Slip, Trip & Fall Injury Lawyers

Injuries that happen when a person falls, trips, or slips can occur anywhere. Such injuries can occur in a mechanic or car repair shop, grocery or food store, any parking lot or in any public area. There are so many common shopping and everyday situations during which injuries occur while just visiting a local store. Unfortunately, each year many hundreds of regular shoppers become badly hurt during these simple shopping events. Included in the list of common situations is when a foreign substance is left on the floor like a broken container, improperly stacked merchandise, spills, poor lighting, lack of the proper warning signs at appropriate places or damaged flooring. Such situations often cause severe slip, trip or fall injuries, such as brain injury or in extreme cases, death.

 

We advance all legal costs in our fall, slip, & trip injury cases and only if we are successful in our representation and obtain a recovery for the client will the attorney seek attorney fees.

 

Illinois law states that any owner of a public business establishment undertakes responsibilities toward its customers that it invites into their establishment. For example, a business is required to:

• Use diligence to properly correct a dangerous condition once made aware of the condition;
• Use reasonable care in order to protect safety of those people invited into their business;
• Warn all potential customers of known hazardous conditions that may cause injury.

 

In addition to the above, there are also times when the owner of a business needs to use their common sense to take necessary precautions to prevent a dangerous condition from developing even before it occurs. As with many injuries, medical bills often grow very quickly and determining how to deal with them can be a big headache. Insurance companies may even be late or slow when paying your overdue medical bills or they may argue that the injury was your fault! The injury attorneys of Sexner & Associates LLC stand ready to assist you with any questions you may have.