Georgia Slip and Fall Lawyers

When you hire an attorney in Georgia to represent you for a slip and fall related personal injury matter, don’t just hire anyone. Not every attorney knows what they’re doing. Slip and fall cases are some of the tougher cases in Georgia to recover. If you get rear-ended by somebody on the freeway, they get a ticket and liability is pretty clear. Liability in a slip and fall case can be less clear. In a slip and fall case, you have to prove a number of different issues. For example, you need to demonstrate that they knew or should have known of the substance – the liquid, the curled up mat, the broken tile – whatever it was that caused you to slip and fall or trip and fall. This can be difficult, and you need to hire an attorney who knows how to do that. At our firm, we know what we’re doing when it comes to slip and fall cases, and we bust our tails for you.

If you want to know how long it’s going to take you to resolve your slip and fall claim in Georgia, the best answer is that the longer it takes, the more your case is worth, as a general rule. When you have a slip and fall case, oftentimes insurance companies will not offer you even close to what is the fair value of the case. When you hire an attorney, he or she can file a lawsuit, get in there, get the evidence, and force them to do the right thing, even if it takes time. Your case is going to increase in value with every deposition we take, with every medical treatment you get, with every witness we talk to.

Imagine this scenario—you slip and fall at somebody’s premises and, when you look up , you see that there’s a wet floor sign. At this point you might think you do not have a case. This is not true. Even if a sign is present when you fall, it does not mean that you are not hurt; it certainly doesn’t mean that the retailer or premises owner is not at fault.

You’ve slipped and fallen on some steps. Maybe concrete or wood gave way and a nail came loose, maybe there was mildew on the steps – who knows? All you know is that you slipped and fell on someone else’s stairs and you’re hurt. The question is, how does that affect your case? If the premises owner knew that these steps were covered in mildew – knew that these steps were wet, knew that these steps had some varnish that made them abnormally slick or there had been falls previously, or this one particular brick in these stairs were loose –or if there’s a code violation at the location, they are at fault.

If you’ve slipped and fallen at someone’s home or apartment, you will want to let them know about your injury. If you’re hurt, the first thing you need to do is go to the emergency room—not your primary care physician or family doctor. Once you have been examined, contact the owner of the residence and tell them that you need their insurance information. They are required to give you this information by law. Then, bring this information to your attorneys.

You slipped and fell, and now you are hurt. You’re resting at home when you receive a call from the insurance company. The person on the phone tells you that she is trying to do the right thing and that she needs you to give her as much information as you can so she can help you. While this may seem the thing to do, it is, in fact, the worst thing that you can do for your slip and fall case.

Sometimes slips and falls happen on government property – on a city-owned sidewalk, for example. If that has happened to you, you may want to know if you have a case against whoever is responsible or whoever had control over this particular piece of property or object. Before you can even bring a claim or lawsuit against the at fault parties, there are some procedural hurdles that you have to jump through, including sending them a letter within a certain amount of time.