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Slip and fall injury” or “trip and fall injury” is the generic term for an injury that occurs when someone slips, trips or falls as a result of a dangerous or hazardous condition on someone else’s property.  Slip and fall injuries can result from problems such as water, rain, ice, snow, grease or other slippery substance on a walking surface, as well as abrupt changes in flooring, poor lighting, or a hidden hazard, such as a gap or a hard-to-see hole in the ground.

What Do I Do Following A Slip and Fall?

If you are asked to fill out an accident report, ask for a copy of this report for your records.  Also obtain the names of as many witnesses as you can – these may include the property owner, business manager, employees, or customers for example. Also take photographs of the scene, if you are able to do so.  If you are unable to do so, look around for warning signs or objects on the ground, such as water, food or grease.  This will provide your attorney with valuable information as they move forward with your case.

DO NOT discard any of the items you were wearing at the time of the fall including the shoes you were wearing.  In fact, these items should be placed in a safe place as the destruction, continued use, or misplacing of these items could affect your case adversely.

Seek immediate medical assistance.  Not only will this increase your chances for a better medical outcome, but it will document the existence of your injuries and make it harder for the property owner to argue that your injuries were not caused by the slip and fall.

If you have been injured in a slip and fall you need to contact an attorney.  Some clients do not realize the extent of their injuries immediately and only later discover the severity of their injuries, which sometime require surgery to correct.
Complicating an injured person’s already compromised situation are individuals and entities (such as adjusters, insurance companies, and their retained experts) who will immediately attempt to secure information before an injured person is represented by counsel.  Typically, this collection of information is truly an attempt to build defense arguments that an injured person’s damages are minimal, non-existent, or not related.

Therefore, it is important for injured people to secure counsel so that communication, if any, is conducted in the presence of the attorney and only after full and proper consultation.  Regardless of what you are told by an adjuster or insurance representative, do not give a statement to any adjuster until you have consulted with and secured an attorney.
Once representation begins, you will want an attorney who will examine your case from every angle and allow you the opportunity to do what is most important, focusing of getting well.  If resolution cannot be reached, you will want an attorney who will handle your lawsuit from filing to trial and who will advise you of the strengths and weaknesses in your case along the way.

The attorneys of Weiss Legal Group, P.A. would be honored to answer any questions you have regarding your personal injury case.  Feel free to contact us by phone, e-mail, or by filling out the information on the left hand side of your screen to set up an appointment.