What You Should Do After a Slip and Fall Accident
While our Phoenix slip and fall accident lawyers can do a lot to make your claim as successful as possible, there are a few steps you can take in the wake of a slip and fall accident that can make your case much easier.
Here are some of the actions you can take to improve your chances of receiving a fair insurance settlement or court award:
- Seek medical attention ASAP to show insurers that your injuries are serious
- Take photos of the dangerous condition that caused your fall
- Take photos of your injuries
- Filing an incident report with the business
- Documenting the extent of your injuries and the effects they have on your everyday life
- Hire a slip and fall accident attorney from Phoenix as soon as you can
Taking these steps after a slip and fall can dramatically improve your chances of filing a successful claim down the road. That said, one of the most important things you can do int he days following your fall-down accident is to hire a premises liability attorney.
Hire a Lawyer ASAP After a Slip and Fall Incident
Waiting to hire an attorney is one of the worst mistakes you can make after a slip and fall accident in Phoenix, AZ. That’s because the state has a statute of limitations for premises liability lawsuits. According to A.R.S. § 12-542, you only have two years to submit a civil suit against the negligent property owner.
Scheduling a free consultation with a trusted attorney from our firm ASAP will help you ensure that your suit is filed in a reasonable amount of time. Once you’ve hired one of our lawyers, they’ll get started on your case right away and abide by all state filing requirements and deadlines.
Slip and Fall Injuries You Can Seek Damages for
Slip and fall incidents can result in several different serious injuries that require expensive medical care and long-term treatment. The good news is that no matter how minor or severe your condition is, our slip and fall accident lawyers from Phoenix, AZ, can pursue the damages you need to pay your medical bills.
We can demand that you receive the compensation you need to treat any of the following types of injuries:
If you’ve suffered a catastrophic injury from falling on someone else’s property, you could require 24-hour care for an extended period of time. The cost of intensive, long-term medical care can quickly add up, so it’s important that you contact a skilled attorney who can get you the money you need to pay your bills.
Cost of Legal Representation for Personal Injury Claims
If you’re pursuing compensation for a slip and fall accident with the help of an attorney, you might wonder how the cost of legal representation might impact your possible payout. The good news is that our firm operates on a contingency fee basis. This means your attorney will take a portion of your settlement or court verdict instead of charging you out-of-pocket.
In other words, we only get paid if you get paid. As a result, our attorneys will work twice as hard to get you a high-value payment. They’ll also be happy to answer any questions you have about our contingency fee policy during your free initial consultation.
Why Our Firm Is the Right Choice for Your Slip and Fall Case
Founded in 2003, Zanes Law has recovered high-value settlements and jury awards for countless slip and fall victims in Phoenix and throughout the state of Arizona. Our team has worked on nearly every type of premises liability case imaginable and, in doing so, has gained a great deal of valuable experience.
Our slip and fall accident lawyers can use their experience and legal knowledge to get you the payment you need to support your recovery. When you work with a seasoned attorney from our firm, you’ll have peace of mind that your case is in good hands.
You’ll also be confident that our firm is the right choice for your case when you consider the following:
Our Impressive Case Results
Our personal injury attorneys have collectively recovered over $140,000,000 in compensation for our injured clients. We’re proud of verdicts and settlements we’ve won for injured clients because they showcase the hard work and dedication our team puts into every case we work on.
Once you’ve visited our case results page and read about the life-changing victories we’ve achieved, you’ll realize that our firm has what it takes to get the outcome you’re looking for.
Our Client Testimonials
While taking a look at our case results can help you understand what our team is capable of achieving, reading through the reviews we’ve received from past clients will show you how we treat the people we work for.
Our Phoenix lawyers treat our slip and fall, car accident, dog bite, and other types of clients with compassion and respect. We strive to do right by our clients, and it shows in the testimonials they give. Once you’ve had the chance to visit our client testimonials page, you’ll see why we’re one of the most trusted legal teams in Arizona.
