Slips and falls are things that must be taken very seriously. This can cause serious injuries, costly medical bills and complications that can affect your life forever. If these types of accidents in public places have happened to you, they usually occur because the owner or manager neglected a public area; however, know that US law protects the victim and to enforce your rights you can count on the support of a professional.
A personal injury lawyer is the best option to defend your rights and obtain financial compensation that will help you cover your medical care. If you consider it necessary, contact Conexión Legal as soon as possible by calling 1800 201 1220 or writing to us via WhatsApp so you can receive the best free legal advice, and in this way we can help you obtain the fairest and most comprehensive compensation possible.
Owners and administrators of public spaces are legally obligated to comply with certain safety criteria to prevent accidents. The slippery surface, a hole, a damaged carpet or spills are dangerous, so without exception, they must be corrected immediately.
If operators of a shopping center, movie theater, park or government building do not take precautionary measures and an accident occurs, victims can be compensated with money to help them cover medical expenses. Loss of income, pain, suffering and other damages caused by the accident.
If you have suffered any type of accident in public places such as a fall after slipping, we recommend that you seek free legal advice immediately, as you have the right to take legal action to file a liability claim against the administrators or owners of the facilities and receive financial compensation.
What Will Be the Steps to Follow in Case of Suffering an Accident in Public Places?
To design a legal strategy to ensure financial compensation that covers all damages, your personal injury lawyer will need to prove that the fall accident was caused by unsafe conditions on the property and that the owner was aware of it. The dangerous conditions must represent an unacceptable risk to anyone on the property.
These must be conditions that an ordinary person could not have foreseen, which means that people have already considered and avoided obvious hazards. For example, holding elevator doors or misusing escalators. To verify that the owner was aware of the unsafe conditions, your lawyer will need to verify the following:
- The owner created the dangerous conditions.
- The owner knew of these conditions and, through negligence, failed to correct them.
- The condition has existed long enough for an owner to discover and correct it.
For an owner to be liable for an accident, it must be foreseeable that their negligence would cause the danger in question. This would be done by proving that the defendant has violated a relevant regulation, such as a building code.
Before taking legal action against the owner or manager, we must make sure that the accident was not caused by your negligence but by the authorities or owners of the property. These are the questions we should ask ourselves:
- Were there warnings, signs or notices indicating that the place was not safe?
- Would a careful person have recognized the danger and avoided it, or would they have been more careful not to slip or stumble?
- Were you distracted by something without paying attention to your objective?
- Did you jump, run or play recklessly, which increased the likelihood that you would fall or slip?
- Did you have a legitimate reason to be in the danger zone? Was this a legitimate reason that the manager could foresee?
You do not have to prove to the insurance company that you were careful. You have to think about what happened and explain it clearly. So that the insurance company understands that you did not act negligently.
The owner or one of their employees overlooked the spill, hole, obstruction or surface. They knew of the existence of a dangerous situation and did not take the necessary actions to correct the problem.
The owner or an employee should have known that there was a dangerous surface because a "reasonable" person in charge of the property would have discovered and repaired it. A negligence claim takes into account precautionary measures.
In general, an attempt is made to determine that the process followed by the responsible person was appropriate and that the incident could be prevented if other types of actions were taken. After evaluating whether the actions taken by the owner or manager were appropriate, the authorities decide who is at fault.
If you need to, you should contact Conexión Legal as soon as possible so you can receive the best free legal advice, and in your case we can help you obtain the highest possible compensation.
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