Property owners and businesses in California cities such as Tracy are duty-bound to provide individuals on their premises with safe environments. Businesses and property owners who fail to provide safe environments can be found liable for accidents such as slip and fall accidents which occur on their property. The insurance company employees representing the property where you slipped and fell are experts at denying you the full monetary compensation you deserve. You stand little chance of obtaining an adequate recovery from them on your own. It is therefore imperative that you seek the assistance of an experienced slip and fall lawyer in Tracy if you’ve been injured after a slip and fall accident.
The experienced Tracy slip and fall lawyers at Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers have been successfully handling slip and fall cases since 1990, having recovered in excess of 0,000,000 for clients. Our experience allows us to recover the most compensation possible for those who suffer slip and fall injuries.
If you slipped and fell, suffered serious injuries and can’t afford to have them treated, a Tracy slip and fall attorney at Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers can get you to doctors who won’t charge you for treatment until your case is over. Doctors do this for our slip and fall attorneys because they know we get great results for our clients.
We will handle your slip and fall lawsuit on a contingency fee basis, meaning you won’t be charged any fee until and unless we recover financial compensation for you. You won’t owe our Tracy slip and fall accident attorneys any upfront fees or out-of-pocket fees. The only fee you will ever owe us is a percentage of whatever we recover in your slip and fall case.
Call us now if you or a loved one was injured in a slip and fall accident in Tracy. You may be eligible for financial compensation for your medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering and more.
Compensation Available After a Slip and Fall Accident
If you have slipped and fell and injured yourself, a Tracy slip and fall accident lawyer at Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers can help you recover financial compensation for:
Medical Bills
The biggest chunk of compensation in slip and fall claims is usually compensation for medical expenses. Sometimes fall victims come to us already owing money in medical bills, and sometimes fall victims require future treatments for their injuries, meaning they’ll owe more money in medical bills in the future. We can help you prove negligence caused your accident and help you recover financial compensation for any past or future medical bills related to your accident.
Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers
Tracy, CA 95376
(209) 937-0888
Lost Wages
It’s common for fall victims to come to us unable to work due to their injuries. In addition, even once fall victims have recovered enough from their injuries to work again, sometimes they need to take additional time off to have their injuries treated. We can help you recover compensation for any wages you were unable to earn due to your fall.
Loss of Earning Capacity
Sometimes fall victims’ injuries leave them disabled. This disability can lead to a reduction or loss of their earning capacity. If your fall has caused your earning capacity to be reduced or lost, we can help you recover compensation for this.
Pain and Suffering
The injuries sustained in falls can lead to physical pain and mental suffering. We have spent decades placing accurate values on fall victims’ pain and suffering and ensuring they’re fairly compensated for their pain and suffering.
Wrongful Death
If you have lost a loved one to a fall injury, we can file a wrongful death claim on your behalf seeking compensation for things such as your grieving and suffering, the loss of your loved one’s income, and your loved one’s funeral/burial costs. We can also seek compensation for things such as the loss of your loved one’s love, companionship and household services.
Premises Liability
Those who enter properties in California can reasonably expect to be safe as long as they don’t do anything that contributes to a dangerous situation. Residents and owners with control over a property are liable for injuries which occur on the property under premises liability law. The most common type of premises liability injury is a slip and fall injury.
Slip And Fall Accidents
The most common type of premises liability accident is a slip and fall accident. About 9.2 million Americans were treated in emergency rooms after falls in 2016, according to The National Safety Council. One group of people who is at special risk for injuries from falls is older Americans. Over 25 percent of older people fall every year.
The Responsibilities Of Business Owners
Business owners are duty bound to make sure that their premises are free of defects and safe for the public. They are obligated to repair any dangerous conditions on their properties and warn the public about any defects.
The Responsibilities Of Homeowners
Slip and fall lawsuits are sometimes filed after a person is injured because of an unsafe condition at a home they are visiting. Homeowners in California are obligated to warn guests about any defects in their homes. They must not only warn guests about obvious defects but are also obligated to warn guests about any “hidden” defects which would be found by a reasonable investigation of the premises. A common example of this would be “loose boards” in steps that homeowners are unaware of. We have successfully obtained recoveries in many cases involving this type of accident.
Ice And Snow Accumulation Accidents
“Natural” accumulations of ice and snow which cause someone to be injured do not lead to homeowners and businesses being liable for the injuries. However, when homeowners or business owners incompletely or improperly try to clear snow or ice from their property and create a dangerous condition in the process, they can then be held liable for any injuries caused by their shoddy clearance.
Visitor Legal Status
Premises liability law recognizes three types of visitors:
- Invitees are people allowed to access the property lawfully, like a store’s customers. Invitees can reasonably expect that the premises are safe.
