Boston Slip and Fall Attorneys

Slip and fall claims, often difficult to make, can be successful. Property owners do not guarantee against all accidents on their property - you have to prove that someone did something wrong. Just who did leave that banana peel on the floor? How long was it there? Where did the water come from that puddled on the floor? How did that ice wind up just outside the exit? The answers to questions like these can make or break a claim to have your damages compensated.

People obviously don't have answers to these questions at the outset, but there are some steps you can take even before calling a lawyer. Make a note of the names of people you spoke with at the place you fell. Take pictures, if you can of where you fell. If you can't take pictures, have someone else take pictures. With that as a start, we'll find out if the banana peel came from a salad bar, or if the water came from the refrigerator, or if the ice came from a broken downspout. If so, we have something to fight with to get you fair compensation.

Slip and fall accidents do not occur only on private property. People are injured on public property as well; sidewalks, steps of city hall, and the town park are examples. While the questions to ask and the preliminary information to be gathered remains the same, the recovery amount may be limited or even prohibited by statute.

Frequently people ask their slip and fall attorney in Boston, "how much will I recover in damages?" There is no simple, clear cut answer to that question. The compensation you receive is relative to the amount your medical bills, lost wages, any long term or permanent disability resulting from the slip and fall and whether there are any statutory limitations to the amount you may recover.

Some states, Massachusetts included, have statutes limiting the amount of recovery an injured person can receive from charitable organizations. Churches, hospitals and colleges all are covered by this charitable organization limit. This is why it is most important to be able to identify an individual who created spilled the water, who threw down the banana peel or who left the object on the floor.

Charitable organizations are not the only entities that have limits on the amount of damages they must pay. Often there are statutory caps on the amount individuals can recover from municipalities for such injuries as a slip and fall because of a sidewalk defect.

The Law Offices of Hans R. Hailey are located in Boston and Westwood, Massachusetts. Personal injury lawyers from the Law Offices of Hans R. Hailey frequently represent clients with their slip and fall claims in Boston and throughout Massachusetts.