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“Slip and fall” accidents refer to any type of accident where the victim suffers an injury because they slipped, tripped, or fell on another person’s property. If you can prove that you suffered a harmful slip and fall accident because of another person’s negligence, then you may be able to recover significant monetary damages.
Many types of dangerous hazards can cause dangerous accidents. For example, someone may suffer a fall because of a loose rug or mat. Also, an injurious accident may happen because of loose wires left laying across a floor. Wet floors inside of businesses and snow and ice accumulations in business parking lots are also common dangers causing injuries to customers.
After suffering an accident where you slipped and fell in Evansville, IN, get help from our slip and fall lawyers at Wruck Paupore by dialing (219) 322-1166.
Time windows to file particular types of lawsuits are established by Indiana’s statute of limitations. In Evansville, IN, the time limit to file your slip and fall case is set forth by I.C. § 34-11-2-4(a)(1). Under this law, you will usually have two years from when your fall happened to bring a claim to court. Noncompliance with the established deadline will likely result in your lawsuit being dismissed, causing you to miss out on the financial compensation you are owed.
However, there may be instances where you are required to provide notice of your claims in less than 180-days from the date of your accident. To make sure you preserve your right to file a lawsuit in Evansville, it is important that you contact us as soon as possible after the injury. This will also allow us to act to preserve important evidence needed to help you win your case.
Multiple parties may be held liable for a slip and fall accident. Determining who to sue will involve examining the circumstances surrounding your accident. For instance, if you suffered an accident at a bar or restaurant, you may be suing the business or the building’s owner. If you are the victim of a slip and fall on a construction site, you may file a case against another contractor. Even government agencies can be held liable for certain slip and fall accidents in many circumstances.
Identifying all of the potentially at-fault parties after a slip and fall can be difficult. Thankfully, our slip and fall attorneys can help investigate your accident and determine who all is responsible. Our legal team will then fight for the full amount of money compensation you’re entitled to.
For victims, accidents are often unexpected and unavoidable. They can happen anywhere. However, there are specific locations where such accidents are more likely to occur.
Restaurants and bars are very common locations for slip and falls. Patrons often suffer such accidents if wet spots on the floor are left unattended for extended periods of time. However, many other types of hazards can cause dangerous accidents at restaurants and bars.
Guests at hotels and motels regularly suffer harmful accidents. These accidents can stem from a wide range of sources. For instance, a slip and fall may occur because hotel janitors failed to put up signs warning guests of a slippery floor. Furthermore, someone may sustain a harmful accident because their bathtub was not equipped with appropriate safety aids like grab bars and non-slip strips.
Sidewalks are another common location for slip and fall accidents. These accidents are often related to ice accumulation or holes and cracks that develop in the pavement. When determining who is at fault for an accident on a sidewalk, plaintiffs must investigate all of the persons responsible for maintaining the area.
Property owners can sometimes be held liable for the accidents that happen on sidewalks crossing their premises. In other instances, government entities may be held accountable for such accidents.
Many accidents happen in public restrooms. These accidents are often caused by hazards like slippery floors, cracked floors, and various forms of debris left on the ground. For example, a toilet or sink may begin to overflow, causing slippery conditions. Furthermore, dangerous hazards can also be created by leaky pipes. Victims of such accidents may be entitled to an array of monetary damages for a their losses, including for their pain, suffering and loss of enjoyment of life resulting from injuries.
A large number of accidents also happen on escalators. These accidents can occur for a wide range of reasons. For example, any of the following forms of negligence may lead to a fall on an escalator:
Accidents that stem from the sources mentioned above can lead to many types of debilitating and painful injuries.
Potential plaintiffs may be partially to blame for their accidents. For example, someone may slip while looking at their phone and walking across a slippery floor that was not properly marked. Furthermore, a bar patron who slips on a loose mat might have fallen partially because they were intoxicated or not paying attention. In these cases, victims can be restricted in the amount of compensation they receive.
Indiana follows the rules of comparative fault. This means that damages in slip and fall lawsuits are apportioned based on each party’s degree of responsibility. For example, if you are 30% responsible for your accident while the defendant is 70% to blame, then the defendant must pay for 70% of the damages you suffered while you are left to account for the leftover 30%. Also, if your share of the blame exceeds 50%, then you will be unable to seek payment for the harm you suffered.
If you were hurt as the result of a slip and fall accident in Evansville, IN, get assistance from our slip and fall attorneys at Wruck Paupore by calling (219) 322-1166.
Don is a founding partner and one of the nation’s top-ranked personal injury litigators. He is a member of the Multi-million Dollar Advocates Forum, which includes less than 1% of the nation’s trial lawyers, and awarded the highest ranking given by Martindale Hubbel and AVVO.
More importantly, Don understands representing personal injury victims is about more than recovering the best settlement: it’s about helping clients get back on their feet and supporting them in every aspect of their recovery.
In nearly all cases, our clients seek compensation from the wrongdoer’s insurance company. Before forming Wruck Paupore, Jason worked for a prominent law firm representing some of the world’s largest insurers. This experience gives Jason a deep understanding of the insurance industry and the strategies it uses to pay injury victims as little as possible.
Jason -- and our entire team -- put this inside knowledge to work to force insurance companies to pay what is actually owed. Often, we use the insurance company’s own tactics against them as we fight for the full compensation our client deserves.
For more than four decades, Keith has been fighting for injury victims. During that time, he’s watched the insurance industry change, with insurers now more interested in protecting their stock price than treating injury victims fairly.
Since the beginning, Keith has put people first. From his childhood in Gary, Indiana during the 1960’s and working his way through law school, Keith has risen to become one of the Midwest’s most respected trial lawyers. He has never forgotten that being a lawyer is about helping people -- and seeing injury victims through struggles in a way that could change their lives forever.
Over the decades, Keith, Don and Jason have fought relentlessly for clients, even when other lawyers have said the case was impossible to win.
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