Slip and Fall / Trip and Fall
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Associated Injuries
with slip & fall accidents
damage.
Falls may inflict serious amounts of force on your body. When your body cannot handle that force, your bones break.
Depending on how you fall, you may dislocate your joints, requiring medical attention.
When you slip and fall, you may injure your neck or shoulders or upper back.
Soft tissue injury is damage to the body’s connective tissues and is extremely common in automobile accidents.
A spinal cord injury occurs when the spinal cord is damaged or severed in a serious fall. Injuries range anywhere from minor spraining to paralysis.
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Don’t think you’re out of options just because nobody pushed you over. If a spill or stumble happens because the owner didn’t fix a dangerous spot, you could hold them responsible. Give us a ring to chat about your situation.
The team at TraumaLaw, with our Fresno slip and fall lawyers, is here to guide you in understanding your rights and the best steps to take if you’re hurt. We’re proud to have secured settlements and verdicts for people we’ve helped. Looking after you is what we care about most. And we make things simpler when we handle your case. We’re ready to answer your call any time, day or night, all year round—because we know accidents can happen any day, not just weekdays.
Typical Reasons for Slip & Fall Accidents
To get started on your case, we need to figure out why your slip and fall happened. Knowing why it happened helps us see who should be responsible. We will ask the person or group who caused your fall to pay for your injuries. If we win your case, they will take care of your costs. Sometimes, more than one person or group might have made a mistake that caused your fall. If that’s true, we might ask each of them to pay in your case.
What made you slip, trip, and fall?
- Raised rugs
- Slippery tiles
- Messy cords
- Scattered rubble
- Uneven pavement
- Damaged steps
- Absent railings
- Poorly lit paths
Proof to Support Your Claim from a Slip & Fall Incident
Tell our Fresno slip-and-fall lawyers about when and where your mishap happened, so they can start looking for proof that the person who owns the place wasn’t careful. This is important for a good search for evidence because it’s likely still there. If you wait weeks or months to tell us about your accident, we might not find anything helpful, and it’ll be just your word against the owner’s. If you just had a slip and fall, call 559-490-1226 now.
Evidence that can help with your slip-and-fall case includes:
- Video Clips: If you had a slip and fall at a place like a store, it could have been recorded on video. We can ask the store to keep any security tapes showing what happened. It's critical to get in touch with us quickly to make sure this video is saved.
- Witness Stories: Did anybody see you fall, like another customer or an employee? If you get their name and a way to reach them, we can ask them to write down what they saw. Sometimes, what a witness says is the most substantial proof you can have.
- Safety Records: We can check if the store where you fell keeps track of accidents or safety issues. A store with many accidents in the past may not be taking good care of their space, which might mean they are more to blame for you getting hurt.
- Doctor's Report: Seeing a doctor after falling is really important. You need to know how badly you're hurt, even if you feel okay. Plus, an insurance company can't easily doubt your injury if a doctor's report explains what happened and when.
Who pays for broken sidewalks?
We've helped many people in Fresno who have tripped on cracked sidewalks. Whether it's a homeowner or a store owner, someone must fix sidewalks in front of their place. In Fresno, that person or business is usually the one who must pay if you fall. But if a tree’s roots cause the damage, it's the city's job, not the owner's. Taking a city to court can be tricky, but we know how to handle it!
Can you take your landlord to court if you fall and get hurt?
If you trip or slip where everyone lives together, like in an apartment building's shared spaces, you might have a case against your landlord or the person in charge. But it's usually not your landlord's fault if you fall inside your place, like your apartment or condo. If it happened in a place everyone uses, it's a different story, and you could sue your landlord.
Shared spaces in living complexes often include:
- Paths to or around buildings
- Places to wash clothes
- Swimming pool and hot tub spots
- Courts for tennis or basketball
- Stairs to different levels
- Mailrooms
Common causes for slip and fall accidents include:
- Uneven surfaces
- Poor lighting
- Icy pathways
- Standing water
- Broken or loose stairs
- Loose or ripped carpeting
- Slippery floors
- Cords or debris
Guests, Licensees, and Intruders in Slip & Fall Incidents
When you slip and fall on someone else’s land, why you were there matters for your case. It’s because the landowner’s responsibility to keep you safe changes based on your reason for visiting. The more they have to keep you safe, the easier it is for us to help you get money by proving the owner was at fault.
There are three proprietor-visitor relationships or kinds of people who visit someone else's property in the eyes of the law:
- Invitee or Guest: Someone is on the property for business and helps the owner, like a customer in a store or a repair person. Property owners must take good care of invitees to ensure they are safe.
- Licensee or People with Permission: This person goes to a property for their reasons or to hang out, like a salesperson going from door to door or a friend over for a visit. Property owners must keep things safe for licensees but not as much as invitees.
- Trespasser or Intruders: This person is not supposed to be on the property—they're there without permission or might be there to do something wrong. Property owners don't have to protect trespassers as much, but these persons might still be able to take the owner to court under certain conditions.
Understand Your Slip & Fall Case — Reach Out to Us Today
Legal surprises might make your initially clear-cut slip-and-fall claim complex. To steer through them smoothly, team up with the Fresno injury lawyers at TraumaLaw. We aim to simplify your case, cut down on your worries, and work to get you the fullest payment due to you.
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“Erica is very very compassionate and always returns phone calls. when you or someone you love are in an accident, sometimes, all you need is a returned phone call.”
“Erica was not even the attorney at the firm responsible for my case , but cared enough to call on my birthday to tell me happy birthday and she sent me a birthday card.”
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