Santa Monica Slip and Fall Lawyer

Second to only car accident claims, slip and fall claims are perhaps the most common type of personal injury claim filed in Santa Monica, and throughout California. A slip and fall accident may sound like a minor event, but they typically result in serious injuries. It can take victims months or even years to recover from the head trauma, broken bones, and other injuries sustained during these accidents. Property owners have a legal duty to make sure their premises are kept in a safe and clean condition so no one sustains serious injury. When they fail to do so and negligent conditions exist, property owners can be held liable for paying financial compensation. Holding property owners liable is not easy. There are many elements of your case you will have to prove, and they all present their own challenges. Our Santa Monica slip and fall lawyer can help you overcome them so you claim the full settlement you deserve.

The first element of your case you must prove is that the property owner owed you a duty of care to keep you safe. This is not as easy as it is in other personal injury claims because property owners owe different visitors a different duty of care. For example, business owners owe their customer the highest duty of care while trespassers are not owed any duty of care by any property owner.

You must also show that there was a dangerous condition on the property. To do this, you can use photographs, video footage, witness statements, and more. This evidence is difficult to recover while you are trying to recover from a serious injury. Our Santa Monica slip and fall attorney can collect it for you so you obtain the fair damages you deserve.

Property owners are required to inspect their premises regularly and to correct any dangerous condition. However, the law recognizes that a property owner may not immediately know of a dangerous condition. You must show that the property owner knew, or that they should have known, about the negligent condition. To prove that a property owner should have known typically requires showing the defective condition was present on the property for a certain period of time.

Slip and fall claims are meant to restore you as wholly as possible to the physical and mental condition you were in before the accident. If you did not sustain injuries or other losses, you cannot claim compensation. As such, it is vital that you prove all the damages you suffered during the slip and fall.

If you have been hurt in an accident, our slip and fall attorney in Santa Monica at Brod Law Firm can prove all elements of your case so you obtain the full and fair settlement that is justly yours. Call us now at (800) 427-7020 or contact us online to schedule a free review of your case.