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We have represented victims of slip and fall accidents in various locations, such as:
While many accidental falls only result in minor harm, serious falls can cause serious harm.
In severe cases, a slip and fall injury could lead to bone fractures, contusions, and potentially even traumatic brain and/or spine damage, as well as significant financial losses from medical bills.
Fortunately, you may have legal options worth exploring with the help of an experienced injury attorney if your trip and fall injury occurred due to hazardous conditions on someone else’s property.
Depending on the circumstances of your accident, an experienced slip and fall injury lawyer may be able to help you recover compensation from a negligent property owner for all your injuries and losses.
Slip and fall injuries can stem from a number of different hazards, many of which are the result of negligence by a property owner or manager.
While unmarked spills and puddles may be the most common source of slips and falls, other causes include:
Regardless of what specifically causes someone to slip or trip in a public place, the consequences can often be grave.
A hard impact against a flat surface can result in broken bones, muscle and ligament strains, and deep bruises or lacerations, and particularly severe incidents can lead to permanent brain or spine damage resulting in paralysis and loss of other bodily functions.
If a store owner, property manager, or landowner fails to fulfill the duty of care they owe to lawful visitors on their land, they could bear civil liability for any harm such visitor experiences as a result.
Once retained, a slip and fall injury attorney could work with an individual to determine the source of their injuries and whether the hazard in question signifies negligence on the part of a third party.
Anyone who owns a piece of land owes a duty of care to its visitors. Visitors trust that the property they are visiting is safe from anything that would cause them immediate harm.
When landowners do not maintain this duty of care and a visitor suffers an injury as a result, they could hold them liable for damages.
The main thing landowners are required to do is ensure that everyone on their property is safe from an unexpected injury.
If they have wet floors or broken floorboards that have not been fixed or made known to visitors, they could be held liable in the event of an accident.
Like all personal injury cases, slip and fall injury claims in Tennessee and Georgia are subject to a statute of limitations, which sets a deadline for filing a lawsuit.
If someone injured in a slip and fall accident waits too long to take legal action, they risk having their case dismissed and being unable to recover compensation for their injuries.
In Tennessee, as outlined in Tennessee Code §28-3-104, a personal injury lawsuit must be filed within one year from the date the injury occurred. In Georgia, according to Georgia Code §9-3-33, the statute of limitations for filing personal injury claims is two years from the date of the accident.
For property damage claims, the filing deadline is longer—three years in both Tennessee and Georgia.
A skilled slip and fall lawyer can help determine the deadlines that apply to your case and ensure that your claim is filed on time.
Slips, trips, and falls cause thousands of injuries in Tennessee and Georgia every year. Many of those injuries could have been avoided if private property owners had taken better care of their land.
Fortunately, if you were hurt in this kind of incident because of a landowner’s negligence, you may be able to pursue civil compensation for any damages you suffered as a result.
A seasoned slip and fall lawyer could be a steadfast ally as you seek to recover from the harm another party caused you to endure.
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