Maison Law helps victims injured in slip-and-falls in Tracy, CA, and across Stanislaus County. We make sure clients receive enough to pay for the best care available and to support their families while they can’t work.
If you have been injured, please contact Maison Law of Tracy for a free case consultation. It’s an easy, no-obligation way to get your questions answered and find out what you should be compensated for.
When a Lawyer Can Help You Earn More in a Slip-And-Fall Case
If you come away from an accident caused by a careless business owner or property owner with serious injuries, it’s a good indicator that you could earn more with a lawyer’s help.
The higher our medical bills go, the more commercial liability insurers will fight you on the blame and how much you should earn in compensation. A business owner or corporate chain will also have the profits to afford teams of lawyers to provide another layer of protection.
A lawyer can help you build a case that can’t be picked apart and then demand the maximum in compensation for you.
A lawyer provides these advantages and others:
- A full investigation of your case
- The evidence to fight back if corporate lawyers try to say your fall was caused by your own clumsiness, or that you were in a restricted area
- Filing your claim for you while giving you time to focus on healing from a fall
- Using strong negotiating skills to secure much more for you than you could usually earn by filing a claim yourself
- Providing the threat of a lawsuit and a trial if a business won’t accept fault for a fall
You can always file a claim against a company or a landlord yourself, but with serious injuries, your outcome is usually much better with the help of a lawyer. In some cases, a lawyer is the difference between getting full compensation and having your case rejected and receiving nothing.
If You Aren’t Sure, Ask a Lawyer for Free
When you still have questions about what you might earn in a slip-and-fall claim, or if it’s worth filing, contact Maison Law for an absolutely free case consultation.
It’s the best way to get accurate information about your chances. It’s the easiest, no-obligation way to learn what your injury could be worth and how to force insurers to accept financial responsibility.
What A Slip-And-Fall Case is Worth
Determining what your case may be worth will take a little time as your lawyer investigates what happened. The length of your recovery (hospital expenses growing) and the time you must be away from your job (lost paychecks) will play a large role in how much you should expect in a slip-and-fall settlement.
Your Maison Law attorney demands support for these factors and a few things you may not have realized could add to your compensation:
- Hospital and physical therapy expenses in the present and those expected in the months to come. This must include the costs of medications, medical equipment, and travel expenses going to see specialists.
- Life-long costs associated with a permanent physical disability.
- Support for physical pain. The devastating effects chronic pain can have on a patient over a lifetime, and the cost of pain medication over months and years.
- Support for emotional distress. The anxiety and depression that can follow a terrible accident. You may have to live with mobility problems or have to give up some hobbies for the short term or forever.
- Income lost while missing work. Your W-2s will show the money you’ve lost.
Winning Support for Slip-And-Fall Victims
California businesses and property management companies are all held to a “duty of care” when it comes to customers, clients, residents, and all visitors invited in. They must protect the shoppers who enter a store, the diners who pull up to a restaurant, and the tenants who live in rental properties.
Owners must avoid creating dangers and must monitor to remove the hazards that other visitors leave behind.
When they leave hazards out, and someone gets hurt, property and business owners can be held financially responsible for all recovery costs. Unfortunately, support is not automatic. Owners and operators at stores like Walmart can allow their lawyers and insurance adjusters to do their best to help them avoid blame.
These are just a few of the everyday hazards around Tracy that might leave you in need of support:
Indoor Hazards: The hazards might be the result of another customer in a grocery store spilling bottled water on the shiny floor. Victims can slip and fall backward to hit their head on a shelf or to break a bone in their hip. Bathrooms can also be slippery when they aren’t mopped frequently. Trip-and-fall hazards like rolled-up rugs or displays can send someone flying forward to land on a knee or to slam their face into the flooring. Debris left on stairwells might cause the most dangerous type of fall.
Outdoor Hazards: Businesses and residential property owners must keep parking lots and complexes clear of hazards. Loose pebbles along a sidewalk can roll someone’s foot out from under them. A pothole in a parking lot may trap someone’s foot and send them down on the pavement. They may throw their hands out to catch themselves, only to fracture a wrist bone or a bone in the elbow joint. Landscaping must not present a tripping hazard.
Contact a Tracy Slip-And-Fall Lawyer
You have two years to file a slip-and-fall injury claim in California. But waiting weeks or years can be a bad idea. You’ll want to give your attorney the immediate chance to collect fresh evidence before it can disappear or get covered up. Your attorney will also want to request surveillance video before it’s erased. Your attorney will want to contact witnesses before they become hard to track down.
Martin Gasparian, the founder of Maison Law, continues to protect accident victims in Tracy. He has years of experience taking on giant insurance companies and corporate chains to make sure injured people receive what they need to rebuild their lives.
Contact Maison Law for a free case consultation to discuss how to get what’s fair after a serious injury. If you require our help with your case, you won’t pay anything up front. We don’t get paid unless we win your case for you. Then our fee comes out of the settlement money that a commercial liability insurance company must pay you.
