Slip & Fall Attorney in Houston
Making a Claim: Slip & Fall Accidents
Slipping or tripping and subsequently falling may seem like nothing more than an accident. However, these are incidents which are very often preventable when the right actions are taken to protect against such catastrophe from occurring in the first place. As such, these are accidents that can be pursued in court in order to claim compensation for the damages you may have incurred as a result. Slip & fall cases are based on the claim that a property owner's negligence led to the unnecessary accident. In these types of cases, property owner negligence is a term often used to describe an owner's decision to allow any type of dangerous condition to exist on their premises – a dangerous condition that could (or has) led to a slip & fall accident.
A slip & fall case will take shape in similar ways to that of a premises liability case. In both, it is generally assumed that the property owner or premises manager should be held responsible for ensuring that their land is safely maintained and free of any hazards. Failure to do this is considered to be negligent and dangerous, and it could easily lead to
personal injury of a
catastrophic nature. When business owners, building managers, store personnel, and the like fail to maintain safety regulations (i.e. well lit hallways, dry walkways, unobstructed paths, etc.) the potential for slipping and falling is tremendous. And, unfortunately, these are often accidents which result in severe trauma to the
brain or spinal cord, if not worse.
How a Houston Slip & Fall Lawyer Can Help
If you have been injured in a slip and fall accident then you should not wait to speak with a Houston personal injury attorney from Arnold & Itkin, LLP. In most cases, an investigation will need to be launched in order to determine the slip resistance of the walking surface upon which you fell. Special devices such as the pendulum tester and the BOT-3000 can be used to identify whether the threshold of the walking surface was at the proper level of resistance. If it was above or below the threshold, then you could very likely have a case on your hands.
It is a common perception among legal jurisdictions that the injured party of a slip & fall accident is at least partly at fault. Therefore, the worth of injuries caused by these types of accidents is generally less than from other torts. That is not to say, however, that your slip & fall injury is insignificant or not worthy of legal address. In fact, with our help you may recover more damages from your claim than you even thought possible. We represent personal injury victims throughout the entire United States, employing effective strategies which provide our clients with the security they need after an accident has left them injured and vulnerable. Slip and falls have a reputation for garnering less worth and attention than other tort cases due to the fact that they include a component of "guilt" associated with the victim of the accident. However, we do not take this approach. In fact, we address slip & fall cases with no less attention and no smaller amount of tenacity than any other case we take on. It is always our mission to seek fair and just compensation for our clients, and we are unwilling to settle for anything less.
If you have been injured in a fall and you believe the fault lies in the hands of another, then do not wait to contact a Houston slip & fall lawyer from our firm today.