According to the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI), falls result in more than eight million hospital emergency room visits each year, which represents the leading cause of emergency room visits in the United States. Trips and falls account for a substantial percentage of hospital emergency room visits. Serious injuries that result from tripping and falling, which include broken ribs, brain trauma, and fractured arms, require months, if not years, of intensive treatments and rehabilitation sessions for a victim to recover enough to resume a career.
As with slip and fall injuries, trip and fall injuries take place mostly at public access venues like restaurants, shopping malls, and grocery stores. However, the most common reasons for trip and fall incidents differ from the most common reasons that cause victims to slip and fall. Public access venues owe visitors a duty of care to protect them from sustaining the injuries that are associated with trip and fall incidents. If a public access venue failed to take the preventive steps required to protect you from harm, you might have a strong enough case to file a civil lawsuit that seeks monetary damages.
Filing a personal injury lawsuit after a trip and fall incident is just one of the many reasons why you should contact an experienced personal injury lawyer who specializes in handling trip and fall cases. Trip and fall injury attorneys conduct detailed investigations that uncover physical evidence that includes security camera footage and photographs taken of the accident scene. Hiring a personal injury lawyer also helps you file a persuasive insurance claim to recover the financial losses caused by a trip and fall incident.
For more than 30 years, the trip and fall injury attorneys at Morgan and Morgan have helped clients recover from the financial losses generated by trip and fall incidents. We have recovered more than $20 billion in compensation for clients involved in personal injury cases since we opened our first office in 1988. When you hire one of the trip and fall injury attorneys at Morgan and Morgan, you can count on working with a litigator who responds promptly to all forms of communication, as well as represents you during every step of the insurance claim and personal injury lawsuit filing process.
Learn how to receive the compensation that you deserve by scheduling a free case evaluation with one of the trip and fall injury attorneys at Morgan and Morgan.