Maxx after suffering an injury on its property, contact a skilled California lawyer and schedule a free, no-obligation case consultation.
Do I Need a Lawyer After Suffering an Injury at T.J. Maxx?
If you take a fall at a clothing and home goods store and your injuries are very minor, you may not need the help of a lawyer. It’s when you suffer serious harm, like a broken wrist or a head injury, that you may need the protection of a California slip-and-fall lawyer.
When medical bills start to build, T.J. Maxx insurance adjusters and corporate lawyers will fight even harder to get out of having to provide support. They may say you caused your own fall or 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 will submit all evidence to force a company to accept responsibility and pay the maximum in compensation available.
T.J. Maxx Injury Hazards
T.J. Maxx is one of the largest clothing chains in the United States. People find all kinds of bargains along their crowded aisles, but they can also run into trip-and-fall and slip-and-fall hazards and get hurt.
Customers aren’t always careful when they are strolling through this discount clothing and home goods store. They can drop merchandise and hangers on the floor. They can carelessly spill their drinks or let their children drop candy on the tile. They may break a mirror and leave glass on the floor. These are all accidents waiting to happen when other visitors come along unaware.
T.J. Maxx and other retailers are required to keep their parking lots and aisles as free from obstacles as possible. They are responsible for the dangers customers leave behind. Owners and operators must show a duty of care to everyone invited into their stores.
The department store must also monitor for the dangers their employees create. A stocker might leave a box, or a box cutter on the floor where they could roll someone’s shoe out from under them. They might leave wires exposed that could expose someone to a shock.
When the store’s managers and employees don’t clean up or repair these messes and someone comes along and gets hurt, T.J. Maxx can be held liable under California’s Premises Liability Laws.
These and other dangers can cause you to be hurt and would allow you to hold the company responsible:
- Slipping Hazards – Puddles can form in bathrooms and around water fountains. Children might spill juice. If these spots aren’t mopped up, victims can fall on the hard floor and suffer head trauma, including Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI). Fractures to the bones in the hip joint are another common devastating result for victims.
- Tripping Hazards –A store display can cause someone to trip and fall forward to suffer a cut on their face or a broken kneecap. A rolled-up carpet might be the thing that sends someone flailing forward.
- Bathroom Hazards – For the locations that provide public bathrooms, those floors can become as slippery as an ice skating rink. Water and soap can send someone to the tile or drop them near a dangerous and hard sink or toilet.
- Shopping Cart Hazards – Someone careless with a shopping cart can run over a foot or ram an ankle to cause a serious injury. A cart left in a parking lot can also present an obstacle to people with mobility issues.
- Parking Lot Hazards – T.J. Maxx 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. Owners must fix these potential tripping hazards before someone stumbles to the ground. The store could also be liable for negligent security if you are the victim of a crime while going to your car due to the store operator’s lack of safety precautions. They may be liable for not providing enough security or maintaining too little lighting outside.
What to Do After a Fall at T.J. Maxx
After a painful fall, you may have to take action on the scene to make sure you have strong evidence of what happened and the drugstore’s negligence.
If you are left strong enough, try to collect these details:
- Take cellphone pictures. You should take photos of the obstacle, the spill, or the pothole that sent you to the ground. More than likely, T.J. Maxx employees will be told to clean up or repair the danger as soon as you leave. Your picture is strong proof of why you fell.
- Call 911 if you need medical attention. Go to the hospital if you are injured. If you can’t stay on the scene, ask someone with you or a helpful witness to secure evidence for you.
- Don’t say “I’m OK “ or “my bad.” These statements can be used to discredit your case. A commercial liability insurance company may try to twist your words to mean you weren’t actually hurt at all or that you admitted fault. Don’t make these statements at the scene and don’t agree to give a recorded statement if an insurance adjuster calls you. Let your attorney handle all statements.
- Alert the manager. A store rep will need to create an incident report. The report can serve as powerful evidence for your case.
- Get witness contact information.
- See your doctor. In the days after your Slip-And-Fall accident get all of your injuries checked out by a doctor, even if you’ve already been to the emergency room. Sometimes the pain from injuries you didn’t know you had can pop up in the days after your accident. Follow the recommendations your doctor makes.
Can a Lawyer Help My Case After a Slip-And-Fall Injury?
When insurance companies and T.J. Maxx’s corporate lawyers start to seek ways to limit the support you receive, your lawyer is a safeguard for your case. Your lawyer fully investigates what happened and secures all evidence. That evidence will include surveillance video, witness testimony, and expert medical witnesses to confirm the seriousness of your injuries if necessary. This evidence makes it much harder for T.J. Maxx to find ways to reject your request for help.
A Maison Law attorney, working in your best interest, submits a claim that includes all of your hardships suffered since the accident. Because any damage left off will become a cost you and your family would have to pay. Your lawyer demands the most possible for your injuries and rejects any “lowball” settlement offers that don’t cover every cost your injury has caused.
Your lawyer will fight to get every medical bill paid, including the cost of care you may need in the coming years. The paychecks you have to forfeit while your injury forces you to miss time at work must be reimbursed. What’s more, the physical pain you’ve endured and the emotional trauma you’ll have to continue to cope with should factor into the size of a T.J. Maxx injury settlement check.
Schedule a Free Consultation with a California T.J. Maxx Accident Lawyer
After a slip-and-fall accident involving a serious injury at any pharmacy chain, take action to hold at-fault company owners fully responsible. Contact the skilled California Slip-And-Fall 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 from T.J. Maxx and how to keep companies from dodging blame.
There’s no obligation, but if you feel we can help you earn more for your injury, you don’t have to worry about having the money to hire Maison Law. We don’t get paid unless we win your case for you. Then our attorney’s fee comes out of the money T.J. Maxx provides to you and your family.
