If you have been injured in a slip and fall case, don’t wait – contact us today at the Ty Robinson Law Firm to schedule your free, no obligation consultation. We will discuss your situation and what your options are moving forward.
Everyone has lost their footing, slipped, and fallen at one time or another. Most of the time, these kinds of falls don’t cause injury and are quickly forgotten.
But slip and fall accidents can, and often do, lead to life-changing injuries. The CDC estimates that one out of every five falls causes serious injuries. They result in over 800,000 hospitalizations per year in the U.S., usually for fractures or broken bones, and are the most common cause of TBI.
We here at the Ty Robinson Law Firm have seen just how devastating a single slip and fall accident can be. When a slip and fall is the basis of a claim for damages, we help people who have been injured get the compensation they deserve to cover medical bills, lost wages, and more. However, winning a slip and fall case isn’t easy.
Slip and fall cases are not as straightforward as they might appear. It’s not enough for a person to sustain an injury after a slip and fall accident. Bringing a successful claim against the defendant (usually the owner of the location where the accident occurred) requires more. You need to establish that the defendant owed the victim a duty of care, that they breached that duty, and that damages resulted from that breach of duty.
Most often, the challenge comes in proving, that the defendant breached their duty of care to the victim. This typically requires proving that the defendant created a dangerous condition or knew that a dangerous condition existed but did nothing to address it, or they should have reasonably known and didn’t. Circumstances surrounding a slip and fall accident are usually not black and white, and it’s tough to determine whether the defendant did breach their duty of care. For example, imagine a woman slips on some liquid in the freezer section of the grocery store and falls, injuring herself. Does she have the basis for a solid claim for damages? Maybe, maybe not. Had the liquid been there a long time, or did it just appear? Was it water, which can be difficult to see on a tile floor, or a colored liquid that would be easy to spot from far away? Were employees standing nearby who should have seen the liquid but didn’t? Answers to questions like this help determine whether the defendant did indeed breach their duty of care.
The defendant’s insurance company may try to argue that the slip and fall was a simple accident, with no breach of duty on the part of the defendant. Or that the victim bears some responsibility for the accident (for instance, by not looking more closely where they were walking) in order to reduce the amount of compensation paid. Or that the victim had a pre-existing medical condition and that their injuries were not the result of the slip and fall.
Here at the Ty Robinson Law Firm, we help people who have been injured in slip and fall accidents recover damages after an accident that was someone else’s fault. We know how insurance companies operate and what they look for, and we know how to prepare a strong case and push back against them to get our clients what they deserve.
Some accidents are just that – accidents. No one is responsible for causing the accident, and no one can be held accountable. But when an accident is the result of another party’s breach of duty that causes injury, it’s right that they be held accountable.
If you have been injured in a slip and fall case, don’t wait – contact us today at the Ty Robinson Law Firm to schedule your free, no obligation consultation. We will discuss your situation and what your options are moving forward.
If you have been injured in a slip and fall case, don’t wait – contact us today at the Ty Robinson Law Firm to schedule your free, no obligation consultation. We will discuss your situation and what your options are moving forward.
