Slip and fall accidents can be painful and cause long-lasting, debilitating injuries. If you or a loved one sustained an injury caused by someone else’s negligence, you deserve to be fairly compensated. Unfortunately, accident victims often struggle when dealing with at-fault parties and their insurance companies.
Our Avondale personal injury team at Zanes Law has the experience and resources to take on complex slip and fall cases, and we regularly recover significant compensation for our clients. Reach out to our Avondale slip and fall accident attorneys today, or continue reading to learn more about pursuing compensation in Arizona.
Why You Need a Lawyer After a Slip and Fall Accident
Property owners are responsible for providing safe conditions for their visitors and patrons. However, getting hurt somewhere does not automatically entitle an injured party to compensation. For a premises liability claim to have merit, you must show that there was a safety hazard and that the owner or manager was aware (or should have been aware) of it.
Many slip-and-fall victims do not understand their rights and fail to pursue a personal injury claim. Others try to handle their own claims, assuming the negligent party will admit fault and compensate them for their injuries. Instead, the property owner alters the accident site and denies liability.
Our experienced personal injury lawyers understand the importance of moving quickly to document the hazard and obtain statements from witnesses before the owner can clean up the mess or repair the dangerous situation.
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Gathering Evidence in a Personal Injury Case
When you trust our firm to handle your claim, our experienced personal injury team will work quickly to build your case. One of our Avondale slip and fall injury lawyers can gather the evidence we need to support your claim by:
- Collecting and preserving evidence such as surveillance footage
- Talking to witnesses who were around you before, during, or after the incident
- Obtaining your medical records pertaining to the accident
- Securing a copy of the law enforcement report
- Getting copies of your earning statements from your employer
The evidence and documentation we collect will help tell the complete story of how your accident happened, the severity of your injuries, and who is liable.
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Estimating Your Damages
After gathering the necessary evidence, our next step is compiling a list of damages to present to the insurance company or the court. Our results-driven firm has extensive experience helping accident victims recover damages for their injuries and will leave no stone unturned when estimating your damages.
As your legal representation, it is our job to understand the physical, emotional, and financial losses you have incurred and may continue to experience months or years from now. Damages you may suffer after a fall can include:
- Medical expenses (past, present, and future)
- Lost wages and future earning capacity
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional trauma
To accurately estimate these damages, we can consult with medical, financial, and vocational experts. Our legal team has the knowledge and resources to pursue the best possible outcome in your situation.
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Establishing Fault in Your Avondale Slip and Fall Accident
Slip and fall cases are usually negligence claims. To establish negligence and prove liability for your injury, you’ll have to show the following elements:
- Duty of care: You must prove that someone owed you a duty of care.
- Breach of that duty: You must show how that party breached their duty of care.
- Causation: You must prove that your injury was caused by the defendant’s breach of their duty of care.
- Damages: You have to prove that you were, in fact, injured.
In a premises liability case, the focus of the claim tends to be on the duty of care and whether someone breached that duty.
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Arizona Laws Relevant to Slip and Fall Cases
Every state has its own personal injury laws, and Arizona is no exception. Here are a few laws that often come into play in a slip-and-fall case:
Statute of Limitations
According to Arizona Revised Statute §12-542, personal injury victims have only two years to take legal action against the party who wrongfully injured them. The two-year time period begins on the date that the injury takes place.
Please keep in mind that there is much to be done in these cases and that insurance companies have their own deadlines.
Trespassing Exception
Arizona statutes require that individuals injured on the property of another can only bring injury lawsuits when their claim meets specific criteria.
For example, in Arizona, trespassers must be allowed on a property to be owed a duty of care. Since private property owners do not owe a duty of care to trespassers, injured parties cannot bring lawsuits against property owners if they are not permitted to be on the premises. This stipulation is outlined in Arizona Statute §12-557.
Wrongful Death Actions
In the unfortunate event that a person dies as a result of a slip and fall incident, Arizona Revised Statute §12-611 states that the same individual or entity who would have been held liable for the injury can be named as a defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit.
Wrongful death actions can be filed by a surviving spouse, child, parent, legal guardian, or a representative of any of those relatives.
Contact a Personal Injury Lawyer Today
If you or a loved one tripped or slipped and fell on a public or private property you were permitted to be on, our team at Zanes Law could help you pursue a slip and fall claim against the property owner or operator. However, we need to move quickly to ensure you don’t miss any critical deadlines.
When we accept your case, our Avondale slip and fall accident attorneys will work tirelessly to pursue the compensation you deserve for your injury. Keep in mind that our services will cost nothing upfront. We only get paid when we win your case. Contact us to schedule a free case review.
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