Fast Food Restaurant Sued Over Slip and Fall

26 Mar Fast Food Restaurant Sued Over Slip and Fall

Slip and fall injuries are very common reasons behind premise liability lawsuits. A recent case filed in West Virginia alleges that a woman took a spill in a restroom at a fast food restaurant and suffered medical costs and other hardships as a result.

Because people tend not to understand the severity of the injures that people oftentimes sustain as results of slip and fall injuries, it’s sometimes easy to dismiss these claims as frivolous. This is not at all the case, as this lawsuit illustrates.

The Incident

According to the lawsuit, the woman in question slipped and fell in the restroom on what appeared to be water that had collected in a pool. Of course, bathroom floors tend to be very unforgiving and the woman suffered medical injuries, which also led to lost wages and pain and suffering. The lawsuit also names disfigurement as one of the causes for seeking damages, giving some idea of how badly the woman was allegedly hurt.

The lawsuit further alleges that the restaurant took no measure to warn the customer that there was a slippery floor in the restroom, which could have made all the difference for the victim and the restaurant.

The Centers for Disease Control reveals that more than 17,000 people die every single year from slip and fall injuries. Anywhere between 20% and 30% of people who suffer an unexpected slip and fall will sustain some sort of injury that can be described as moderate or severe. These types of injuries can lead to people not being able to work for a time, increasing the costs of the fall considerably.

Slip and fall accidents are nothing to take lightly. Particularly in areas where someone may fall onto a hard surface—such as a sink, a tile floor, an exposed pipe and so forth—they can turn deadly. A slip and fall attorney can help some people who have suffered these injuries.

Sometimes, people do just slip and fall for no reason other than having a bad accident or because they’re infirm or have poor balance. What an attorney will want to know is whether negligence played a part in the injury. For example, the West Virginia case alleges that the plaintiff wasn’t warned about a hazard and that is where negligence may have existed. It will be up to jury to determine whether or not negligence played a part in that accident.

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