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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Importance of a Slip and Fall Personal Injury Lawyer

By Carl Lalonde


If you own a television, then you've probably already heard one of the numerous commercials that usually start something like this: "Did you slip and fall down in an accident? Then you need a personal injury lawyer!" Some cynics might definitely want to dismiss those commercials as some sort of lawyer money-making scheme but the undeniable truth is that, when people experience a personal injury-especially a slip and fall - then having a consultation with a personal injury attorney, accident lawyer, or slip and fall injury lawyer is the best way to go.

To explain further, the main task of a personal injury lawyer is to handle the legal representation in a court of law for someone who is claiming a physical or a psychological injury as a result of negligence or other wrongdoing on the part of a company, person or other entities which may be held responsible for the said injuries. There are a lot of personal injury attorneys that specialize in certain areas of injury such as accidents, slip and falls and other on-site injuries.

A lot of different cases may be handled by a personal injury attorney. Slip and fall accidents is one of the most common personal injuries that are brought to court. A personal injury attorney who is a specialized slip and fall injury lawyer is then the right person to consult to handle the specifics of a slip and fall case. There are unique cases of slip and fall injuries and samples are the ones which happen in areas like offices, malls and other business areas wherein the owner of such establishment may be held reliable for the incident, if they are found to be at fault with the accident. These cases are referred to as premises liability where in the landowners have the liability to be responsible for injuries on their land which occurred due to possible negligence on their part.

The personal injury attorney handling the case can seek legal action in compensation for the damages due to negligence. The damages may range from physical to psychological, depending on extent of the injuries occurred and further-reaching consequences which happened as an outcome of the incident. A slip and fall lawyer will seek to receive maximize compensation for their client, after taking into consideration the full extent of all of their injuries.

Let's look at a hypothetical example of a typical slip and fall injury case. Imagine that you are walking around a shopping mall soon after it opens for the day. Unbeknownst to you, an employee at the shopping mall was only just washing the floors in front of a certain store and did not mark the area with any cautionary signs. Since you are unaware that the floor was slippery, you walked on it, slip and break your hand. All the burden of enduring the pain from the injury, paying the hospital bills and the stress of trying to work at your office job with a broken hand will definitely soak you up. This is where a slip and fall lawyer comes in and he will be able to seek compensation for all those physical injuries, hospital bills and any psychological pain caused by the injury together with its impact on your job.




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3 comments:

Slip And Fall Attorney said...

Hi There,
you have very well defined importance of personal injury lawyers. i realy like his post very much.

Personal Injury Attorney said...

Hi! First of all I would like to commend your effort in highlighting the importance of personal injury lawyers around the world. However, I must admit that looking for the best injury lawyers in the land is certainly a tough job and it is not easy to fulfill this very challenging task.

Unknown said...

Thank you for sharing this post. You have done a great job of describing the importance of personal injury lawyers. One way for business to prevent these types injuries is to implement entrance mats at each of the entrances to the building.

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