What To Do After a Slip and Fall Injury
Falling is a normal part of living in a world with gravity and accounts for millions of injuries every year. When a person is injured in a slip or trip and fall accident on someone else’s property, he or she may be entitled to seek damages. Common damages that injured slip and fall victims may seek to recover include:
- Medical bills
- Rehabilitation expenses
- Prescription drug costs
- Time missed from work
- Effect on ability to earn an income
- Pain and suffering
Only an experienced attorney can tell you exactly what damages you are eligible to seek compensation for after thoroughly evaluating your case. A thorough evaluation includes an investigation of the accident scene, collection of evidence, tracking down witnesses and securing expert testimony as to the dangerous conditions present at the accident scene.
It is a good idea to see a medical doctor soon after a slip and fall accident so that you can be made aware of the extent of your injuries and get the care you need. A doctor can not only diagnose and treat your injury, but make you aware of how your injury may affect your life.
Here’s a list things you should do when you’re involved in a slip and fall accident:
- Take pictures of the surface and area where you fell. It is important to document or record the condition of the floor at the time of your fall.
- Take pictures of any rugs, mats or other safety items around the area. If there were not any safety items also take a photograph to show the lack of safety items.
- Take pictures of any warning signs that were in or near the area where you fell.
- Take pictures of any visible injury you have suffered as a result of the fall.
- Take pictures of your shoes and clothes immediately after the accident.
- If the item that you slipped on is non-perishable, save a sample in a safe place where it will not be lost. If the item is perishable, i.e. vegetables, or fruit, try to preserve the item in a liquid chemical preservative or in a freezer.
- Look for potential witnesses to your slip and fall. Take their name, address and telephone number. If you do not find any witnesses at the time of your fall, return to the accident site at the same time the accident occurred on a different day. Some people may have the habit of visiting the accident site, daily.
- After initially speaking with witnesses, do not contact them again or take any statements. Give their contact information to your attorney, so the attorney can contact them if necessary.
- If possible, do not leave the scene of the accident without filing an accident report with the manager, owner, employee or other person. Make sure the accident report is filled out in your presence and that you receive your own copy of the completed report.
- Go to the emergency room or see your primary care physician immediately if you are in any pain whatsoever. Tell the doctor about every area of your body where you are experiencing pain.
- Do not wash your clothing from the accident. Do not wear them again, but save them and keep them where you will not lose them. Do not wear your shoes again, save them in a sealed plastic bag and keep them where you will not lose them.
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