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Slip and fall accidents can cause significant injuries, but individuals often struggle to recover compensation after these incidents occur.

If you need help from a Riverside slip and fall accident lawyer, the team at DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo has the resources necessary to help you through every aspect of your claim. We want to make sure that you recover maximum compensation for your losses, and we will stop at nothing to hold at-fault parties accountable.

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Riverside Slip & Fall Lawyer

Why Choose DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo for This Claim?

For more than three decades, DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo has been the law firm of choice for injury victims in Riverside and throughout the state of California.

  • We have developed extensive name recognition in California, and opposing attorneys know that we mean business when we work with a client.
  • We believe in prompt and continual communication between our attorneys and clients. When you call us with questions or concerns, we call you back with answers.
  • Our team will ensure you are evaluated by trusted medical and economic experts who can help establish the strongest case possible.

Types of Slip and Fall Cases We Handle

Our law firm handles most types of slip and fall accidents, and that means we investigate, build your claim, and negotiate fair compensation for you. A slip and fall accident is a type of personal injury when the owner fails to maintain their property, and that negligence causes your accident and resulting injuries.

Unsafe conditions, such as the presence of hazardous materials, unsafe steps, or a lack of support, can pose a serious risk of injury and even loss of life. In these complex cases, our Riverside slip-and-fall accident lawyer becomes your advocate in recovering fair compensation.

Take a look at some of the most common types of slip and fall accidents and why they happen.

Personal Injury Claims

Personal injury claims are those that occur at another person’s home or business. These slip-and-fall accidents in Riverside typically occur when a property owner has the opportunity but fails to take steps to ensure their environment is safe for others.

Some examples of common slip and fall accident claims we handle include accidents at:

  • Restaurants
  • Retail locations
  • Offices
  • Medical centers
  • Parks and government buildings
  • Homes of others
  • Rental properties of others

These types of locations can pose numerous risks and hazards that can cause serious injury. Some common types of personal injury claims and slip and fall accidents include:

  • Wet surfaces, such as spills from drinks or leaking coolers
  • Missing or not-present railings on steps
  • Clutter in hallways that creates a tripping hazard
  • Uneven floors or loose carpeting
  • Parking lot trip hazards

If you visited another person’s home or business and suffered an injury due to a hazard on their property, you may have the right to pursue a claim against that property owner. You must show they had the knowledge of the risk, or should have had that knowledge, and that they failed to take action to prevent your injuries.

Work Accident Claims

Slip-and-fall accidents in Riverside can also occur in workplaces. This can happen for two main reasons.

  • Employer’s unsafe conditions: The employer failed to maintain your safety, provide you with safety equipment or training, or otherwise did not keep the area safe.
  • A third party at the location created unsafe conditions: This may occur when another party, such as a contractor, caused unsafe conditions, such as loose wires or electrical failures.

If your employer caused your injuries, you can file a workers’ compensation claim against that party.

The state’s workers’ compensation laws apply in these situations. If a third party caused these injuries, you may file a personal injury lawsuit against those parties.

Compensation Available for a Slip and Fall Case

There may be various types of compensation available for a successful Riverside slip and fall accident claim. The qualified attorneys at DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo strive to recover both special and general damages on behalf of every client that they serve.

Special damages, also commonly referred to as economic damages, revolve around the expenses that are “seen” or measurable. What this means is that there are receipts and bills that can be gathered and added up to reach a total dollar amount for the following:

  • All emergency medical expenses 
  • Any follow-up medical care needed
  • Prescription medications and medical devices
  • Physical therapy and rehabilitation
  • Out-of-pocket expenses related to the injury
  • Property damage expenses

General damages, also regularly referred to as non-economic damages, revolve around more immeasurable types of losses individuals are likely to experience after a slip and fall injury occurs in Riverside.

Even though there may not be any bills or receipts that we can gather for non-economic losses, it is still vitally important to recover compensation for a victim’s:

  • Physical pain and suffering losses
  • Emotional and psychological trauma
  • Loss of enjoyment of life damages
  • Loss of consortium for a spouse or partner

How Much Will an Attorney Cost?

The good news is that you will likely not have to worry about paying any upfront or out-of-pocket expenses for your Riverside slip and fall accident claim. Our lawyers handle these cases on a contingency fee basis. This means that you pay nothing out-of-pocket. We handle all of these costs.

You will not have to pay a dime in legal fees until after our team successfully recovers compensation for your slip and fall injury losses. If we do not win, you do not pay us anything.

Slip and Fall Injuries in Riverside

Individuals who slip and fall due to the careless or negligent actions of a property owner could sustain a wide variety of injuries. This includes, but is not limited to:

These types of physical injuries only paint part of a picture the slip and fall injury victim will experience. Injury victims may also suffer from significant emotional and psychological trauma caused by the incident, the injuries, and the lengthy recovery process. This can include feelings of sleeplessness, anxiety, stress, and fear.

Seek Medical Care Right After a Slip and Fall Incident

It is crucial for slip and fall injury victims to seek medical treatment as soon as possible. If necessary, take an ambulance from the slip and fall accident scene to the hospital, particularly if the injuries are open and obvious. However, there are times when slip and fall injuries do not have signs or symptoms of pain right away. That does not necessarily mean that there is no injury.

We recommend that any slip and fall injury victim go right to an emergency clinic or their primary care physician when they leave the scene of the incident. Let a doctor conduct an evaluation to determine whether or not there may be some hidden injuries. Additionally, if you have to make an insurance claim or file a personal injury lawsuit, going to the doctor very quickly helps establish a timeline of events. This will give insurance carriers or at-fault party legal teams very little wiggle room by preventing them from saying that you refused medical care.

How Will an Attorney Help Your Case? 

Personal injury claims can become incredibly complicated in Riverside, particularly when victims have to go up against well-funded legal teams or insurance carriers. That is why an attorney is absolutely necessary. Your lawyer will be an advocate fighting on your behalf. They will use their resources to fully investigate every aspect of the incident in question in order to gather all of the evidence needed to prove liability.

You will not have to handle any communication with other parties involved. Your lawyer will be in charge of this communication and any negotiations to reach a settlement. By working with trusted medical and economic experts, your attorney will know exactly how much your claim is worth and will not hesitate to go to trial if necessary.

Call a Riverside Slip and Fall Accident Lawyer Today

If you or somebody you love has sustained an injury from a slip and fall accident in Riverside, you need to reach out to an attorney immediately.

At DiMarco | Araujo | Montevideo, our Riverside slip and fall accident lawyer becomes your advocate in even the toughest of cases. Our personal injury and workers’ comp lawyers have the resources needed to conduct a complete investigation into the incident and then pursue maximum compensation on your behalf. We have no problem taking your claim all the way to trial.

When you need a Riverside slip and fall injury attorney, you can contact us for a free consultation of your case by sending us a message or calling (951) 977-7787.