Slip and Fall Attorney Los Angeles

Slip and Fall Lawyer

A slip and fall lawyer is needed when you have been in any kind of slip and fall or trip and fall accident and you need an attorney to represent you. Whether you need a Los Angeles slip and fall lawyer or a lawyer outside of LA, you have come to the right place. We handle cases from all over California. We can sue any entity that was negligent. We can sue supermarkets like Ralph's, Vons, Food for Less, Whole Foods. We can sue department stores like Target, Walmart, Costco, JC Penny, and Marshalls. Any public place where people are allowed to walk can be sued for negligence in both slip/fall and trip/fall cases.

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When thinking of slip and fall cases, the following scenarios typically come to mind:
You are at the store. You slip on a wet floor, or you trip on merchandise that was left on the floor, and you fall. You suffer injuries. The store could be anywhere, for example, it could be a supermarket like Ralphs and Vons, it could be a department store like Walmart and Target, or a it could be a hardware store like Home Depot. In this case, you would sue the store.
You go to someone's house as a guest. Their stairs are too slippery, causing you to slip and fall.
You are at school in PE class. There is a crack in the ground, where your shoe gets stuck. You fall, suffering severe injuries. In this case, you would sue the school. This is a trip and fall accident but the same principles as a slip and fall accident apply.
You are walking on the street. There is a crack or uneven cement work in the sidewalk. Your feet get stuck, causing you to fall and sustain severe injuries. You would sue the city.The majority of slip and fall accidents are the result of negligent supervision of the property owner or manager. Most of the time, such accidents could have been avoided had the property owners and managers taken safety measures to prevent such accidents. For example, a store is required to make frequent inspections and remove any hazards that post a significant risk to customers. Unfortunately, owners of properties that are open to the public will often neglect to make the necessary inspections, causing a hazardous condition to continue to exist. If you slip and fall or trip and fall due to such conditions, you should speak to a personal injury lawyer to find out if you can sue the property owners for your injuries.

What to do if you slip and fall at the store:

If you decide to pursue your case, it is definitely recommended that you hire an attorney. These cases are complex for various reasons, and taking a wrong step could ruin your case. Not only are they difficult in terms of litigating, but also in terms of establishing liability. To prove a slip and fall case, the element of notice must be proven. The owner or manager should have had either actual or constructive knowledge of the dangerous condition. How do you prove that the owner knew of the condition? It is a difficult task to establish liability. But a competent attorney who has done this type of case many times can find the best way to establish liability. Not only that, but also, the attorney would get you more money than you would get on your own because the attorney knows how to maximize the amount of compensation. But you must remember that the attorney must be highly competent and knowledgably.  Do not risk your case by hiring an attorney who just graduated from law school. Do not risk your case by hiring an attorney who only handles personal injury cases once in a great while. We handle personal injury cases all day and all night. We have recovered millions of dollars for our clients, and we know how to win your lawsuit to get you the money that you deserve. If you need to speak to a slip and fall attorney in Los Angeles, you can call our law offices right now. In Los Angeles and the rest of California, the elements of a slip and fall lawsuit are:
Duty – There was a duty owed by the defendant to the plaintiff In this case, if the person falls at a place where they were walking legally and not trespassing, there would probably be a duty owed. For example, if an individual slips and falls in a store, he would be there legally because anyone from the public is allowed to walk into a store to shop. Even if the individual did not intend to buy anything, he would still be there legally. Therefore, the store would owe a duty to protect him from hazardous conditions.

Breach of Duty – The owners or whoever was in charge of the property breached that duty by failing to inspect and remove dangerous conditions. Going back to our example regarding the store, the managers should make inspections to make sure the floors are not wet, and there are not uneven carpets, and there is nothing that would pose an unreasonable risk of harm to customers. If the store fails to do that, they have breached their duty.

Injuries – in any personal injury case, there must be damages. If the person falls but he is perfectly fine after, there is no reason to sue the store. You only sue the store if you were injured.
Causation – The property owner's negligence was the cause of your injuries. For example, if you slip and fall in the store because of wet floors, their negligence caused your injuries. Had the floor been dry, you would not have fallen, and you would not have gotten injured.After your lawyer establishes all the elements, it is time to file a lawsuit, if the insurance company is not willing to do what is right and fully compensate you for your injuries.

