If you suffered injuries in a slip and fall accident because a property owner failed to address a hazardous condition, you deserve compensation for your injuries and losses.
The Westbury slip and fall accident and injury lawyers at Friedman & Simon, L.L.P. are ready and able to handle your claim for you. We will take legal action on your behalf and fight for compensation for your medical bills, loss of income, pain and suffering, and other damages.
For a free case review, contact us now. During your initial consultation, we will explain more about working with our Westbury personal injury lawyers.
- We Accept All Types of Westbury Slip and Fall Accident Cases
- The Benefits of Working With Our Westbury Slip and Fall Accident Lawyer
- Proving Liability for a Slip and Fall Accident Case
- Calculating the Value of Your Slip and Fall Injury Case
- Take These Steps After a Westbury Slip and Fall Accident
- Injuries Associated With Slip and Fall Accidents
- You Have a Limited Time to Submit a Personal Injury Lawsuit in Westbury
- Free Consultation With Our Westbury Slip and Fall Accident Legal Team
We Accept All Types of Westbury Slip and Fall Accident Cases
The Westbury personal injury attorneys at Friedman & Simon, L.L.P. work with clients who suffered injuries in slip and fall accidents at grocery stores, supermarkets, warehouses, big box stores, construction sites, nursing homes, and office buildings. That also includes residential properties, from apartment buildings to single-family homes.
With over three decades of effective and compassionate experience representing clients in personal injury cases, we have seen multiple causes of slip and fall accidents. Common dangerous conditions that lead to slip and fall or trip and fall injuries include such things as:
- Water leaks and spills
- Unmarked curbs
- Stairs without handrails
- Insufficient lighting
- Unsecured cables and cords
- Snow and ice
- Loose rugs and mats
- Safety code violations
- Sidewalk cracks
- Parking lot potholes
- Recently washed or waxed floors with no “Caution: Wet Floor” signage or barricade
- Nearly imperceptible tripping hazards, such as unsafe height differences between adjacent areas of flooring or walkways
Property owners, business managers, and tenants must maintain their premises with due regard for the safety of people who come onto the property. They must resolve problems promptly and provide clear warnings of a tripping or slipping hazard. If the property owner knew or should have known about a safety hazard, they could be liable if the hazard caused your slip and fall injuries.
The slip and fall lawyers at Friedman & Simon, L.L.P., know how to build a strong case for you. We will investigate and document your accident and support your case with evidence. Our accident lawyers will also fight to obtain the amount of compensation you deserve for your physical, emotional, and economic damages.
For a free legal consultation with a Slip and Fall Accident lawyer serving Westbury, call (516) 932-0400
The Benefits of Working With Our Westbury Slip and Fall Accident Lawyer
We understand that no two clients are the same, and how their accident has affected them will be different. For these reasons, we are committed to providing compassionate, personalized legal representation based on your specific needs. We will handle every aspect of your premises liability case.
The legal services we provide our slip and fall clients include the following:
Providing Regular Case Updates
You deserve to know what is happening with your case. Throughout the legal process, we will provide updates about your case and alert you to important developments. Our legal team will be there to answer your questions and address your concerns.
Building a Persuasive Case
We investigate your case and document how your slip and fall accident happened, which party or parties are liable, and the types of damages you suffered. Our slip-and-fall attorneys will gather evidence, interview witnesses, and obtain opinions and testimony from expert witnesses to build a compelling case.
Seeking a Settlement That Reflects Your Damages
We will speak on your behalf with the insurance companies. We will negotiate an appropriate settlement that compensates you for all the losses you have suffered in your slip and fall claim. If we do not reach an equitable settlement, we will take our evidence and argue your case before a judge or jury.
Handling Every Aspect of Your Slip and Fall Case
When you do not have to worry about your legal case, you have more time to focus on recovering from your injuries. If you work with Friedman & Simon, L.L.P., we will provide you with freedom and peace of mind.
Working on a Contingency-Fee Basis
When you work with our law firm, we do not ask you to pay us anything upfront. We operate on a contingency-fee basis, which means we only charge a preapproved legal fee after we win or settle your case. This allows you to get started on your personal injury claim without worrying about affording and advancing hourly attorney’s fees.
The sooner you contact us, the greater our opportunity to build a strong case on your behalf. Contact Friedman & Simon, L.L.P. now to preserve your legal right to seek compensation.
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Proving Liability for a Slip and Fall Accident Case
As stated, owners must keep their properties in a reasonably safe condition. If you slipped and fell because the responsible party failed to uphold its legal obligation, the at-fault party might be held liable for your injuries.
To support your case, we will collect all the relevant evidence, which often includes:
- Photographs of the accident scene
- Surveillance video
- Witness statements
- Accident reports
- Safety records
- Medical records
- Your wage and income records
In addition to these items, we often seek the opinions and testimony from subject matter experts, such as:
- Medical experts
- Safety experts
- Engineers
- Vocational rehabilitation specialists
- Lifecare planners
- Economists
These individuals can explain complicated matters and validate your right to compensation.
