St. George Slip and Fall Lawyer

When you are injured in a slip-and-fall accident or incident that was caused by the negligence of someone or something else, you may be entitled to compensation for all costs and damages associated with your injuries.

There are thousands of people each year who are injured because of an area of personal injury known as “slip and falls.” In fact, falls are the number one cause of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) in the United States.

Why Choose Our Slip and Fall Lawyer in St. George?

If you or a loved one have been injured, We Win Injury Law can help.  Our personal injury attorneys in St. George have represented injured clients for over 20 years.  We understand the law involved in slip and fall accidents and how to build strong cases for our clients.  Call today for a free and confidential case evaluation.

Slip and fall claims are often disputed. Property owners and their insurers may argue the hazard was obvious or that you weren’t watching where you were going, so your case needs solid evidence and a firm prepared to push back. Here’s what you can expect when you work with We Win Injury Law:

• Every partner attorney at our firm contributes to your case. This collective approach gives your claim the benefit of multiple perspectives and strategies.
• We have recovered millions of dollars for injured clients. Insurers are more likely to take a claim seriously when it is backed by a firm with a proven record.
• You can contact an attorney 24/7. Whether you have a question about a medical bill or a letter from the insurer, help is always a phone call away.

How Do We Investigate Your Slip and Fall Case?

Evidence in a slip and fall case can disappear fast. Spills get cleaned up, damaged flooring gets repaired, and surveillance footage is often recorded over within days or weeks. At We Win Injury Law, our St. George slip and fall accident lawyers will move quickly to secure proof of what caused your fall and who was responsible. 

Our investigation typically includes:

• Visiting the Accident Scene: We document the area where you fell with photos, video, and measurements. This captures important details like uneven flooring, poor lighting, or missing handrails.
• Preserving Surveillance Footage: We promptly request that property owners preserve security camera footage. Video can show the hazard, how long it was present, and whether employees walked past without addressing it.
• Reviewing Maintenance Records: Cleaning logs, repair requests, and inspection schedules can reveal whether the owner knew about the hazard or failed to check for dangers regularly.
• Interviewing Witnesses: Customers, employees, and others who saw your fall can describe the conditions at the time. Their accounts can also counter claims that you were distracted or careless.
• Obtaining Incident Reports: Many businesses complete an internal report after a fall. We request a copy to see what the owner recorded and whether it matches the other evidence.
• Collecting Medical Records: We gather your records to connect your injuries directly to the fall. This helps counter arguments that a pre-existing condition caused your symptoms.
• Evaluating Code Compliance: When needed, we consult engineers or safety professionals to determine whether stairs, railings, and walkways met applicable building codes.

Who Can Be Held Liable for a Slip and Fall Accident?

Identifying the responsible party is the foundation of any slip and fall claim, since it determines whose insurance policy will pay for your losses. In Utah, those who own or control a property must keep it reasonably safe for visitors. To hold them liable, you must show they created the hazard, knew about it, or should have discovered it through reasonable inspection and failed to fix it or warn you. Depending on where your fall occurred, the following parties may be responsible.

Property Owners and Landlords

Owners of homes, apartment complexes, and commercial buildings must maintain safe conditions. Landlords and property managers may also be liable for hazards in common areas, such as stairwells, hallways, and parking lots, especially if a tenant reported the problem and it went unrepaired.

Businesses and Retail Stores

Grocery stores, restaurants, hotels, and other businesses that invite customers inside must regularly inspect for hazards such as spills, cluttered aisles, and wet entryways. A business may be liable for hazards in areas it controls, even if it leases the space rather than owns it.

Maintenance and Cleaning Contractors

Companies hired to clean floors, repair walkways, or maintain landscaping may share liability if their work created a hazard. For example, a cleaning crew that mops a floor without posting warning signs could be responsible for a resulting fall.

Government Entities

Falls on public sidewalks, in parks, or inside government buildings may lead to a claim against a city, county, or state agency. These claims are governed by the Governmental Immunity Act of Utah, which sets a much shorter filing deadline than standard slip and fall lawsuits. You must file a notice of claim within one year of the accident. 

How Much Is My Slip and Fall Case Worth?

There is no set value for a slip and fall claim. Your case value depends on the severity of your injuries, the cost of your treatment, and the strength of the evidence showing the property owner was at fault. Several elements shape the final amount.