The Value of a Slip and Fall Case

A lot of clients want to know the average value of a slip and fall case to get an idea about how much a slip and fall case is worth. The worth of a slip and fall case depends on many factors, including your injuries, where the accident happened, whether management knew of the dangerous condition but failed to do anything about it, how long they knew, medical treatments that you received, how much medical treatment you are supposed to receive in the future, how your life has changed as a result of the accident. As you can see, all of these factors are specific to your case and we need to have the answers to these questions to estimate the value of your case. Please contact our law offices for a free consultation.

Common Causes of Slip and Fall Accidents

Common causes of slip and fall accidents include wet and slippery floors, dirt on the floors, cluttered floors, recently waxed floors, potholes, slippery shoes, uneven carpeting, torn carpeting, broken concrete on the sidewalk, uneven stairs or poor construction of stairs, lack of proper railing.Statute of Limitations for Slip and Fall LawsuitsThe statute of limitations is the time period by which you must file your lawsuit. Typically, the statute of limitations starts running the moment the injury happens. In California, the statute of limitations for slip and fall accident lawsuits is two years from the time the injury happened. If you are suing a government entity, then the SOL could be six months from the time the injury happened. One must be very cautious with regards to the statue of limitations because if these deadlines pass, your case is done. No attorney will be able to file a lawsuit for you. Therefore, it is in your best interest to speak to a lawyer as soon as possible. To find out more information about the statute of limitations for slip and fall, please contact our law offices.

Time is of the Essence

You want to get your case started with an attorney right away for two reasons. The first reason is mentioned above: there is a deadline by which your case must be filed, and if this deadline is missed, your case is ruined. The other reason that you want to hire a lawyer immediately has to do with evidence preservation. A lot of times, when you slip and fall at the store, security camera footage starts magically disappearing, and the evidence of your fall will be forever destroyed. That is why it is important to hire an attorney right away, so that they contact the store and preserve the evidence as soon as possible.

Slip and Fall in the Supermarket

The supermarket is a common place where slip and fall accidents happen. Specifically, wet floors are a major cause of such accidents in the supermarket. Whether the floor was just washed, a customer dropped water on the floors, or a refrigerator was leaking, when the floor gets wet, it poses a major risk to customers. The parties that are in charge of the premises are to make frequent inspections of the premises to make sure there are no dangerous conditions that pose a risk to customers. Unfortunately, that does not always happen. When you are injured because of a slip and fall accident or trip and fall accident at the store, the store will try to protect itself legally to minimize their liability to you. It is your job to protect yourself too, so that your rights are not violated and you receive the justice that you deserve. To protect yourself legally, please contact a slip and fall attorney. Our law firm has handled many slip and fall cases and we will make sure that our clients are fully protected and that they will receive the compensation that they deserve.

Trip and Fall on the Sidewalk

Another common place where trip and fall accidents happen is the street. Specifically, the public sidewalk is where such incident happen most often because a pedestrian who is walking on the sidewalk expects that the sidewalk is safe. Unfortunately, the sidewalk is not always safe. Whether it is a crack in the concrete, uneven sidewalks, a pothole, or a hole in the sidewalk, it can cause someone to trip and fall, leading to major injuries. Most of the time, the entity that you would sue would be the city. The city is responsible for maintaining the sidewalk and making sure that it does not pose a danger to pedestrians. Therefore, if you have slipped and fell or tripped and fell on the sidewalk, absent some rare circumstances, the city would be liable for your damages if there was in fact liability.

Winning Your Case

Slip and fall accident lawsuits tend to be complicated because there are a lot of formalities that need to be followed. In addition to the formalities, there is the issue of liability which is often difficult to prove. For example, one of the elements of slip and fall is notice. If you fell at the store, you do you prove that the store had enough notice? How do you prove that the store knew or should have known about the wet floors? How do you prove that the city or municipality where the damage occurred knew of the problem. To make matters more complicated, you must file your claim and give notice of a pending lawsuit to the correct entity. If you send your notice to the wrong office, your case might get ruined, even if the correct office was just down the hall! Therefore, it is best to hire an attorney who has experience with trip and fall accident lawsuits to obtain the best result.

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