A slip and fall accident may warrant legal action. A property owner may cover your recovery costs, lost income, pain and suffering, and other damages.
If you suffered injuries in a slip and fall accident in The Villages, the lawyers from The Law Offices of Anidjar & Levine can handle your case while you rest and recover. If you hire our law firm, our The Villages personal injury lawyers will work to determine liability, investigate your slip and fall, and negotiate for awards.
Does A Fall Entitle You To Compensation?
You might be awarded compensation if a negligent party caused or allowed your slip and fall accident to happen. Property owners can be negligent if:
- They fail to train employees on safety.
- They fail to monitor the safety of the premises.
- They allow dangerous conditions, including slipping hazards, to put visitors at risk.
The Four Elements Of Negligence
A property owner in The Villages may be liable for their negligence. The general standard for negligence in slip and fall accident cases is:
- The building owner or property manager owes you a duty of care, which generally involves protecting visitors from potentially hazardous conditions.
- The property owner breached this duty of care by exposing you to a slipping or tripping hazard.
- The property owner’s breach of duty of care led to your accident injury.
- The accident caused by the property owner’s negligence led to identifiable damages.
Our Personal Injury Lawyers Will Determine Vicarious Liability Damages
A personal injury attorney from our firm will consider your case facts and apply the negligence test above. Negligence may not be the only liability standard that applies to your case. Property owners may also be liable for the actions of their employees under the legal principle of vicarious liability.
Our team will determine:
- How much compensation you deserve
- Who owes you compensation
- How much each liable party owes you
- The most sensible way to seek compensation from each liable part
Our firm handles these steps for every client who suffers an injury or loses a loved one.
What Losses Entitle You To Compensation After Your Slip And Fall Accident?
You may deserve coverage for any loss caused by negligence. In slip and fall accident cases, covered losses may include:
Pain And Suffering
Pain and suffering generally occurs when injuries do. Injury symptoms that may qualify as pain and suffering include:
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Anxiety (generalized or acute)
- Depression
- Traumatic memories
- Loss of physical abilities
- Brain damage
- Lost quality of life
Certain types of pain and suffering may require treatment. Counseling, anti-depressants, anti-anxiety medications, and other types of treatment may entitle you to compensation.
Lost Income And Diminished Earning Power
As you recover from your slip and fall accident, you may be unable to work. The inability to fulfill your job generally:
- Prevents you from earning compensation
- Slows your professional advancement
- Harms your productivity
- Affects your standing as an employee
Lingering injury symptoms may decrease your earning power for the foreseeable future. All professional losses may result in compensation for you.
Accident-Related Healthcare Costs
We may recover awards for each of your accident-related medical costs. Fall-related injuries may require:
- A trip to the emergency department
- Emergency surgery
- Follow-up surgery
- Injury stabilization, which may require you to remain hospitalized
- Pain medication
- Antibiotics
- Appointments with medical specialists
- Rehabilitation
A slip and fall accident lawyer from our team will determine the existing losses from your accident. We will also project your future losses and seek compensation for those. We will go the extra mile for a positive outcome in your case in Sumter County.
See A Doctor After A Slip And Fall Accident
Your slip and fall accident injuries will likely require medical intervention. Even if you believe them to be minor, get checked out anyway. You may be suffering from injuries that have latent symptoms, and delaying treatment could make them worse.
Additionally, our slip and fall accident attorneys in The Villages can use your medical records to support your case. They can help use establish the negligence of another party and estimate your losses.
Your health comes first, and you deserve to make your maximum medical recovery. While you focus on healing, we can seek compensation that can help you continue your medical care.
How Our Slip And Fall Lawyers In The Villages Can Seek Compensation For You
We will work hard to obtain the compensation that you deserve. Some of the steps we may take on your behalf are:
Valuing Your Losses
Your losses will determine the value of your settlement. Our team will calculate the cost of both economic and non-economic damages, accounting for every loss caused by your accident.
Pursuing Evidence From Your Slip And Fall Accident In The Villages
Once we determine who is liable for your slip and fall, we will pursue evidence that proves they are liable. Useful evidence may include:
- Video footage of your slip and fall accident
- Video and photographs of the conditions that caused your fall
- Witness testimony documenting the circumstances of your fall
- An incident report documenting your fall
- Any other evidence that suits your case for awards
We may hire third-party investigators to obtain all useful evidence.
Acquiring Proof Of Your Losses
When possible, we will support claims of your damages with proof. We may prove the existence of your losses by:
- Obtaining doctors’ assessments of your injuries
- Obtaining an employer’s testimony that you have not been able to work
- Producing your medical bills
- Obtaining mental health professionals’ assessments of your trauma
We generally seek as much documentation as we can to prove your losses.
Negotiating A Settlement Or Completing A Trial
Obtaining fair compensation generally requires negotiation based on a strong case for recovery. Our law firm generally tries to settle because it may require less time and expense than a trial.
That means we will go head-to-head with at-fault party attorneys. We will file a personal injury lawsuit if liability can’t be established and proceed to trial. We will allow a jury to decide whether the defendant was negligent. A judge will then decide how much money they should compensate you.
Ultimately, we decide how to act based on the unique circumstances of your case.
Meeting The Florida Statute Of Limitations
Do not wait to retain our firm for your case. Personal injury claims in The Villages are generally subject to the same time limits as other cases in Florida. Florida Statutes § 95.11(3)(a) generally allows you two years to file a personal injury case. Our firm’s slip and fall accident lawyer will ensure you meet all applicable deadlines.
The Law Offices Of Anidjar & Levine Can Handle Your Slip And Fall Accident Case
You should take case deadlines seriously. Though there are exceptions to Florida’s civil statutes of limitations, you should not risk a possible recovery by waiting to hire us. Call the Law Offices of Anidjar & Levine for your free, no-risk consultation.
Our lawyers go the extra mile for accident victims like you. You worry about getting better. We take care of everything else. Contact us today.
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