Slip and Fall Incidents

If you had an incident where you were injured, please seek immediate medical attention. You also may want to take steps to document the location of the incident, conditions of the surface and potential reasons that contributed to you being injured. Take pictures of the road, stairs or the location of your injury. Get names of the people who may have witnessed you being injured, and how it happened. Call Verkhovets Law at your earliest opportunity as some incidents require to be reported in a very specific way within 10 days.

If you fell or otherwise injured yourself as a result of improperly maintained area, accumulation of snow or ice which was not reasonably cleared, party that failed to comply with their obligations when it comes to cleaning and maintenance is likely to bare responsibility for your injuries and resulting losses, Other potentially responsible parties are property owners, tenants, and property managers.

In most circumstances, you must bring a claim within two years. However, in case municipality, the claimants must provide a notice to their claims to a municipality within 10 days of their injury. If an injury occurred due to slip and fall on ice or snow, the property owner and/or occupier and/or any other potentially responsible party has to be informed within 60 days.

Victims of a slip and fall injury can receive compensation for medical costs, pain and suffering, loss of income and loss of enjoyment of life, and cost of their future care, etc. There are a number of other losses that an injured person can be compensated for. Each case is unique. We suggest you call Verkhovets Law to discuss your situation.

To establish negligence in a slip and fall case, it must be shown that there was a hazard that the property owner could have reasonably prevented by taking proper precautions. The owner has breached his duty of care and/or the standard of care.

The Occupiers’ Liability Act is a statute that establishes the legal duty of care owed by occupiers to individuals entering their premises, requiring them to take reasonable measures to ensure the property is reasonably safe for all people who access it. Repairing sidewalk or staircase, clearing icy walkways and roads, etc. are some examples of reasonable precautionary measures.