SLIP AND FALL ACCIDENTS
By Zayouna Law Firm
Age Considerations
A slip and fall accident can result in life-altering consequences at any age, with even more severe impacts depending on your current productivity, potential, and existing health conditions.
When a young person suffers a severe slip and fall, the accident can result in drastic, lifelong effects, such as paralysis. This impacts their future productivity, severely limiting their potential to live a full life.
Older victims can also suffer severe complications from slip and falls. Fractures, concussions, brain and spinal cord injuries, and other effects can be further complicated by old age, resulting in prolonged recovery, if not loss of life.
When filing a slip and fall claim, our lawyers will retain medical, vocational, and future care experts to illustrate your pain and suffering, and quantify your losses.
Proving Negligence in Slip and Fall Claims
Who is responsible for your slip and fall? A viable claim seeks compensation from the party responsible for your accident and resulting injuries, trauma, and financial impacts.
While no one else but you is responsible for tripping over your own feet or untied shoelaces, contractors, property managers, and even municipal governments owe you a duty of care in ensuring you have a safe space to walk. Your slip and fall claim will prove that they were remiss in upholding their duty of care by failing to remove hazards, causing injury.
Cause for Slip and Fall Claims
From children to adults and elderly folks, almost everyone has suffered a slip or trip and fall accident at least once. Icy sidewalks, poorly maintained surfaces, loose carpeting, and more can all cause a slip and fall. But while many are back on their feet quickly with just a few bruises, others suffer devastating, lifelong injuries that lead to chronic pain or even permanent disability.
Causes of Slip and Fall Accidents
- Icy, snowy, cracked, and defective sidewalks
- Cluttered walkways
- Loose floorboards
- Potholes in parking lots
- Ripped or torn carpeting
- Slippery floors
- Bathroom falls
- Nursing home incidents, such as lack of proper monitoring and assistance of elderly residents.
Slip and Fall Injuries
- Bruises and scrapes
- Hip, arm, and other fractures
- Neck injuries
- Torn ligaments and tendons
- Spinal cord injuries
- Traumatic brain injuries
- Paralysis
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Internal bleeding
- Death
Did you or a loved one slip and fall due to another person’s negligence? A slip and fall claim allows you to hold the at-fault party liable. You can receive compensation for your injuries and the lifelong emotional and financial burdens you and your loved ones bear, such as:
- Medical and rehabilitation expenses
- Long-term care
- Pain and suffering
- Lost wages and earning capacity, and more