Video: Personal Injury Attorneys Answer: What is a Slip & Fall?

Question:

I feel bad about suing someone because they may not have insurance.  Should I feel bad about that?

Answer:

You shouldn't hesitate to make a claim against someone in a slip or trip and fall situation if you've been injured. The reason for that is that the majority of cases, whether it's a company or an individual will involve insurance. Insurance is specifically for situations where someone might have been injured through the negligence of someone else. The most common mistake that we see people involved in slip and fall accident cases is waiting to get an attorney involved. Valuable information like CCTV videos may get recorded over from the date of the accident, things from the scene may change or get repaired, and witnesses’ memory do not get better with time. All these things should be investigated, photographed, and archived, and witnesses need to be deposed in order to build a compelling case. The insurance companies almost never have your interests in mind after an accident. If you hire a personal injury attorney, the attorney has your interests and your interests alone in mind and wants to ensure that you are compensated for your damages. The second most important thing to consider is which attorney you contact and hire. You want to hire an attorney who specializes in personal injury and specifically slip, trip & fall accidents.

Ideally, you want an attorney who will be able to litigate and try your slip and fall case if necessary. You need an attorney who understands personal injury, the system and is able to potentially try your case if needed. Thirdly, you want to make sure that you retain the appropriate documentation for your personal injury claim. That goes back to hiring the right injury attorney because that attorney is going to make sure that everything is appropriately documented so that all of your damages can be presented to the insurance company, and then, if necessary, to a jury. Those are all things that, unfortunately, a lot of people don’t know until they’re involved injured in an accident.

Many do not realize the importance of it, but the mentioned above are all very important mistakes to try to avoid. One way to do that is to contact an injury attorney as soon as possible after the accident to get them involved and make sure someone is representing you and your interests throughout this process because insurance companies do not do that. If you have any questions, we are always happy to talk and answer any questions that you might have. The attorneys of Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice, Purtz, Smith & Smith, P.A. are just a call or a CLICK away to help.

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