Our Commitment to Your Claim’s Success
We know how hard it can be to make a full physical and financial recovery after a bad fall, especially when insurance companies are involved. That’s why our team is truly dedicated to making your claim as successful as possible.
Our personal injury attorneys will identify all the forms of compensation that you’re owed and aggressively pursue a fair payment. We’ll exhaust every potential path to fair compensation until we get the results you need to get back on your feet and live your life without worrying about paying medical bills or making up for lost wages.
Schedule a Free Consultation With a Skilled Lawyer
A slip and fall accident can put you out of commission for a considerable amount of time. While you need to focus on your recovery, you also don’t want your statute of limitations to pass you by. Working with a Phoenix slip and fall accident attorney from Zanes Law can help you make the most of this time without compromising your health.
To get the legal guidance you need after a fall-down incident, contact us and schedule a consultation with a seasoned lawyer. They’ll meet with you to discuss the details of your accident, explain your legal options, and let you know if they can file a claim or lawsuit on your behalf.
Phoenix Slip And Fall Lawyers
Businesses who invite others onto their premises owe a high duty of care to their customers. In fact, when compared with social guests, businesses owe customers an even higher duty of care, and this is true in stores, restaurants, and other businesses around the Phoenix area. These can include:
- Chase Field
- State Farm Stadium
- Desert Botanical Garden
- Phoenix Zoo
- Establishments on Roosevelt Row or Heritage Square
- Phoenix Art Museum
As Phoenix slip and fall lawyers, we know that a business that is open to the public must keep its premises safe for the benefit of all its visitors. This means that everyone who works at the business must keep the floors clean. They must also make sure that no hazards exist and must address any other condition that could be unsafe for premises visitors. It is when a business fails to do this that someone gets hurt. It is when someone gets hurt that they need a personal injury attorney.
That is when our Phoenix slip and fall lawyers step in to help. Our injury lawyers are conveniently located in our rental Phoenix office and are ready to assist you with handling every aspect of your personal injury case from the beginning of the case to the very end.
Zanes Law offers free consultations with a personal injury attorney. We speak with anyone who suffered injuries when they slipped and fell. We explain to injury victims what their rights are. A personal injury attorney at Zanes Law reviews all options that are available to you. There is no up-front cost because we only get paid if we win your case. So call our slip and fall attorneys in Phoenix right now at 602-999-9999.
How a Zanes Law Personal Injury Attorney Can Help You
Don’t fight with the negligent party’s legal team alone. When you suffer harm in an accident, our Phoenix slip and fall lawyers are only a phone call away. These cases are complicated, and insurance companies will always attempt to take advantage of a victim.
If you pursue a personal injury claim against a property owner’s insurance company, you can be sure that the insurance company will do everything possible to deny you the monetary compensation that you deserve. This is because insurance companies do not make money by paying out slip and fall injury claims and settlements. Rather, they lose money in this way. As a result, the property owner’s insurance company will do its best to limit the payout that you deserve and keep as much money in its own coffers as possible.
In some instances, the insurance company might cut the amounts of your medical bills or lost wages, alleging that certain injuries or treatments are unrelated to your accident. At other times, the insurance company might contend that you did not suffer a permanent injury in the slip and fall accident or that missing time from work was not necessary.
Since dealing with the property owner’s insurance company on your own is often an uphill battle, having an experienced Phoenix slip and fall attorney by your side negotiating for you throughout your case can make all the difference in the world.
The Phoenix slip and fall lawyers at Zanes Law know how to fight and how to win. Each Zanes Law personal injury attorney fights for our clients. Collectively, our lawyers have recovered over $140,000,000 in compensation for our injured clients.
In some instances, our attorneys can reach a favorable settlement with the property owner’s insurance company. At other times, after consulting with you, we might take your case to a jury trial or arbitration proceeding. In any case, you can rest assured that our legal team will fight for your right to recover the monetary compensation that you need for your slip and fall injuries.
- Doug Zanes and his team of Phoenix slip and fall lawyers care about our clients. We focus on you and your family, and we understand that you need to be made whole after being hurt.
