A bad slip or hard fall can cause unexpected physical injury that alters the way you work and live your daily life. If you have been injured through a slip or fall on someone else’s property, consult with an Augusta personal injury lawyer. An attorney from Barrios Virguez will review your situation and help you fight for financial compensation if someone else’s negligence caused your injuries.
What Is a Slip-and-Fall Accident?
A slip-and-fall accident is just what it sounds like. Walking on what you assume is a stable, non-slippery surface, but then finding instability unexpectedly. Slips and falls can happen when a surface is wet or slick, yet not marked with a caution sign, uneven or damaged in some other way, when an obstacle is left in the walker’s path, or when an area is not lit properly, for example.
The consequences of your body’s flailing and ultimate impact on the ground can cause significant injury. You may tear muscles or ligaments, damage your spine alignment, break a bone, sustain a concussion, or experience other life-affecting injuries.
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Why You Need a Slip-and-Fall Lawyer in Augusta
If you are injured through a slip or fall accident and report that injury to the property owners’ insurance company, more often than not, that insurance company will minimize the extent and effects of your injuries or try to blame you for the accident.
When Barrios Virguez handles your case, their lawyers will not allow insurance companies to dismiss your pain, deny the impact of your injuries, or blame you for your injuries. They will stand by you, fight for you, and hold responsible parties accountable. If insurance companies fail to offer a reasonable settlement and your case goes to trial, your lawyer will represent you, keeping your interests front and center, during court proceedings.
Your Suffering Matters
Injuries from a slip-and-fall accident can have lasting effects. They may affect your ability to work, to engage in recreational activities, and limit your overall mobility. In the most severe cases, they may leave you unable to care for yourself independently.
Such consequences bring physical, emotional, and financial losses. A financial settlement makes up for some or all of your financial losses, serves as an acknowledgment, and brings a sense of justice for your physical and emotional suffering.
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Your Augusta Slip-and-Fall Lawyer Understands Georgia Laws
Without expert understanding of the laws governing the responsibilities of property owners and negligence, it is difficult to negotiate a fair settlement. To win the best settlement, trust the negotiation process to your Augusta slip-and-fall lawyer.
A Property Owner’s Legal Responsibility
According to Georgia Code §51-3-1, property owners are required to keep their properties properly maintained to protect the safety of any visitors. Should they fail to fulfill this duty, they can be held responsible for injuries visitors sustain as a result of that failure.
Whether your injury occurred at a private home, a place of business, a recreational venue, or anywhere else, you may be entitled to compensation. Your Barrios Virguez attorney will investigate the details of your accident and build a strong case.
They may find the property was not adequately lit, or a slippery, wet floor was left unmarked. In their review, they will discover the hazardous conditions that led to your injury and ensure negligent parties are held responsible.
Negligence Laws
To win compensation for your injuries from a property owner, you must prove that owner’s negligence. First, you must show the property owner owed you a duty of care. By inviting you onto their property, whether by direct invitation (as a guest of a homeowner, for example) or implication (as a shopper in their retail space, for example), they accepted the obligation to keep the space safely maintained so as to prevent accident and injury.
Next, you must prove the property owner failed in that obligation, that they “breached” their duty of care. Then, you must prove that the breach caused your injuries and that your injuries brought measurable damage to you.
Proving negligence is challenging, especially when you are fighting against insurance companies who want to pay out as little as possible. Your Augusta, GA slip-and-fall lawyer for Barrios Virguez is more than prepared to take and win that challenge.
Georgia’s Modified Comparative Fault Laws
Georgia operates under modified comparative fault laws, which means victims’ settlements can be reduced in proportion to their level of responsibility for the accident. If a victim is found to be 30% responsible for the accident, they receive a settlement of 30% less, or 70%, of the fully calculated settlement.
Insurance companies will do their best to lay as much blame for the accident as possible on you. Sometimes, they use unethical means to do this or try to intimidate you into taking far less than you deserve.
Augusta slip-and-fall attorneys from Barrios Virguez will not allow unethical practices used against you to succeed, nor will they be intimidated into accepting a low settlement. The bottom line is that your lawyer is on your side.
Georgia’s Statute of Limitations
Georgia law gives a two-year deadline from the date of an accident to file a slip-and-fall injury claim. Should you miss this deadline, the court will dismiss your case. If you sustained property damage from the accident, perhaps you smashed a device from the impact, the deadline for filing is four years.
By contacting an Augusta slip-and-fall lawyer as soon as possible after the incident, you can rest assured that all filings will be submitted properly, thoroughly, and on time. Do not let complex laws and processes prevent you from collecting the settlement you deserve. Knowing your lawyer is managing your case will bring you peace of mind as you focus on recovering.
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Contact a Slip-and-Fall Attorney in Augusta for a Consultation Today
Injuries and their aftermath are frightening, especially if you are not sure how to hold responsible parties accountable for them. There is no need for you to suffer and fight alone. Contact Barrios Virguez today and schedule a risk-free consultation. Your lawyer will review your situation with compassion and expertise and fight for an outcome that meets your needs.
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