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Lawsuits for Severe Injuries

Something similar can happen while visiting a friend’s house and you lose your footing on a slippery surface that you didn’t observe.

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Lawsuits for Severe Injuries

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  1. Lawsuits for Severe Injuries

  2. Imagine that you have a busy day of shopping and while you’re strolling back to your car, burdened with all of your purchases, suddenly you trip on broken pavement and you fall.

  3. Something similar can happen while visiting a friend’s house and you lose your footing on a slippery surface that you didn’t observe.

  4. In some cases, a slip or fall like those mentioned are simple incidents, but they can also cause severe injuries and in some cases, could lead even to death. It is noted that slips and falls are some of the leading causes of non-fatal injuries that require to be treated in the hospital.

  5. Anyone can get a victim of slip and fall, it is not a rule that only elderly can become such victims. Also, such accidents may happen anywhere, such as your own home, a friend’s home, a mall and the theater.

  6. In situations when the slip or fall can be assigned to the condition of a person, such as physical or mental, then the fault is that of the victim.

  7. In case the fall can be assigned to a mistake in the floor’s design or a lack of information or warning regarding a wet surface of a spill, then responsibility may be determined and it depends on the circumstances.

  8. It is legal responsibility of the owner or lease holder that public areas are their responsibility for maintaining the properties, and that they be safe and to prevent people from suffering any injury.

  9. Public spaces and also private homes owners are responsible to make sure that people who visit them do not slip as a cause of the existence of liquid or debris on the floors.

  10. Proving fall and slip lawsuit Lawsuit cases based on slips and falls tend to be quite complicated. One of the reasons is that it is possible that many people are involved in it. It may include the resident, the proprietor, the property manager or the business.

  11. On the other hand, it may also be difficult to show evidence that the fall came as a result of the owner’s carelessness. Additionally, in case the slip or fall took place in a public space, certain limitations appear.

  12. The state may ask you to report the incident within a given period of time. In case you fail to do so, it may be considered as if you are abandoning to claim your compensations for the accident.

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