- Our attorneys are experienced Phoenix slip and fall lawyers. We win big for many injured clients.
- If your case requires litigation, we fight tirelessly to recover as much as possible for you.
- Each Zanes Law personal injury attorney is only paid if we win your case!
Choose Experienced Phoenix Slip and Fall Lawyers
Most of our clients do not realize how challenging it is to win slip and fall cases. To be successful, a personal injury attorney must prove three things:
- That the business owner or property owner either knew or should have known about the dangerous condition
- That they failed to fix the dangerous condition or warn the public about the dangerous condition
- That the dangerous condition caused you injury
Some insurance companies will even try to demonstrate that your injuries in your slip and fall accident were not serious and/or that your injuries were the result of some preexisting injury, medical condition, or degenerative finding.
Our slip and fall attorneys in Phoenix know that the law in Arizona favors the property owner. This can make bringing a claim very challenging for someone who suffered injuries. Furthermore, when someone slips and falls, they have severe injuries.
When a person suffers an injury in a slip and fall accident, the accident victim might need to visit the emergency room or urgent care center, primary care doctor, and/or a medical specialist (such as an orthopedist). The accident victim might also need to spend a significant amount of money out of pocket and stay at home while recovering from his or her injuries in the long term. These medical bills can mount up quickly.
Our Phoenix slip and fall lawyers typically see insurance companies that do not want to pay out what is necessary to make the injured party whole again. Because of this, you need an experienced personal injury attorney like those at Zanes Law. We will investigate your claim and force the at-fault party to compensate you fairly.
During your personal injury case, our legal team could hire an expert to investigate the circumstances of your accident. If your case goes forward, we could also hire a medical expert to causally relate your injuries to the slip and fall accident in which you sustained them.
Slip and Fall Injuries Can Be Severe
Although many people fall and jump right back up, slip and falls can cause serious injuries. Sure, we’ve all fallen down and simply been startled. But we were the lucky ones. Maybe we were a little embarrassed and a little sore the next day, but we just moved on without a problem. What about the person who breaks a bone or suffers a severe head injury? That person must call a Zanes Law personal injury attorney who handles slip and fall cases.
When you think about it logically, a person who falls has very little control over how they land and what hits the ground. As you begin to tumble over, you don’t have much time to react and to protect yourself. Even worse, sometimes, when you put out an arm to break your fall, you break that arm!
It is these serious injuries that require immediate medical attention. In addition, each Zanes Law personal injury attorney knows that slip and fall accidents are the third leading cause of accidental death. The serious injuries that may result from slips and falls include:
In short, a traumatic brain injury is a head injury. Many people refer to forms of this injury as a concussion or as a “TBI.” You end up with a TBI when you either hit your head on something or the force of the fall jolts your head hard enough to injure your brain. The force of the impact can cause your brain to actually move around and strike the side of your skull, bruising it. Moreover, the impact could sever the brain’s neurons and axons, which serve as its ‘internal hardware’ and ‘wiring system.’
When this happens, and a person suffers a traumatic head injury, the head injury can range from mild to severe, but all head injuries can create both cognitive problems and memory problems for the injured victim. Even a “mild” concussion requires medical care and can have long-lasting effects, and more severe head injuries sometimes require extended medical treatment to address ongoing physical issues, behavioral problems, and cognitive deficiencies. These effects can all be costly, so if you suffered a TBI in an accident, call a slip and fall lawyer at Zanes Law.
Broken Bones
It is easy to understand how a person can break a bone when they slip and fall. Depending on how the accident victim falls, he or she could break an arm, leg, ankle, hip, or some other body part in a slip and fall. Our slip and fall lawyers in Phoenix see this daily.
In fact, many bone breaks require surgery and long-term rehabilitation. They can be serious injuries requiring expensive medical care. In addition to this, many people cannot work after breaking a bone and having surgery because of the pain and other limitations caused by the injury.