- Licensees enter properties at the consent of the owner. Social guests are licensees.
- Trespassers enter premises without permission. They cannot reasonably expect safety on the property, but in some exceptions can still recover damages for their injuries.
What To Do After A Slip And Fall
- Seek medical attention immediately after a slip and fall. Do whatever you can to document your injuries. Seek medical attention even if you don’t think you’re injured. Injuries sometimes don’t reveal themselves to people for hours or even days after the injury. Delays in seeking and obtaining medical treatment can hurt your chances of getting the largest possible financial recovery for your injuries, so it is important to seek medical attention as soon as possible.
- Do whatever you can to document the dangerous condition(s) that led to your slip and fall injury. Take photos and obtained signed incident reports.
- Do not talk with the insurance company representing the property you slipped and fell on. Their employees are trained to manipulate you into saying something incriminating which allows them to pay you less money. They will probably offer you a quick, tempting settlement. It is best to obtain the help of an experienced slip and fall lawyer instead of taking this settlement, which will almost always be much smaller than what you deserve. Let a lawyer deal with the insurance company for you and obtain you the full compensation you deserve.
Slip And Fall Case Methodology
Our aggressive, battle-tested attorneys have been handling slip and fall cases since 1990. We have the experience and know-how to successfully handle your slip and fall claim by doing the following:
- We demonstrate the accident-causing condition’s nature;
- We demonstrate that the owner of the property had constructive or actual notice of the condition. Constructive notice implies that a property owner should have been aware of a defective or dangerous condition since enough time had passed for a property owner exercising reasonable care to discover the condition. Actual notice means the owner of the property was directly aware of the dangerous condition;
- We demonstrate that the owner of the property was responsible for the condition which caused the injury.
Do I Need a Slip and Fall Lawyer in Tracy?
If you have fell and injured yourself in Tracy, you may be wondering if you can handle your injury claim on your own.
There is no technical legal requirement for you to have a lawyer in order to file a slip and fall claim or lawsuit. However, you will not be able to recover the maximum possible compensation, or even close to it, without a lawyer.
If you file a slip and fall claim or lawsuit, the ultimate source of compensation for you will almost certainly be an insurance company. Insurance companies are extremely interested in preserving their own profit margin, and nowhere near as interested in making sure you’re compensated fairly for your injuries.
One way insurance companies ensure they make a profit is by underpaying any injury victims who can’t force them to pay them what they deserve.
So, how can injury victims force insurance companies to pay them what they deserve? There’s only one way: by suing them over settlement offers which are too small.
The thing is, insurance companies have millions of dollars to throw at lawyers to represent them in court. You’re not going to win a lawsuit against those lawyers without a lawyer of your own.
So, the insurance company knows that if you don’t have a lawyer, you can’t sue them and win. This means that if you don’t have a lawyer, the insurance company is just going to offer you a tiny settlement and dare you to file a lawsuit over it.
However, the game changes once the insurance company receives a letter of representation from a law firm with a reputation for success like Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers. Almost all of our cases settle out of court because when insurance companies see we’re representing an injury victim, they know that injury victim can sue them and win. They know it’s in their best interest to settle out of court for a fair amount, because once legal fees are taken into account, they’ll have to pay more when they take us on in court and lose.
Hiring experienced slip and fall lawyers is the best way to make sure you recover the most compensation possible for the injuries you suffered in your fall.
Is There a Deadline to File a Slip and Fall Lawsuit?
Most slip and fall injury victims will have two years from the date of their accident to file a lawsuit seeking compensation for their injuries. This deadline is known as a statute of limitations. Failure to file a lawsuit within this time frame can forever bar you from recovering compensation for your fall injuries.
However, there are exceptions to this time limit – some of them extend the time limit and some of them shorten it. One particularly notable exception is when government entities are involved – in this case, you only have six months to file a claim.
It is also not wise to wait until the very last moment to file a claim or lawsuit – you should not expect the best results if you do this. Calling us today for a free consultation gives us the most time possible to build a convincing slip and fall case on your behalf and make sure that any and all paperwork is filed in time.
Call a Tracy Slip and Fall Lawyer at Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers Today
Our strong, experienced lawyers possess decades of legal experience and they’ve obtained numerous six-to-seven-digit recoveries for slip and fall injury victims in that time. We know all of the legal intricacies of slip and fall law and the insurance companies respect and fear us because of this.
We handle cases on a contingency fee basis. This means the only money you’ll ever owe us is a percentage of your recovery. You owe us nothing if we don’t obtain a recovery for you.
Call us today for a free consultation if you or a loved one was injured in a slip and fall accident. You may be eligible for financial compensation. You can also complete the free case evaluation form, email us at info@personalinjurylawcal.com or text us from this page.
