Compensation For Slip-And-Fall Accidents

A slip-and-fall sounds like something from a silent movie, but it is serious business. Hundreds of people are seriously injured every year in stores, public places, office spaces and apartment buildings.

Slip-and-falls go by the legal name of premises liability. It holds that the owner of a property is obliged to provide a reasonably safe environment for visitors. So if you are a visitor at someone’s place and you fall, you are cut, you breathe toxic fumes or you trip on a badly lit walkway, you may be due compensation.

Slip-and-fall accidents in the Bridgeport area can be fatal. Imagine a loved one being attacked in a parking ramp, plunging in a broken elevator car or crushed by merchandise piled too precariously on a store shelf.

These claims can be quite large when injuries are significant.

SETTLED! Negotiated settlement for client who slipped and fell
at Shelton Stop & Shop for $110,000

Not All Accidents Involve Owner Liability

If the owner has taken reasonable precautions to make his or her property safe, there is no negligence. But when negligence is present — as when a spilled liquid is not cleaned up and a customer slips and fractures his or her skull — compensation is probably due.

Our goal at Sousa & Minogue, LLC, of Shelton, Connecticut, is to win for you the compensation you are due, whether from an injury to you or a family member.

To discuss your case, ask our attorneys Bob Sousa or Tom Minogue for a no-charge, no-obligation initial consultation. Call 203-929-8347. And remember — you owe our lawyers nothing until we produce positive results for you!