Any injury can have long-lasting consequences, but slips and falls tend to result in serious injuries and life-changing repercussions. What often makes these situations frustrating is that they are often preventable and due to property owners’ carelessness. You and your family are likely experiencing unexpected challenges. An experienced Greeley slip and fall lawyer can help you navigate the legal process and allow you to heal after suffering a severe injury.
How Can a Slip and Fall Lawyer Help Me?
The slip and fall lawyers from Dulin McQuinn Young have extensive experience helping personal injury victims through the legal claims process. We can meet with you to discuss your situation and determine the legal options available to you.
If we move forward with your case, we can review the records related to the accident, investigate your injuries, and preserve evidence that can help establish your legal claim. We use the available evidence to establish liability and damages in your case.
We negotiate for fair compensation after someone else’s negligence injures you. If necessary, we take your case to court to pursue the financial compensation you are due. At every phase of the case, we represent your legal interests. You can learn more about our legal services when you contact us for a free case review.
Where Do Slip and Fall Accidents Happen?
Slips and falls can occur anywhere, but some of the most common locations where these accidents occur include:
- Grocery stores
- Restaurants
- Bars
- Clubs
- Movie theaters
- Hotels
- Staircases
- Parking lots and parking garages
- Sidewalks
- Condominium buildings and apartment complexes
- Government buildings and other public property
If you were injured on someone else’s property, you may be entitled to compensation for the injuries you’ve suffered.
What Financial Compensation Can I Recover?
The compensation you may be able to recover after a slip and fall accident depends on the economic and non-economic damages you suffered as a direct result of the accident. Depending on the circumstances, you may be able to recover compensation for the following:
- Medical expenses – You can seek compensation for your hospital costs, ambulance rides, diagnostic tests, and other healthcare expenses related to the accident. You can also seek compensation for your future surgery needs, medical devices, rehabilitation, and future medical expenses.
- Lost income – You can recover compensation for your lost wages if the slip and fall accident took you temporarily or permanently out of work. This includes past and current lost wages, as well as long-term reductions in your earning capacity.
- Out-of-pocket costs – You may incur various out-of-pocket expenses due to the accident, including travel costs, co-pays, and costs for over-the-counter medical supplies.
- Permanent disabilities – Slips and falls can result in serious injuries that cause permanent disabilities and impairments. You can seek compensation for the economic and non-economic expenses related to these long-term effects.
- Pain and suffering – You are entitled to compensation for your physical and emotional pain, distress, anguish, discomfort, and lost quality of life.
Because slips and falls tend to result in higher amounts of damages, insurance companies often aggressively fight to prevent you from recovering them. This underscores the need to hire an experienced slip and fall attorney who can pursue maximum recovery on your behalf.
Common Causes of Slips and Falls
Slip and fall accidents can occur for various reasons, but often, they are due to dangerous conditions on the property, such as:
- Wet floors with unmarked spills
- Slippery substances that are not cleaned up promptly
- Broken staircases
- Missing handrails
- Broken steps
- Water leaks
- Uneven flooring
- Torn carpeting and loose rugs
- Potholes and cracked pavement and sidewalks
- Snow and ice accumulation
- Debris in heavily trafficked areas
- Obstructed walkways
- Inadequate lighting
An experienced Greeley slip and fall lawyer can investigate your case to determine how the accident happened and who is responsible.
Who Is Responsible for a Slip and Fall Injury?
Slip and fall accidents are distinct from other types of personal injury cases because multiple defendants may be responsible for injuries. This may include individuals, businesses, or government entities like city, county, local, or state governments.
Slips, trips, and falls can occur when a property owner or their employee is negligent in maintaining the property or fails to warn visitors of known hazards on the property. Property owners may be legally obligated to regularly inspect the property and check for issues that could lead to slip and fall accidents.
What Do I Have to Prove to Win My Slip and Fall Claim?
To prove your slip and fall case, you begin by showing the property owner had a legal duty to maintain their property. This duty may depend on your legal status at the time of the accident. For example, property owners and occupiers have heightened duties to customers whose presence they economically benefit from than trespassers who are illegally on the property.
Next, you must prove that there was a dangerous condition on the property. You must also show the property owner knew about the hazardous condition or should have known about it but failed to take prompt action to warn you about it or correct it. This condition must have caused your accident and damages.
Common Slip and Fall Injuries
Slips and falls can injure nearly any part of the body. Injuries can range from mild to severe. Common slip and fall injuries include:
- Traumatic brain injuries
- Spinal cord injuries
- Head and neck injuries
- Back injuries
- Fractured or dislocated bones
- Soft tissue injuries
- Knee injuries
- Twisted ankles
If you suffered any of these injuries, an experienced slip and fall lawyer can fight for the compensation you deserve.
Contact Our Personal Injury Law Firm for a Free Case Review
If you were injured because of hazardous property conditions, an experienced slip and fall lawyer from Dulin McQuinn Young can review your possible claim and legal rights during a free and confidential case consultation. Our lawyers have over 20 years of experience and have recovered millions of dollars in compensation for clients just like you. Call us today at (303) 246-1111 to arrange your initial case assessment.