Slip and Fall Accidents at Home Depot

05 Dec Slip and Fall Accidents at Home Depot

Have you been hurt in a trip or slip and fall accident at a Home Depot store? Interested in your legal options?

If you’ve suffered a personal injury, you no doubt understand the hardships that go along with it. You may require hospitalization or surgery, miss work, and you may suffer lifelong disability. When it comes to a slip and fall at a store, you may be able to recover monetary compensation from the store or premises owner if you hire the right personal injury attorney to assist you.

Premises liability covers accidents that occur within places such as stores, malls, amusement parks, office buildings, and even at work. In a premises liability claim, you are claiming that they failed to prevent injuries on their premises caused by hazards or dangerous conditions existing on these premises.

These claims (or lawsuits) essentially state that:

• The condition on the premises posed an unreasonable risk of harm.
• The defendant knew or reasonably should have known of the harm posed by the condition
• The defendant breached it duty of ordinary care by both:
  • Failing to adequately warn the patrons or plaintiff of the condition and
  • Failing to make the condition reasonably safe; and,
• The defendant’s breach proximately caused the plaintiff’s injury.

You, as a customer of Home Depot, are classified as an ‘invitee’ according to the law. Due to this definition, premises owners owe you the highest level of care. The responsibility of a safe establishment usually falls on its proprietor. The owner must always warn you beforehand if there is any known (and many times, unknown) hazardous situation that can potentially injure you.

If you’re hurt in a slip and fall at Home Depot, we recommend that you take photos of the injuries you’ve suffered, get the names and telephone number of the various witnesses who were around you at the time of your fall or slip, and contact a premises liability attorney as soon as possible. I realize that last step sounds like exactly what a lawyer would tell you, but I can’t stress it enough. Simply because you know that you’re in the right, does not mean you will be able to negotiate a proper settlement or navigate your way through litigation.

With these kinds of cases, time is of the essence. It you’ve been hurt in a fall accident at Home Depot, please get in touch with us for a free consultation from Sugar Land based personal injury attorneys. If your case merits legal action, your personal injury lawyers will file a claim and guide you throughout the whole process. You may also consult with a social security disability lawyer to determine if you qualify for disability benefits because of your injuries.

— Attorney Jeff Rasansky