Often some of the worst injuries we see are caused when a client slips or trips and falls in a business or store. Our Jacksonville lawyers have handled many of these types of claims, including those occurring at grocery stores, convenience stores, restaurants, work environments, rental housing, parking lots and businesses. They can result from a failure to have handrails on staircases, recently mopped floors without warning signs, the presence of foreign objects on a floor, holes in a floor surface or poorly designed walkways or shelves.

Jurors can be skeptical of fall claims, perhaps because of well publicized instances of fraudulent claims. Because of this, it is important to hire a law firm experienced with these types of injury cases. In addition, because we are careful about the cases we accept, we believe we have developed a strong reputation with many insurers and adjusters for handling meritorious cases.

Often, insurers or defense attorneys will try to blame the person suffering personal injury for failing to notice and avoid the dangerous condition. We find that such arguments can be countered by demonstrating why the client was looking elsewhere. For example, the shoppers are often directed at store displays or products well above floor level that were placed for the very purpose of drawing their attention. Through investigation, many times it can be demonstrated that the business has written policies in place to avoid the very type of dangerous condition that caused the fall.

If you have suffered injury because a store or business failed to maintain their premises in a safe condition, contact our firm for a free consultation. If we accept your case, you will pay us nothing unless we make a recovery for you.