Even after a surgical procedure on the broken bone, the accident victim might need to undergo physical therapy for him or her to function again and perform daily activities. The accident victim might also need to undergo a second surgery so that doctors can remove internal hardware, including bolts and screws, from the bone. Finally, many injured victims never completely recover from their surgical repair and have long-lasting deficiencies and, sometimes, disabilities.
Soft Tissue Injuries
A soft-tissue injury is when you injure muscles, ligaments, and tendons. It is easy to understand how one can receive soft tissue injuries in a slip and fall accident. When you fall, you often twist and stretch body parts in ways that they should not move. This often causes strains, sprains, and muscle tears. Two examples of soft tissue injuries are torn ligaments in a knee or a torn bicep tendon, both of which require surgery to fix.
Soft tissue injuries can be just as significant and severe as broken bones and other serious injuries. In addition, a serious soft tissue injury could be permanent and may result in complications for the rest of a slip and fall accident victim’s lifetime. Because of this, you need to speak with a personal injury attorney at Zanes Law after a fall. Our skilled legal team might refer you for a permanency evaluation so that a healthcare provider can determine whether or not you suffered a permanent soft tissue injury in your Phoenix slip and fall accident.
Many times, when a person is involved in a slip and fall accident, the accident victim will injure his neck and back by twisting them in awkward ways. This torque can injure a person’s disks and can injure the soft tissues that support the neck and back.
For example, the accident victim might suffer a disc bulge to his or her cervical (neck), thoracic (mid), or lumbar (lower) spine. These injuries both can cause serious pain and can certainly limit a person’s mobility and ability to take part in various activities—including daily living activities like washing and dressing. These soft tissue injuries can also lead to headaches, numbness in the extremities, shooting pain in the extremities, sleeping problems, and other issues. It is all of these problems that can limit your ability to work and do the day-to-day activities that you either must do or enjoy doing.
Our Phoenix slip and fall lawyers will make sure that you receive compensation for these damages. If the property owner’s insurance company refuses to offer you adequate compensation for your injuries, our legal team could threaten a lawsuit and litigate the case in the state court system.
A spinal cord injury is the most serious type of neck or back injury. A spinal cord injury can range from a severed spine caused by the fall to a bulging or herniated disk. Although these two injuries are on opposite ends of the severity scale, both could require surgery, hospitalization, and months to years of rehabilitation.
If a slip and fall accident results in the severing of one or more nerves, the accident victim could suffer a full or partial paralysis injury. When an accident victim suffers a paralysis injury, he or she will have little or no feeling in the affected body part(s). Moreover, the accident victim might have a limited ability to move the affected body part—or be unable to move the affected body part(s) at all.
For example, an accident victim who severs nerves in the lower part of the spinal column in a serious slip and fall accident might still have movement in his or her hands and arms. However, the accident victim might experience paralysis in the legs and feet, and there may be no feeling in those body parts or the ability to move them.
Discussed above are just some of the injuries that can result from an unexpected slip and fall, but they can all change a person’s life forever. Because of this, the Zanes Law Phoenix slip and fall lawyers are here to help. We know that any of these injuries can result in overwhelming losses, including:
- Medical bills—both for treatments received and for future medical needs (such as the cost of future surgery or injections in the affected area)
- Lost wages and lost future earnings (including loss of earning capacity from having to switch jobs or careers as a result of injuries that the accident victim suffered)
- Pain and suffering (including all of the physical symptoms and inconvenience that the accident victim had to endure as a result of suffering injuries in the slip and fall accident)
- Emotional role created by the injuries
- Having to deal with any permanent impairments or disabilities
Since these losses can be significant, you need an experienced personal injury attorney who is willing to fight for you. The Phoenix slip and fall lawyers at Zanes Law understand how to fight for maximum compensation for every one of their clients. We may also retain an expert to establish that you suffered a permanent or disabling injury in your slip and fall accident, ensuring that you receive the full amount of compensation that you need and deserve for the permanent injury which you sustained.
