Jupiter, FL Slip and Fall Injury Lawyer
A sudden slip and fall can happen anywhere in Jupiter—a grocery store, a shopping center, or even a neighbor’s property. These incidents are often embarrassing and painful, but they can also be incredibly serious, leading to injuries that require surgery, rehabilitation, and long-term medical care. If you were hurt because a property owner failed to maintain a safe environment, you have the right to seek compensation for the harm you have suffered.
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The law firm of Ace Your Case is a firm believer in holding negligent property owners accountable. Our Jupiter slip and fall lawyer team is here to provide the firm, educational, and empathetic legal guidance you need to build a successful claim.
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It's More Than Just "Clumsiness": Proving Property Owner Negligence
One of the first things an insurance company will try to do is blame you for your own fall. They will say you were “clumsy” or “not watching where you were going.” This is a common tactic. The truth is that most falls are caused by a property owner’s negligence.
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Under Florida’s premises liability law, property owners have a legal duty to keep their property in a reasonably safe condition for their guests. To win your case, we must prove that:
- A dangerous condition existed on the property.
- The property owner knew or should have known about the condition.
- They failed to take reasonable steps to repair the condition or warn you about it.
- This failure was the direct cause of your fall and your injuries.
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As an experienced premises liability lawyer in Palm Beach County, we know how to gather the evidence—from surveillance footage to maintenance logs—to prove a property owner was negligent.
The Serious Nature of Fall Injuries
A fall can cause far more than just scrapes and bruises. We have represented clients who have suffered life-altering injuries from a slip or trip and fall, including:
- Broken Hips and Pelvic Fractures: These are especially common in older adults and can lead to a permanent loss of mobility and independence.
- Wrist and Arm Fractures: A natural reaction is to put out your hands to break a fall, which often results in severe fractures requiring surgery and extensive physical therapy.
- Head and Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI): Striking your head on the floor or an object can cause a concussion or a more severe TBI, leading to long-term cognitive and neurological issues.
- Back and Spinal Cord Injuries: A hard fall can result in herniated discs, fractured vertebrae, or even permanent spinal cord damage.
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We take these injuries seriously and fight for compensation that covers the full extent of your medical needs, both now and in the future.
Florida's Statute of Limitations: A Strict Deadline
It is absolutely critical to understand that you have a limited amount of time to take legal action after a fall. In Florida, the statute of limitations for most personal injury claims, including slip and fall accidents, is two years from the date of the incident.
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If you fail to file a lawsuit within this two-year window, you will lose your right to seek compensation forever, no matter how strong your case is. This is why it is so important to contact a slip and fall attorney in Jupiter, FL as soon as possible after your accident. Acting quickly allows us to preserve crucial evidence before it is lost or destroyed and ensures your claim is filed on time.
Frequently Asked Questions
What should I do right after a slip and fall?
If you can, report the incident to a manager, take photos of the hazard that caused you to fall, get contact information from any witnesses, and seek immediate medical attention.
What if the dangerous condition was temporary, like a spill?
For a fall on a “transitory foreign substance,” Florida law requires you to prove the business had “actual or constructive knowledge” of the spill. We can prove constructive knowledge by showing the spill was there long enough that a reasonably attentive employee should have discovered it.
Can I still file a claim if the property owner blames me?
Yes. Florida’s modified comparative negligence rule allows you to recover damages as long as you are not found to be more than 50% at fault. Your recovery will simply be reduced by your percentage of fault. We fight to minimize any blame unfairly placed on you.
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Plantation Personal Injury FAQs
When Is It the Right Time to Call a Personal Injury Lawyer?
The right time to call is as soon as possible after your accident. There are many reasons why you need to begin the legal process as quickly as you can. The legal process may even begin without you, with many calls from the insurance company trying to either rush you or to pressure you to give a statement. They may try to catch you unaware and trick you into compromising your legal rights. Hiring an attorney could prevent this from happening.
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Equally important, as time passes from the time of your accident, the evidence that could help your claim can become harder to find. People might quickly clear the scene of the accident, and you may lose the ability to contact witnesses. The witnesses that you have may begin to lose their recollection of what they saw. When you hire a personal injury lawyer, they will get to work immediately to gather the evidence before it is lost.
