Every year, millions of people who slip and fall end up in hospitals. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that in a study. These slips and falls can result in a wide range of injuries, from minor ones like sprained ankles and fractured bones to serious ones like spinal cord damage and head trauma.
You might be entitled to compensation if you injured yourself after tripping and falling on someone else’s property or on a public space. Learn more about the possible damages you might be able to collect by continuing to read. For a free legal consultation, call Law Offices of Fernando D. Vargas at 909-982-0707.
You might be entitled to special or financial damages
Out-of-pocket losses that you can prove constitute special damages, also known as economic losses occasionally. Economic damages, for instance, could consist of lost future earning potential, property damage (such as if your spectacles broke), medical expenses, lost wages, and lost earnings.
If the slip and fall was severe, you might require long-term care for permanent disabilities. This can need adding additional expenses to your economic damages, such the cost of nursing care or physical or occupational rehabilitation. Calculating these long-term costs is difficult, but your attorney can assist.
You could qualify for general damages
General damages are losses for which you cannot provide particular supporting documents and which are not material in nature. There is no evidence to demonstrate how much they cost, but you will need to prove that they caused the injury and these basic damages. General damages include, among other things, mental distress, pain and suffering, and loss of companionship.
A premises liability attorney can assist you in determining the cost of intangible damages. To decide what a fair amount of general damages would be, we will consider the injuries, the damages that came from the injuries, and prior cases.
Punitive losses are uncommon
Punitive damages are awarded to punish the party who caused the accident rather than to try and make you whole. Punitive damages are not typically awarded in personal injury situations. Only when the defendant’s activities were extremely risky and the judge feels that awarding punitive damages will aid in preventing future instances of such behavior can judges grant them.
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The fact is that each slip and fall scenario is distinct. Different forms of injuries and damages are present in every instance. Each case has a particular set of evidence. In rare circumstances, the injured party’s payout may be reduced if they were largely to blame for the collision.
Call Law Offices of Fernando D. Vargas at 909-982-0707 for a free legal consultation if you want to learn more about your options and whether or not you probably have a case.
