How an attorney can help
A slip-and-fall injury attorney will have expert knowledge of Florida laws regarding slip-and-fall injuries. An attorney can help you navigate the process of speaking with property owners, moving forward with an injury claim, and negotiating settlements that insurance companies and property owners might put forward.
A slip-and-fall injury attorney can also help you build a robust case by doing the following:
Providing legal advice
Responsible parties involved in a slip-and-fall injury case may try to offer a lowball settlement for the injuries you’ve sustained. These settlements may seem comprehensive, but they are often not enough to cover your financial losses and other expenses that result from your injury. Working with an experienced injury attorney allows you to have a resource of sound legal advice you can tap into.
Gathering evidence and talking to witnesses
The process of gathering evidence can be overwhelming. Experienced slip-and-fall attorneys have a greater reach as far as working with law enforcement agencies, investigators, and others who can help gather critical evidence. Working with our slip-and-fall attorneys also means you’ll have a robust legal team that can gather critical evidence from the public domain, talk to witnesses, and perform investigative tasks that will uncover evidence to support your case.
Establishing negligence
Property owners, especially owners that are made up of larger companies, have access to their own legal teams. When you work with an experienced slip-and-fall injury attorney, you’ll have your own legal team that will fight to collect pertinent evidence to establish that negligence on their part actually occurred. Establishing negligence is critical to any successful personal injury lawsuit.
Calculating damages appropriately
Once negligence has been established, the next component of a personal injury lawsuit is proving and calculating damages. Damages entail calculable and incalculable losses you’ve sustained because of your injury. This can include loss of income, medical bills, treatment costs, disfigurement, loss of enjoyment of life, emotional trauma, and other losses. An experienced personal injury attorney can help you calculate damages appropriately so you can recover the compensation you’re entitled to.
Negotiating settlements with insurance companies
Once a personal injury claim has been established, and a defendant has agreed to enter into settlement negotiations, a slip-and-fall injury attorney will represent your best interests. Our attorneys have professional negotiation skills, and our team is committed to representing and defending you to the fullest extent of the law.
Representing you in court
If your case is not resolved through a settlement and goes to trial, our attorneys will provide you with comprehensive legal representation. Our team has experience working with the local court systems and can help you navigate the process, provide effective representation, and advocate for your rights.