Slip and fall injuries are some of the most common injuries in the United States. Over one million people are injured in a slip and fall accident each year. Out of these, around 17,000 people will die. It has been estimated that the average slip and fall injury will cost an initial $28,000.00 and another $46,000.00 of indirect costs.

Slip and fall cases come in many different forms. The cause of injury could be an open pothole in the ground, a slippery floor, a broken sidewalk, and so on. In all these situations, there poses a dangerous situation that has the potential to cause injury.

When a person slips and falls, their case will usually be in a category called premise liability. Premise liability means that someone is injured on another person’s property and because that person owns or maintains such property, that person may be held liable for damages.

It is the injured person’s responsibility to show the other person was a fault in a slip and fall case. One of the main keys in slip and fall cases is ensuring that the situation which caused the fall was not open and obvious. This question is of key importance because an affirmative answer could place liability on the injured party. A dangerous condition is “open and obvious” when a reasonable person in the same situation would have seen the dangerous condition and avoided it.

These are just a few of the many questions you will encounter when making a slip and fall case. It is of great importance that you find a competent Personal Injury Attorney as soon as possible after your accident. In California, the law imposes a statute of limitations which sets a maximum amount of time that legal proceedings can occur after the date the incident. Each year at our law offices, people call me to ask me for help that have legitimate cases, only to find their statute of limitations have run out. It is one of the most difficult things for me to tell them I can’t help because they waited to long. If you have been injured in a slip and fall accident, please call me at the Law Offices of Moseley Collins. I am here to help.