Los Angeles Slip, Trip and Fall Lawyers

Slip, Trip and Fall Accidents Can Be Very Dangerous

Property owners, such as grocery stores, department stores, or home-improvement stores, have a responsibility to provide a safe environment, free of slip, trip and fall dangerous conditions.  These premises owners must properly warn visitors of potential slippery conditions or hazards on their premises.  If they fail to either warn or protect people from these slippery conditions, then they may be held responsible for the slip, trip and fall accident, and one of our Slip, Trip and Fall Accident Lawyers can assist you in seeking monetary compensation for your serious fall injuries.

Slip and fall accidents can occur at anytime to anyone.  Because of the frequency of these accidents, the law has determined that the property owner should be held responsible for slip and fall accidents where other people were not warned of the dangers which caused their accident.  If anyone slips, trips and falls on the property of another person, they should speak with an attorney to determine if they may have a case to recover compensation for their injuries.  Additionally, their are statutes of limitations in place, where if you wait in bringing a case, you will be prevented from recovering so it is imperative that you speak with one of the members of our law firm immediately after your slip, trip and fall accident.

Slip and Falls Accidents are the Second Most Common Types of Accidents

These types of accidents account for nearly 16,000 deaths every year in the United States.  Additionally, while not every slip and fall accident results in a death, there are a substantially larger number of serious injuries that result from these falling accidents.  For those slip and fall accidents which result in the death of the injured person, their family may wish to speak with a Los Angeles slip and fall accident lawyer to discuss filing a wrongful death.

Below are a few common questions regarding slip and fall accidents:

How is someone injured in a slip and fall accident?

A: All slip and fall accidents generally occur in one of two ways.  If you slipped on a liquid or other object on the ground, your slipping foot will generally abruptly move forward, causing you to lose your balance, which most likely results in your falling backward.  These types of slip and fall accidents may seriously injure your leg, hip or arm while you are attempting to break your fall.  Alternatively, one of your fee may lose traction and slip backward which will result in you falling forward.  The common slip and fall injuries resulting from this type of fall includes broken arms as well as brain damage and spinal cord injuries.  

What is a trip and fall accident?

A: A closely associated type of accident are trip and fall accidents.  Trip and fall accidents result when someone's foot comes into contact with an semi-permanent or permanent object, such as a foot, seam in a carpet, tree root or child's toy.  Most of the people injured in this type of accident fall forward and can suffer severe injuries to their face and arms.  Additionally, severe head injuries can result if they hit their head on any objects while falling.

What are the common causes of slip and fall accidents?

A: Approximately 75% of all slip and fall accidents are caused by environmental hazards or conditions resulting from the negligence of the property owner or one of their employees.  Some of the most common types of hazards are liquids spilled onto slippery surfaces, such as the floor in a supermarket or grocery store.  These types of spills result from both food spillage and leaking containers, or ice that has melted near the ice machine.  There may also be a floor defect or improper lighting in a hallway or in a stairwell.

Where can slip and fall accidents occur?

A: Slip and fall accidents can occur nearly anywhere in Los Angeles, California.  These types of accidents are so common that they have occurred on such places as:

• department stores;
• parking lots;
• sidewalks;
• schools;
• shopping malls; and
• supermarkets. 

Contact Our Los Angeles Slip and Fall Attorneys

The injuries one may suffer from a slip and fall or a trip and fall accident may result in serious injuries which dramatically affect your quality of life.  If you or a loved one slipped, tripped and fell, please contact our Los Angeles Slip and Fall Accident Lawyers for a free confidential initial consultation to discuss the facts of your case, and we will describe how we can best represent you in recovering compensation for your injuries.  You may reach us at 800-715-4489 or by completing a free case evaluation which is available on our website.