Slip and Fall Attorneys in Connecticut
Every year, thousands of people around Connecticut suffer from slip and fall accidents. Many of these falls could have been prevented if proper care had been taken by the property owners or business owners. If you or a family member is injured in one of these accidents, you may be worried about medical bills, time off of work, and the impact on your life. If someone else’s negligence is a cause of your fall, you should speak with a personal injury attorney in Connecticut. The Law Offices of Geoffrey T. Einhorn, LLC can help you to determine if negligence was a factor and obtain the compensation you deserve.
What a Connecticut Personal Injury Attorney Can Do after a Slip and Fall Accident
Slip and falls are some of the most common accidents that cause injuries in Connecticut. Sometimes falls are simple accidents, but sometimes falls are caused by negligence of property owners who are responsible for keeping up maintenance on their properties. If negligent upkeep or design caused your fall, the owner may be legally responsible for compensating you. Compensation may cover medical bills, lost wages from time spent off of work, and damages from pain and suffering. Our Wallingford-based personal injury law firm can help you to get the compensation you are entitled to. We work with slip and fall victims both inside and outside of the courtroom to obtain the best possible settlements. When you hire a personal injury attorney like the Law Offices of Geoffrey T. Einhorn, LLC you can focus on getting better and let our firm focus on obtaining the expenses you’ve incurred.
How are Slip and Fall Accidents caused by negligent conduct?
Negligent conduct may not always be obvious to spot, but it often is the cause of an accident on someone else’s property. Business and property owners are responsible for maintaining and repairing their property. This includes making the property safe for business invitees and guests. Seasonal maintenance such as shoveling snow and clearing sidewalks as well as regular safety inspections looking for design or building flaws should be regularly conducted. Property owners are also responsible for sufficiently posting notice of any hazardous conditions on the property, such as a wet and slippery floors, loose bricks or pot holes. Some common hazardous conditions that often cause slip and fall accidents include:
- Wet spills and standing water
- Snow and ice accumulation 24 hours after a storm
- Clutter and obstructions in hallways or on floors in stores
- Loose or uneven floorboards or brick walk ways or sidewalks
- Damaged stairs and landings or rails
- Recently mopped or waxed floors or floors that are too slippery by design
- Torn or bunched carpeting
- Insufficient lighting inside or out
Common Injuries from Slip and Fall Accidents
Injuries from slip and fall accidents can range from a simple scrap to head trauma and or back surgery or even death. In many cases, injuries require expensive medical care and sometimes long recovery times. Common examples of such injuries include:
- Ankle sprains and fractures
- Shoulder injuries
- Hip fractures
- Neck and Back surgery or injury
- Head injuries
- Wrist or arm fractures
What to Do after a Slip and Fall Accident
If you have been injured after a fall, your first concern should be getting onsite help and reporting the incident. Always make sure you or someone with you reports the incident if you are at a home or business and you may want to also obtain the name of the party you are reporting the fall to and a copy of their incident report. In modern times with the availability of smart phones a simple picture or video of the defect that caused your fall, taken at the exact spot and the day of the fall could help your case tremendously. Do not narrate the video just make sure it’s taken the same day as your fall for 30 seconds surveying the area of the fall. Once you report the incident look around for onsite video cameras that may have captured your fall. After speaking with onsite management about your fall and documenting it on camera, it’s time to get more medical help and if applicable go to the emergency room.
If you are unsure whether negligence may have been the proximate cause of your accident and injury, speak to one of our Wallingford personal injury attorneys. An initial consultation is absolutely free, and we can help you to find out if you might have a claim that can be compensated. The Law Offices of Geoffrey T. Einhorn, LLC has through years of helping injured plaintiffs built a reputation as the go to Connecticut personal injury lawyers. We know what to look for and help you to get the compensation you deserve.
Call Attorney Geoffrey T. Einhorn for a free consultation 203-269-1665 and let the Einhorn Law Firm help you today.