Nearly 800,000 people visit US emergency rooms every year because of slip and fall injuries. In fact, injuries from a fall are the leading cause of emergency room visits in America. Slip and falls are also the leading cause of TBIs. Just these two statistics alone show that trips and falls are serious and are not the funny slapstick routines that media makes them out to be. Yes, people fall all the time with no serious consequences, but some people are left with severe injuries after a slip and fall that can be life changing.
When a fall occurs on commercial property, you have certain legal rights that should be protected and exercised. The property owner may have an obligation to compensate you for your injuries if they were negligent in maintaining their property or if they ignored obvious hazards. When this is the case, hiring a Woodbury personal injury attorney can help you to get your life back on track by pursuing compensation for your slip and fall injury claim.
If you or a loved one was injured during a slip and fall accident, contact Sand Law to arrange a free consultation at our Woodbury office.
Common Places for Slip and Fall Accidents
As we mentioned earlier, if you slip and fall and are injured on commercial property, you may have the right to sue for compensation for your medical bills, pain and suffering, missed work, etc. You may also be able to pursue compensation from a private resident if certain conditions are met. In either situation, one cannot sue someone just because they fell and were injured, instead the property owner or manager must have been negligent and failed to uphold a certain duty of care determined by Minnesota law.
Common places that trip and fall injury occurs:
- Retail stores
- Shopping plazas and malls
- Hotels
- Restaurants
- Entertainment complexes, like theaters or sporting arenas
- Business offices
- Nursing homes
How do Woodbury slip and falls and trip and falls happen?
Slip and Fall Causes
Common causes of slip and falls include:
- wet surfaces
- snowy or icy surfaces
- spills or leaks on the ground
- loose flooring materials
- slippery floors
Trip and Fall Causes
Common causes of trip and falls include:
- obstructed view of walkway
- hazard in walkway
- poor lighting conditions
- cracked or uneven walkways
- uneven steps or thresholds
Common Types of Slip and Fall Injuries
Injuries that can result from slip and fall accidents can be, and often are, very serious. They may cause injuries that result in physical, financial, and mental stress that can take months or years to recover from. Some common injuries caused by slip and falls in Woodbury Minnesota include:
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Broken bones (often from bracing for the fall)
- Spinal cord injuries
- Neck and shoulder injuries
- Knee injuries
- Soft tissue injures, like bruising
Slip and fall injuries can require expensive and lengthy medical treatments that can cost families greatly in time and money. Extensive medical bills, missed wages from lost time at work, and pain and suffering are a just a few of the damages that can seriously impact a person and their families life for a significant amount of time.
Getting Compensation for your Woodbury Slip and Fall Injury
When you are injured in a slip and fall accident caused by a negligent property owner, you may be entitled to make a personal injury claim in order to be compensated for your damages.
In order for your slip and fall claim to be successful, you must first prove that your injury was caused from a slip or trip and fall on that company’s or person’s property. You must also show that you had a legal right to be on the property, meaning your were welcomed onto the property or that it was implied, like at a store; you cannot sue if you were trespassing. Second, the property owner must have failed to meet their duty of care, meaning they failed to keep their property safe and free from hazards. Next, you must prove that their failure to keep their property safe, and your fall, were the cause of your injury. This is to prevent people from suing for injuries that were obtained at a different time.
Once you can prove that your injury occurred on the property, caused an injury, and as a result, damaged your life in some way, you can pursue compensation. This may seem complicated or confusing, but that is what hiring a personal injury attorney like Sand Law is for. We are here to fight on your side so that you can even the playing field against major corporations and their team of lawyers.
Experienced Slip and Fall Lawyers in Woodbury
If you or a loved one were injured due to a slip and fall accident in Woodbury, Minnesota contact the experienced personal injury lawyers at Sand Law. We can be reached online or by calling 651-291-7263. We look forward to working with you to get you the compensation you deserve.
SAND LAW LLC
WOODBURY OFFICE
7650 Currell Blvd Suite 3140
Woodbury, MN 55125