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Property owners have a responsibility to provide a safe environment for visitors. Whether you’re in a parking lot, shopping mall, grocery store, or baseball stadium, you should expect it to be free from dangerous, preventable hazards like a wet floor, icy sidewalk, faulty railing, or low-lying obstacles.
If you’ve been injured in a slip and fall accident, you’re entitled to seek compensation for your medical bills, lost wages, and other damages. But unfortunately, slip and fall cases are notoriously difficult to win. Victim blaming is common. The best way to protect your right is by working with a personal injury lawyer who knows the law, works hard, and isn’t afraid to fight for you. Paul & Steve can help.
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One of the most common types of personal injury cases are slip and fall accidents, especially for those 65 and older. They occur when a person gets injured on someone else’s property due to negligence or recklessness. As such, slip and fall cases are sometimes referred to as premises liability.
Slip and fall accidents can result in serious injuries, including broken bones, lacerations, and even traumatic brain injuries.
No matter the conditions—whether it happened at a retail store, a government building, or an individual’s private property—premises liability cases in Chicago require a proficient Illinois slip and fall attorney in order to reach a just outcome.
Slipping accidents can happen anywhere—shopping malls, public parks, retail stores, and more. Typically, they take place on commercial properties that have heavy foot traffic. Slip and falls in grocery stores or supermarkets are also particularly common, as these locations are often crowded and have many substances that could lead to slips.
All business owners have a strong responsibility to make their premises safe for the general public. The business owner must act quickly when their store has a spill or another situation that could lead to a slip and fall incident. Additionally, employees must resolve the issue as soon as possible or do things to minimize accidents, like closing off the area where a spill has occurred or putting up signs that alert customers of a possible hazard.
When you’ve incurred an injury from slipping or falling on someone else’s property, it can be challenging to receive fair compensation for medical bills, rehab, and lost wages during recovery. The following steps can help improve your chances of a successful personal injury claim:
Our team of Chicago slip and fall lawyers will help you build a case by carefully assembling evidence, taking pictures of the site of the slip, and gathering statements from witnesses. Our team works with highly-rated medical experts that will be able to determine how much of your injury was caused by the slip and fall.
Between our airtight process, our considerable experience, and skilled premises liability litigators, we’re confident that we’ll be able to help you earn maximum compensation. This should cover the costs of:
At Paul & Steve, our priority is skillfully taking care of all your legal needs so that you can focus on what’s most important—your health.
When choosing a Chicago slip and fall attorney, it’s important to choose one with a wealth of experience in injury cases who will be able to answer all of your questions in full so that you can make an informed decision. Contact us today to schedule your free consultation and learn more about your legal rights.
Often, the hardest part of winning a slip and fall case is proving that a property owner (or its tenants, employees, etc.) acted negligently. If you’re the victim, you not only need to prove that accident occurred as a result of hazardous conditions on the owner’s property. You also need to prove that the owner either knew or should have known about the hazard, and did not take appropriate steps to either warn visitors or fix the issue.
For example, imagine you slipped and fell on a wet floor at a supermarket. How do you prove that the floor was wet at the time of your fall? How do you prove that the floor had been wet long enough that a store employee should have noticed and done something about it? How do you prove that the accident wasn’t at least partially your own fault?
Our Chicago slip and fall lawyer team will do everything possible to establish that your injury was caused by the action or inaction of another party. We’ll work hard to obtain whatever evidence might be available, including eyewitness accounts, security camera footage, maintenance records, and more. We’ll help you gather the medical records you will need to link your injuries to incident.
Paul & Steve understands that slip and fall accidents can be traumatic. Our team will listen to your situation with care, fastidiously assemble the best possible case, and represent you in court with ferocity.
If you’re looking for first-class representation and the highest level of service, then contact us today at (312) 701-3333 or fill out our convenient contact form.
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