Slipping or tripping when you aren’t expecting to can do a lot more than just bruise your ego. As thousands of Pennsylvanians, unfortunately, learn the hard way each year, accidental falls are one of the leading causes of serious injuries out of all other types of accidents you could end up involved in. They can make for uniquely complicated civil cases if you want to seek fair financial compensation for your injuries and losses.
Fortunately, you have help available from a Lewisburg slip and fall lawyer with years of experience getting people much like you through situations like yours. With a knowledgeable personal injury attorney from our team on your side, you will be able to build the strongest claim possible while also avoiding common legal pitfalls that might otherwise keep you from getting the money you need.
When Are Landowners Legally Liable for Falls?
The main reason why suing over a slip and fall isn’t as easy as a lot of people initially think is because property owners in Pennsylvania aren’t automatically liable under civil law for every injury that happens on their land. In order to get civil compensation through a court or even a fair settlement offer from the owner of the land, you need to prove that all the following conditions apply to your case:
- The landowner had a specific duty of care to protect you from getting hurt while you were on their land
- The landowner did something specifically reckless, careless, or illegal, and that action violated their duty of care
- That breach of duty directly led to an unreasonably dangerous condition existing on the landowner’s property
- That dangerous property condition directly led to you suffering an injury serious enough to need some kind of professional medical care
A seasoned Lewisburg slip and fall attorney can go into more detail during an initial meeting about how to establish negligence and what evidence you need to support your claim.
Getting Paid Fairly for Trip and Fall Losses
If we’re able to show that a landowner holds civil liability for your slip and fall injury, our lawyers will make sure that you get every cent of the money you need to make up for the harm that injury has caused you already and will continue to cause you in the future. That means we help you identify, assign a fair financial value to, and proactively demand compensation for damages like:
- Physical pain and suffering
- Emotional anguish and trauma
- Loss of life’s pleasures
- Medical bills and disability-related expenses for things like wheelchairs
- Lost work wages and long-term working ability
- Personal property damage—for example, the cost of repairing or replacing a damaged smartphone
Your lawyer in Lewisburg will help you build the strongest slip and fall claim possible within the filing time limits set by the statute of limitations, which typically fall a lot sooner after the date of an initial injury than many people expect.
Contact a Lewisburg Slip and Fall Attorney for Help
No matter where your fall happened or what specific injuries you suffered because of it, you should think twice before trying to file suit over a slip and fall accident alone. Without capable legal representation, you may have serious trouble getting paid anything at all through your case, let alone the full amount you deserve for all your compensable damages.
Contacting a Lewisburg slip and fall lawyer from our team should be among your top priorities after getting hurt in a fall on someone else’s land. Call Ostroff Godshall Injury and Accident Lawyers today to learn more.
