Whether out shopping, carrying out your job duties, walking your dog, or running errands, a slip and fall can happen anywhere. It may have occurred in someone’s home, at a business, or in your workplace. Wherever it happened, if you suffered injuries in a slip and fall accident that was not your fault, you could seek compensation from the liable party. A La Crescenta-Montrose slip and fall lawyer could help you with your claim.
Property owners have a legal obligation to keep their properties safe and free from hazards. When they fail to do this, people can get hurt. You know this first-hand. You also know by now the costs associated with an unexpected injury can add up very quickly.
You can seek awards for your losses with a personal injury lawsuit. Call the team at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm today at (800) 223-5115 for a free consultation about your slip and fall accident. We can build a lawsuit and fight for you. Our team will not back down from a tough case.
You Can Receive Compensation
All property owners need to maintain safe conditions on their premises. Landlords, homeowners, and employers alike need to keep those on their property out of harm’s way. If they failed to repair a broken floor tile, put out a sign warning of hazardous conditions, or keep visitors from entering restricted areas, they could have liability for the accident.
You might wonder what you can recover with a lawsuit. Certainly, you have suffered enough without the added burden of thousands of dollars in medical bills. Treating and recovering from an injury takes a lot of work. It is inconvenient, time-consuming, painful, and exhausting. If the accident resulted from someone else’s negligence, that could add to the emotional toll.
Medical Bills Add Up Fast
Any costs you have paid because of your accident can become part of your lawsuit. You may have had to visit an emergency room on the day of the accident to treat a severe injury like a broken bone. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) noted that one in five falls results in a serious injury. Additionally, the CDC reported that over 800,000 people require a hospital stay after a fall.
Even without a trip to the emergency room, you might also require visits with a primary care physician, specialists, and physical therapists to rehabilitate your body. If you need medical equipment, such as a wheelchair or neck brace, you could also ask for those costs as compensation. You can also claim pharmacy costs and repair bills for damage to personal property in the lawsuit.
Other Possible Damages You Could Recover
We all take measures to ensure our safety. When someone acts negligently, they take that right to security from us. You can suffer emotional distress, inconvenience, humiliation, and other damages that do not have a real dollar value. A La Crescenta-Montrose slip and fall lawyer can request those costs in your lawsuit.
California Civil Code (CIV) §1431.2(2) outlines these and other noneconomic damages you could recover. If the victim died because of their injuries, the family could also seek compensation for loss of consortium (i.e., the loss of the relationship they had with that person) and the benefits their loved one provided.
Your slip and fall injury could also drastically affect your work life. You may need to miss work for some time, resulting in exhausting any paid time off (PTO) benefits you accrued and, eventually, losing income.
Your injury could also prevent you from carrying out your regular job duties, requiring you to find a new job within your company. If that is not an option, you may even need to find a new career. The effects of this change could devastate you. Your lawsuit can include these lost wages—including reimbursement for your PTO benefits—diminished earning capacity, and the emotional toll your job change had on your life.
It is not right or fair that you should have to turn your entire life upside down because of someone else’s mistake. Severe injuries from a slip and fall accident can force families or individuals to take on debt, change careers, and dramatically shift their schedules and lifestyle. You should not have to take on the burden of the property owner’s negligence.
California Code of Civil Procedure (CIV) §335.1 sets a two-year statute of limitations from the accident date to file a personal injury or wrongful death lawsuit. You should keep this deadline in mind while considering whether to take legal action. Call Pintas & Mullins Law Firm today to get started.
We Can Work for You
You do not need to know California law to file a case. You could rely on a La Crescenta-Montrose slip and fall lawyer from Pintas & Mullins Law Firm to guide you through the steps of your case. You can focus on recovery while we do the legal work, such as:
- Gathering witness testimony.
- Speaking with the property owner and their representatives.
- Calculating the right amount of compensation to pursue.
- Taking the lead in settlement negotiations.
- Arguing your case in court.
You may feel confused and frustrated while pursuing your case, but we can guide you. We know the law, and we will stand by your side. Don’t let the property owner intimidate you or dissuade you from filing suit.
For a free legal consultation with a Slip and Fall Injury Lawyer serving La Crescenta-Montrose, call (800) 794-0444
Call a La Crescenta-Montrose Slip and Fall Lawyer Today for Help
Call Pintas & Mullins Law Firm today at (800) 223-5115 for your free case evaluation with a team member. You will not pay any attorney’s fees unless we recover a settlement or court award. Armed with the details about your accident and injury, our La Crescenta-Montrose slip and fall lawyers can put together a case and calculate how much compensation to seek.
Remember, you have two years to file a personal injury or wrongful death lawsuit before the statute of limitations runs out. Do not let that happen. You could get the ball rolling now by giving our team a call.
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