Yes, you may be able to get surgery after a slip and fall accident, even if you are partially at fault. This is because being at fault does not strip your rights to medical attention.
As discussed earlier, if you get injured in the workplace, your workers’ compensation insurance might settle your medical bills. This is because workers’ compensation is a no-fault insurance system, meaning it does not matter if you were injured due to your own fault in the workplace. However, this does not also mean that the insurance company will cover any type of workplace injury. Just as long as the injury did not occur due to negligence, such as being drunk in the workplace, the insurer will settle your medical bills.
Remember, your own health insurance provider can also settle the cost of surgery if you are covered against such incidents, even if you were at fault for the slip and fall.
Some states will also allow you to recover compensation based on your percentage of fault. This means that even if you were partially at fault for the injury, you might still be able to get surgery and have it paid for by the partial settlement.
For example, suppose the court rules that you are 30% at fault for the slip and fall accident. In that case, you can only recover 70% of the total settlement, which might be enough to settle your medical bills, including the cost of surgery.