Slip and Fall Attorney in Augusta, GA

Slip and fall injuries (and trip and fall injuries) occur thousands of times in Georgia each year. When a fall occurs because of someone else’s negligence, the fall victim may be compensated for his medical bills, lost earnings, and pain and suffering. This type of personal injury case is under the umbrella of premises liability law. If you think your fall may have been caused by someone else’s negligence, you should contact a personal injury attorney for a free consultation.

Georgia Slip and Fall Lawsuit Information

In fall cases, liability depends a great deal on the facts. Generally, you have a better chance at personal injury compensation if your accident occurred in a store, on your landlord’s property, or at some place of business. An important factor will be if the property owner and/or his employees knew, or should have known, about the hazard. If they knew about the hazard, then they were on notice that a slip or trip might occur. Equally important is if you knew about the hazard before you fell. As a common example, a wet floor sign in the area may prevent compensation because it warns customers that an area is dangerous.

What if you were warned about a dangerous condition? For example, if warning signs told you that a stairway was broken, but you decide to walk on it anyway, you probably can’t recover for your injuries if you fall. However, if a landowner knows his stairs are broken, but allows his guests to walk on them anyway, he will be responsible for their injuries if the stairs collapse. As you can see, the law places the utmost importance on whether the landowner or his employees knew more about the hazard than the victim.

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