Common Causes of Slip and Falls
In slip and fall accident cases—as in all personal injury cases—the accident victim has the legal burden of proof. This may sound confusing since it was the injured person who was the accident victim. However, the accident victim’s need to prove both fault and damages in the case is, unfortunately, the way that the legal system works.
To be paid for your slip and fall injuries, you will be required to show that the property owner was negligent and that this negligence led to your injury. In a slip and fall accident, we usually see negligence when the situation meets the below criteria:
- There is a business or property owner who has a responsibility to keep his premises safe for customers or visitors; and
- The business owner or property owner fails to keep their property safe; and
- It is this failure that led to your slip and fall; and
- You were injured when you fell.
A property owner can be responsible for your slip and fall under many different scenarios, but most of the time, it is when they allow a hazard to exist that the owner could have fixed. Many slip and falls happen due to an owner’s failure to repair or remediate:
- Wet or slippery floors
- Walkway obstacles
- Cords
- Carpet or flooring
- Ramps or stairs
- Failure to warn customers or visitors of hazards that can’t be quickly fixed (such as by setting up an orange cone or warning placard over the affected area)
A property owner can be responsible in a slip and fall case either because he knows about the dangerous condition or because he should have known about the dangerous condition and then either failed to remedy it or warn the customers about it.
Much of the time, an owner will claim they could not have known about the hazard when they should have known about and fixed it. For example, in a slip and fall accident that took place in a grocery store, the store owner might contend that employees did not have sufficient time to become aware of the floor defect—or to warn about/correct the defect—before the time when the slip and fall accident happened on the premises.
The Phoenix slip and fall lawyers at Zanes Law know how to prove liability in even the most contested cases. We make it our priority to prove all of the required legal elements of your slip and fall case and pursue the full value of monetary compensation that you deserve for your injuries.
Steps to Take After Your Slip and Fall Accident
There are steps that you must take after a slip and fall accident to have the best chance to win your injury claim. First, go to the emergency room or local urgent care center if you have signs of injuries. This is your main priority. If you do not need to be rushed to the hospital, you should take photos of the dangerous condition that caused your fall. Then file an incident report with the business. This report documents what happened and what your injuries are.
Finally, call the Phoenix slip and fall lawyers at Zanes Law so that we can answer your questions and explain to you your options. Our legal team can begin working on and investigating the facts and circumstances of your case while you are still recuperating and recovering from your injuries and obtaining medical treatment for them.
Our Slip and Fall Case Results
Call Our Phoenix Slip and Fall Lawyers for More Information Today
Did you sustain a slip and fall injury in Phoenix or any of the other cities in the Phoenix metro area? If so, call the Phoenix slip and fall lawyers at Zanes Law. Each Zanes Law personal injury attorney is experienced and knows exactly how to handle these complex cases.
Proving the liability and damage elements of a Phoenix slip and fall accident claim is often an uphill battle. Many accident victims are unsure of the steps that they should take in their case and where they should turn for assistance. After seeking initial medical treatment for their slip and fall accident injuries, one of the most important steps that an accident victim can take is to speak with a knowledgeable Phoenix slip and fall injury lawyer.
An experienced attorney will investigate the accident and determine if the accident victim has a viable case. If so, a skilled attorney can begin the process of filing a legal claim on the accident victim’s behalf and pursuing the compensation that he or she deserves.
The members of our legal team are just as comfortable at the negotiating table as they are at the trial table. When you put your case in our hands, you can rest assured that we will give it the thorough, careful, and result-oriented attention that it deserves. Don’t let the insurance company undermine you or your case!
After your slip and fall accident, we will give you a free consultation, and we can explain to you all of your options. Call us today at 866-499-8989 . We only charge a fee if we win your case.
The following FAQ section attempts to answer some of the most common questions that slip and fall accident victims have after they suffer injuries in their accident. A knowledgeable Phoenix slip and fall accident lawyer can provide further clarification and answer any other questions you might have about pursuing a personal injury claim or lawsuit for damages.
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A Guide to Slip and Fall Accident Lawsuits in Phoenix