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Calculating the Value of Your Slip and Fall Injury Case
Our personal injury lawyers will determine the value of your slip and fall case based on the physical, emotional, and economic damages you suffered. The types of compensatory damages often include:
- Emergency transport and medical treatment at Nassau University Medical Center or similar facility
- Physicians, surgeons, anesthesiologists, and other medical professional services
- Surgery and hospitalization
- Medical testing and imaging
- Prescription medications
- Assistive devices (such as wheelchairs, crutches, and braces)
- Physical therapy
- Lost wages and benefits
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
If you cannot return to work due to your injuries (or if you require ongoing medical care), you could be entitled to recover these additional types of damages:
- Projected future medical treatment costs
- Projected future lost wages and benefits
- Diminished earning capacity
- Impaired quality of life
You could also be entitled to recover damages for a long-term disability, permanent injuries, or disfigurement.
If you lost a loved one in a slip-and-fall accident, our Westbury wrongful death lawyers offer you our sincere condolences as well as our promise that if the facts support a case with merit against the liable party, we will fight tirelessly to win the monetary compensation you need and the justice your departed loved one deserves.
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Take These Steps After a Westbury Slip and Fall Accident
Did you slip and fall while visiting someone else’s property? If so, you could take the following steps to support your personal injury claim:
Record What Happened
It’s important to gather as much information about your accident as possible. If safe to do so, take photographs and video of the hazard that caused your accident, your injuries, and the area where the accident occurred.
You should also, to the extent possible, write down details like:
- The date and time of the accident
- The location where you fell
- The name of the property owner or manager
- The type of property where the accident took place
- The name and contact information of the witnesses
- Other specific details unique to the circumstances of your accident
Your memory could fade over time. Writing information down allows you to provide an accurate account of what happened to your slip-and-fall lawyer in Westbury.
Speak With Witnesses
Did anyone see you slip and fall? If so, speak with them and get their contact information. Witness testimony backing your allegations allows your personal injury attorney to build a strong claim. If a witness contradicts your account of the accident, the sooner we know, the better. Knowing ahead gives us time to investigate why that witness might be mistaken, has a bias, or is not credible for some other reason.
Report the Slip and Fall Accident
Make sure that you notify the property owner after a slip-and-fall accident. Make a note of who you spoke with, their job title, and when you spoke with them. A physical description of that person may also be helpful, so it would be best to make a note of that as well. If it is not possible to file an incident report with the property owner or manager, call the police to file an “Incident/Aided Report.”
If you file the report, make sure that you request a copy for your records. Reporting the accident provides a paper trail that indicates that your accident occurred when and how you say it did. The property owner/property manager may refuse to provide you with a report. We suggest that you not allow this to become contentious. Rather, note the date and time, as well as a physical description and job title of the person you reported the matter to.
Try to obtain the name and contact information of any eyewitnesses to the slip and fall or to the hazardous condition. For example, someone who may not have seen you fall but saw that the condition that caused your fall existed for a period of time before the accident.
While reporting the accident as described above is optimal, if you did not report the accident, this is by no means detrimentally determinative to your claim. We have successfully handled many such accidents. Ultimately, even your statement alone as to how and where the accident happened may support a successful claim.
Get Medical Care
Many slip-and-fall accidents lead to serious injuries. Seek medical care as quickly as possible after your accident. Getting prompt care shows that the accident caused your injuries, allowing you to seek compensation for your losses.
Additionally, follow your doctor’s orders completely. The insurance companies could view missed appointments or treatment sessions as a sign that you were not as injured as you claimed.
Consider Reaching Out to Our Slip and Fall Accident Team
Finally, you have the option to secure legal assistance after any slip and fall accident in Westbury. We will provide clear advice about each step to take after your accident and address all your concerns. You can call us today to get started with a free case consultation.
Injuries Associated With Slip and Fall Accidents
Slip and fall accidents lead to several different injuries. In many cases, the way you fell or how you landed determines the type of injuries you face. Some injuries caused by falls include the following:
- Broken bones or sprains
- Soft-tissue injuries
- Traumatic brain injuries (TBI)
- Spinal cord injuries
- Abrasions and cuts
- Shoulder and neck injuries
In many cases, individuals break bones in their extremities when they fall, such as snapping a bone in the wrist, forearm, or hand. Older individuals who slip and fall are often more likely to break a larger bone, such as a bone in their hips.
Our legal team takes all injuries caused by slip and fall accidents seriously. We are standing by to assist with all aspects of your claim.
You Have a Limited Time to Submit a Personal Injury Lawsuit in Westbury
After your accident, you won’t have forever to file a personal injury or wrongful death lawsuit. That’s because each state sets a statute of limitations, which outlines how long an accident victim has to seek justice.
The time limits that most likely apply to your case are outlined in New York Civil Practice Laws & Rules § 214 and Estates, Powers & Trusts § 5-4.1. While these are the most commonly applicable statutes of limitations, a shorter one may apply to your case. If any statutes of limitation or other personal injury laws apply to your case that you should be made aware of promptly, our legal team will explain them to you in a free, no-obligation legal consultation so that you understand the deadlines you are facing and your best options for legal action.
Free Consultation With Our Westbury Slip and Fall Accident Legal Team
Since 1991, Friedman & Simon, L.L.P. has provided legal services to injured clients and fought to get them the compensation they deserve. Our compassionate, multilingual staff takes steps to assist you in English, Spanish, Greek, Bengali, Tamil, and Kannada.
Contact our team today for your no-cost, no-obligation consultation and case review.
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