What Insurance Companies Don’t Want You To Know About Minnesota Slip and Fall Cases

Insurance Companies Are In The Business Of Minimizing Payouts For Personal Injury Victims. Here's What You Need To Know About Slip, Trip, And Fall Claims. Insurance companies and defense attorneys often attempt to minimize liability in slip and fall lawsuits. What does this mean? Well, in a slip and fall action there are generally only two parties: Plaintiff and Defendant. The plaintiff is the injured party - the one who slipped/tripped, fell, and then became injured as a result. The defendant is generally the property owner of the property manager of where the personal injury occurred. The defendant is usually a store or a business. However, they can also be a homeowner or the government if the injury occurred on public property. What the insurance companies do not want you to know is that when a plaintiff initiates a slip and fall case, they are going after the insurance policy on that defendant. Meaning that the Plaintiff is not going after the personal assets of the defendant or their business. Why Won’t The Insurance Company Pay A Fair Amount In My Slip & Fall Case? See, these defendants pay insurance premiums on their home or business. This insurance is called...