Taking Legal Action after a Slip and Fall Accident

Slip and fall is one of the leading causes of unintentional injuries and deaths in the United States. Records from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that more than one million people are injured while more than 17,000 others are killed each year due to slip, trip, and fall accidents.

If you were injured in a slip and fall accident while on another’s property, you may take legal action so that the person at fault will be required to compensate you. However, the court will require you to present evidence which supports your claim before it decides if you are really a victim in the accident.

You should consider seeking legal assistance from a Los Angeles accident lawyer. He will help you win the case by proving that the accident occurred because the property owner failed to remove hazards on his property.

Before you can have a successful case, you must be able to show one of the following:

* The property owner is aware of the hazard, but failed to do anything about it. For example, he spilled his milk on the floor and did not clean the mess afterwards. In this case, he is aware that the floor is slippery, but he did not mop the floor or ask anyone to clean it.
* The property owner should have noticed the hazard (wet floor or worn out carpet) because it is already evident to the eye and a reasonable person would have spotted it right away.
* The property owner’s action caused the hazard.


Meanwhile, here are the two rules that are applied in slip and fall accident cases:

1. The injured person should have been careful while in the property- This rule is more concerned with the actions of the defendant prior to the accident. If he was injured because of his carelessness, the property owner may not be held liable in the incident.

2. The property owner should have maintained the proper condition of his property-The property owner should remove anything which may cause harm to individuals who will enter his property like friends, shoppers, or business clients. They are required to replace missing tiles and fix broken handrails because they are the ones who have control over the property.

If you want to win the case, a Los Angeles Personal Injury Attorney should prove that the property owner failed to comply with the second rule. This legal expert will enable you to recover monetary damage, which you can use to meet your daily needs.