Slip and falls occur in unsafe environments. If you’ve been injured and your fall occurred on someone else’s property, you might have the right to pursue a legal claim against the property owner for financial compensation.
Slip and fall accidents are among the most common and most costly injuries that occur in Texas and the United States as a whole. Yet, without an experienced personal injury lawyer who understands the laws around “slip and fall” litigation, many victims will suffer without help, finding their concerns falling on disinterested or even hostile ears. Some individuals who decide to file suit but do not choose proper attorney representation may find their legal actions dismissed needlessly. Our law firm believes that you deserve help and compensation. Our slip and fall accident attorneys in Brownsville believe that negligent parties should be held accountable and will see to it that they are. We are a Texas law firm, based in Brownsville, Texas, with solid experience and numerous successes in slip and fall accidents.
We offer a convenient “free case evaluation,” but you don’t have to come into our Brownsville, Texas, office for the first contact. Just call our law firm or use the convenient web form to send us an inquiry. We have slip and fall accident victims coming to us from all over Cameron County – from Brownsville to South Padre Island, Harlingen to Los Fresnos, and San Benito to the smaller towns such as Olmito, Rancho Viejo, or Los Indios. Wherever you are in South Texas, rest assured that our team of attorneys will seek to be the best slip and fall attorney you can have – one who puts YOUR interests first.
Contact a Brownsville slip and fall lawyer at once. Call now (956) 673-0952.
If you think of a slip and fall accident in Brownsville as a minor event resulting in a bump or bruise here and there, you might find yourself shocked by just a few of the realities.
Slip and fall accidents are serious, even deadly. Some of the most common injuries following a slip and fall accident are hip fractures, brain injuries, trauma to the spinal cord, fractures in the hand and forearm, and twisting injuries to the knees. Permanent disability or death may result. The costs of a slip and fall injury can be daunting, with loss of wages, medical bills, reduced earning capacity, and the possible need for long-term care.
Slip and fall accidents can happen in any number of locations, including nursing homes, public walkways, private property, and the workplace. If your fall occurs somewhere other than at your own home, you might be able to seek financial damages against the property’s owner, caretaker, manager, tenant, landlord, business manager, or anyone else responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the property.
The basis for filing a lawsuit after falling while on somebody else’s property is a subset of personal injury law known as premises liability law. Under the theory of premises liability law, premises owners must keep their property reasonably safe from hazards that an unsuspecting visitor would not be able to recognize and avoid.
Slip and fall accidents can be caused by many factors, including the following:
Our determined Brownsville attorneys could carefully gather, secure, and comb through the evidence of your slip and fall accident. We would interview witnesses to the accident to see what they observed. We would also consult with people familiar with the property, such as neighbors or coworkers, to see what they know about the hazardous condition on the property that made you fall. We would ask how long the dangerous condition was on the property, whether the property owner knew or should have known about it, and whether they took any actions to remove the property hazard in a timely manner or at least warned unsuspecting visitors about it.
For example, if you slipped because a customer spilled a large bottle of cleaning solution in a grocery store aisle, your ability to obtain compensation would depend on how long the spill was there. If the spill occurred right before your fall, the grocery store would not likely be legally responsible. However, if your fall happened an hour or two after the spill, the grocery store would likely be liable because they had enough time to clear the spill or at least put up a warning sign about the wet floor.
Only lawful visitors to someone’s property can generally pursue a slip and fall claim. Texas law recognizes three classes of visitors, and the duty of care that a property owner or caretaker owes each type of visitor varies significantly.
If you trespassed onto another person’s property when you fell, you would not likely be eligible to pursue a lawsuit. Property owners only owe trespassers a duty of care not to harm them intentionally or through gross negligence. For example, property owners cannot set up booby traps to trip people who cut through their yard. However, if the trespasser is a child, the attractive nuisance doctrine might apply, and the property owner could be liable if a dangerous condition on the property enticed the child onto the land.
If you entered onto someone’s property for your own purposes, such as a social guest or as a door-to-door salesperson, and suffered an injury, the property owner would owe you a moderate duty of care. They would need to warn you about any hazardous conditions that the property owner knew about.
If you were on someone else’s property for the mutual benefit of you and the property owner, such as for business purposes, the property owner would owe you the highest duty of care. They would need to regularly inspect their property to check for and repair any hazardous conditions. If you fell and suffered an injury because of a hazard, the property owner could be liable even if they did not actually know about the dangerous condition because they should have known about it through regular maintenance.
Our skilled Brownsville slip and fall attorneys will review the circumstances of your fall to let you know what class of visitor you were and help you build the correct type of claim.
Call a Brownsville slip and fall lawyer at the Villarreal Law Firm, who will utilize their resources and experience to help you get the compensation you deserve. Our lawyers believe that all negligent parties should be held accountable for your damages. We will seek the maximum compensation allowed. You deserve to move forward with your life. If your loved one had died in a slip and fall accident, you deserve compensation as well.
If you believe that you or a loved one has a slip and fall claim, call the Villarreal Law Firm today at (956) 673-0952 to get started on your road to recovery. We love what we do. We want to help you prevail.
