The Baton Rouge, Louisiana personal injury attorneys at Murphy Law Firm handle cases involving slip and fall accidents.  Below is some information that may be helpful to you if you were involved in a slip and fall accident.

“Slip and Fall” is a term for personal injury cases which arise when injury is caused when a person slips and falls as a result of a dangerous or hazardous condition on someone else’s property.  Too often, property owners neglect the condition of their property and cause dangerous hazardous conditions for others. 

If you have been injured due to a slip and fall accident you should take the following steps to protect your legal rights:

• Notify the owner or supervisor of the premises of your injury.  If possible file an incident report with the details of both the dangerous condition causing the accident and your injuries. Ask for a copy of the report.
• Seek immediate medical attention.
• Consult an experienced personal injury attorney.

Property owners and businesses have a duty to provide a safe environment for individuals on their premises.  Slip and fall accidents are the most common type of “premises liability cases.  To win a premises liability claim, an injured victim has to prove either that the defendant created the hazard  led to the accident or that the defendant knew or should have known about the danger and had it removed or repaired. 

EXAMPLE: If a soft drink gets spilled onto the floor in a grocery store, absent some evidence of when the drink first fell onto the floor, it may be difficult to prove that the store “knew or should have known” about the dangerous condition.  If the drink fell onto the floor less than one minute before you arrived, the store most likely could not have known about it.  Since plaintiff’s have the burden of proof, proving when the hazard first appeared and that the store should have known about the hazard presents problems in certain cases. 

It’s property owner’s duty to provide a safe environment for individuals on their premises.  It’s our job to prove that your accident could have been prevented and you get the compensation you deserve for your injury. 

In all matters of personal injury it's essential that measures be taken promptly to preserve evidence, investigate the accident in question and to file a lawsuit prior to the deadline imposed by the statue of limitations.  If the lawsuit isn't brought within the time limit that applies to the case, the right to sue and recover damages is forever lost.

Please do not hesitate to contact the personal injury attorneys at Murphy Law Firm or call us now at 225.928.8800 if you have suffered an injury after you fell due to negligence.

Our Baton Rouge, Louisiana personal injury attorneys have one goal and one goal only; to make sure you were treated fairly after your accident and that you are satisfied with the results of Peyton Murphy and Scott Emonet.  We work on a contingency basis which means we do not get paid unless you get paid.  We handle cases dealing with personal injuries including but not limited to: auto accidents, 18 wheeler accidents, motorcycle accidents, boating accidents, offshore and maritime accidents, railroad accidents, medical malpractice, class action, defective drugs, defective products, chemical spill and toxic exposure, slip and fall, premises liability, workers’ compensation, wrongful death, asbestos exposure and mesothelioma, and hearing loss.   Our lawyers practice law in the greater Baton Rouge area and the surrounding areas including but not limited to: Baton Rouge, Gonzales, Denham Springs, Port Allen, Baker, Brusly, Walker, Zachary, Plaquemine, Prairieville, Dutch Town, and all the surrounding areas.