Slip and Fall Accidents - Proving Fault
Slipping and falling is a very common occurrence.
How many times have you been minding your own business while walking to work, or up to your house or even while cleaning, when you suddenly lose grip on the ground and before you can even process what is going on, you hit the ground with a thud.
Luckily, this sort of situation usually ends with little more than a bruised tail bone.
But occasionally, a slip and fall can turn into something very serious.
Especially if you are elderly or have a pre-existing condition such as a hip replacement or prior serious bone breaks.
In this type of situation, slipping and falling can lead to shattered bones, blown knees-if the fall splits your legs, or even traumatic brain injury-if you are completely taken off guard and do not have time to lessen the fall by with your hands.
If a fall is not supported by the arms or hands and the slip is very forceful, the head can snap back and slam against the ground, causing the brain to hit up against the skull.
The result is swelling in the brain, and if left untreated, serious brain damage.
Liability with Slip and Fall Accidents Although these types of accidents are practically a given to happen, if there is negligence involved, a serious lawsuit can be taken out.
In order to take out a lawsuit against someone in the case of a slip accident, you must prove a certain number of things.
These things include: •That the owner of the premises, or an employee working for the company leasing the premises, caused the spill, tattered, trip hazard carpet or other dangerous surface that directly led to the slip.
•The owner of the premises or the company worker must have been aware of the hazard and failed to do anything about it.
For instance, most companies are very quick to put up big, yellow caution triangles that show the common symbol of a slip hazard when a spill is detected.
This sign must be kept up during clean up and afterwards until the floor is completely dry.
•In certain cases it can be argued that the owner of the premises or the floor supervisor at a retail store should have known about the hazard because there should have been a "responsible" person in charge of the property.
How many times have you been minding your own business while walking to work, or up to your house or even while cleaning, when you suddenly lose grip on the ground and before you can even process what is going on, you hit the ground with a thud.
Luckily, this sort of situation usually ends with little more than a bruised tail bone.
But occasionally, a slip and fall can turn into something very serious.
Especially if you are elderly or have a pre-existing condition such as a hip replacement or prior serious bone breaks.
In this type of situation, slipping and falling can lead to shattered bones, blown knees-if the fall splits your legs, or even traumatic brain injury-if you are completely taken off guard and do not have time to lessen the fall by with your hands.
If a fall is not supported by the arms or hands and the slip is very forceful, the head can snap back and slam against the ground, causing the brain to hit up against the skull.
The result is swelling in the brain, and if left untreated, serious brain damage.
Liability with Slip and Fall Accidents Although these types of accidents are practically a given to happen, if there is negligence involved, a serious lawsuit can be taken out.
In order to take out a lawsuit against someone in the case of a slip accident, you must prove a certain number of things.
These things include: •That the owner of the premises, or an employee working for the company leasing the premises, caused the spill, tattered, trip hazard carpet or other dangerous surface that directly led to the slip.
•The owner of the premises or the company worker must have been aware of the hazard and failed to do anything about it.
For instance, most companies are very quick to put up big, yellow caution triangles that show the common symbol of a slip hazard when a spill is detected.
This sign must be kept up during clean up and afterwards until the floor is completely dry.
•In certain cases it can be argued that the owner of the premises or the floor supervisor at a retail store should have known about the hazard because there should have been a "responsible" person in charge of the property.
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