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Calling a lawyer to get started on your case is a crucial step in the legal process. Knowing that you have someone on the job with the experience and tenacity to fight for you can give you at least some peace of mind during an undoubtedly difficult time.
How Do Insurance Settlement Negotiations Work?
An insurance claim is just like any other negotiation. You have a number in mind for what you think that you should receive for your injuries, and the insurance company has a much lower number in mind for what it wants to pay. Your insurance claim begins when your Plantation personal injury attorney files a demand letter with the insurance company. This is when the adjuster goes to work to try to save money for their bosses.
The insurance adjuster may outright deny your claim or question liability. They may come back with a settlement offer. When the number seems low, and it will, know that this is just their opening offer. Your Plantation injury attorney will likely reject the offer and respond with your own demand.
Eventually, you will lower your number, and the insurance company will raise theirs, and you could meet somewhere in the middle. This is a time-honored dance that personal injury lawyers have been doing with insurance companies since the advent of courtrooms. Even when you seem very far apart from the insurance company, most cases eventually will settle.
What Happens After I File a Personal Injury Lawsuit?
Filing a personal injury lawsuit is an early part of the claim process. Most cases will never go far enough to see the inside of a courtroom. Statistically speaking, a vast majority of personal injury cases are settled out of court. However, if your case does make it to court, you should expect going into it that the trial process may take one to two years to complete. The legal system is far from rushed, as courts and judges have busy schedules and full dockets.
In the short term, you can expect motions and attempts to obtain evidence. Many people associate a lawsuit with a trial, but that only happens after many months of the nuts and bolts of the legal system. The phase of your case that will take the longest time is discovery. This is when the two sides obtain evidence that the other has in their possession. At this point, you may even need to sit for a deposition.
Filing a lawsuit will not cut off settlement negotiations. As was previously mentioned, most cases will settle without a trial. If anything, litigation may give each side more incentive to settle. The two parties usually continue negotiating right up until the point when the jury is seated.
What Evidence Can Prove My Injury Claim?
Negligence is the basis of every personal injury claim. When you file a lawsuit in court, you have the burden of proof. It will be up to you to show that what you say is more likely than not to have happened. You need to back your claim up with evidence.
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Your Plantation personal injury lawyer will work to gather things that can backup your side of the story, including:
— Witness statements from people who say your injury or accident
— Pictures of the scene of your accident
— Security camera footage
— Expert witness testimony that could reconstruct the accident
— Maintenance logs of the area or vehicle involved
— Medical records that can help prove damages
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These are things that can be difficult to get on your own and piece together to tell the story of what happened. Injury lawyers in Plantation, Florida, know how to both get the evidence and use it to prove that someone else was responsible for your accident.
What if I Cannot Work Due to My Injuries?
Your personal injury damages include both economic and non-economic compensation. Economic compensation aims to pay you back for the actual money that you lost. This includes bills that you paid and earnings you lost. This specifically pays you back for lost wages from your job when you are unable to work. Since you would have worked, this is money out of your pocket.
Lost wages in a personal injury settlement are much broader than you think. Of course, this includes the time that you have already missed from work. It also encompasses time that you will miss from work in the future. You do not need to outright miss work to receive compensation for this. For example, if you were qualified for a promotion but cannot get it now because your injury limits you in the type of work that you can do, you can get compensation for the reduction in your earning capacity.
Lost wages are often a very contested part of your personal injury claim because you can bet that the insurance company will see things differently to try to lower its bill. They may dispute what your possible earnings are or use a lower rate of inflation to calculate what they may be in the future.
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Personal injury attorneys Craig Posner and Eric Feingold are both excellent attorneys, but more importantly, they are excellent people. I have seen first hand their hard work and dedication to clients. I would not hesitate to recommend their services to others.
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Great guys who take their job seriously. They took care of me when I had my accident and made sure I was walked through 100% of the way.
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It has been a pleasure and blessing to have Ace Your Case represent my family. They always kept me updated on our case. The staff was excellent they always got back to me on questions I had. I highly recommend them and will continue to use them if needed.
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“I Highly Recommend Them!”
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