Economic Damages and Non-Economic Damages

Your slip and fall damages will typically fall into two categories: economic and non-economic. Economic damages reimburse you for measurable financial losses tied to your fall. These may include hospital bills, physical therapy, prescription medications, lost wages, and out-of-pocket costs like travel to medical appointments. Keeping receipts, pay stubs, and billing statements helps establish the full amount of these losses.

Non-economic damages compensate you for losses without a fixed dollar amount, such as physical pain, emotional distress, and scarring or disfigurement. Because these losses are harder to measure, they often depend on medical records, statements from your providers, and personal accounts from you and your family.

We Win Injury Law will work with your doctors and other professionals to document every expense and loss connected to your fall, including care you may need months or years from now. We then use that evidence to advocate for a settlement that reflects the full impact of your injuries.

Factors That May Affect the Value of Your Slip and Fall Claim

Beyond the damages you have suffered, several case-specific details can raise or lower your claim’s value. These include:

• Severity of Your Injuries: Injuries requiring surgery, extended rehabilitation, or resulting in permanent limitations often result in higher compensation than those that heal quickly with no impairments.
• Consistency of Your Medical Care: Gaps in treatment or delays in seeing a doctor can give the insurer room to argue that your injuries weren’t serious or weren’t caused by the fall. This may reduce the value of your case.
• Strength of the Evidence: Photos, surveillance footage, and witness statements that clearly show the hazard make it harder for the property owner to deny responsibility.
• Pre-Existing Conditions: If the fall worsened an existing condition, you may still recover compensation for that aggravation. However, insurers will often use your medical history to dispute and reduce the claim.
• Available Insurance Coverage: The at-fault party’s policy limits can affect how much an insurer will pay. You may need to file a personal injury lawsuit to make up the difference.

Common Slip-and-Fall Injuries

Slip-and-falls injuries lead to an impact on the ground, which can lead to a variety of injuries that result in damages you can recover compensation for, including:

• Spinal cord injury – injuries to the spinal cord can lead to partial or complete paralysis and can impact the ability to control central bodily functions, leading to life-long medical costs, treatments, medication, and rehabilitation.
• Traumatic brain injury – often referred to as TBI, when your body strikes the ground after a slip-and-fall, you can injure the soft tissue of your brain, leading to chemical changes that can forever change how you live, think, and work.
• Broken and fractured bones – broken and fractured bones can lead to long-term pain, the necessity of surgeries and rehabilitation, as well as a variety of other medical interventions to correct.

When your injuries have long-term implications, your damages include not only the immediate symptoms of your injury but also the lasting impact. Any changes in your ability to enjoy life, participate in hobbies, and work should be covered in your compensation.

Working with an experienced attorney with a network of local experts to generate evidence in support of your claim is essential to cover all damages linked to your slip-and-fall injury.

Why You Should Not Accept a Settlement Offer without Speaking with an Attorney

The insurance company is a for-profit organization, and like any for-profit company, they seek to minimize its costs. The main costs to an insurance company are the settlements paid out to injured persons like you, and the cost of their employees’ time in getting claims denied, negotiated, or paid out. The insurance company will do whatever possible to deny your claim by challenging the evidence or contents of your claim, and if they do offer you a settlement, it is likely far less than what you deserve.

Insurance companies are notorious for offering quick settlements to injured persons that are easy to accept and process. These offers might contain not only the emergency room bills but some additional compensation that covers lost wages.

You might think this is an attractive offer, and the insurance company will lead you to believe it is the best you’ll ever get. In reality, the settlement is meant to get you to accept less than what you deserve before you have time to fully calculate the full amount you are actually entitled to.

Call Our St. George Slip and Fall Attorneys Today for a Free Consultation

Our promise to you is that we guarantee that you won’t pay us a dime until we settle your slip and fall accident case or receive a jury verdict. When we take slip-and-fall injury cases, we take them on contingency. This means that we only get paid if we win on your case, out of a portion of the earnings that we’ll agree upon before getting started.

Your initial consultation is cost-free and risk-free, and you’ll never pay anything out of pocket, ever. Our compensation comes out of the earnings we generate for you, usually a percentage that we’ll agree upon and include in our engagement agreement. Only once we have come to an agreement about how we will be compensated, and how you will be paid, does our work on your case begin. You have no worry of being obligated to pay anything, and you only stand to benefit by working with a St. George slip-and-fall accident.

If you or someone you care about has been seriously injured in an accident,

Contact us today for a free consultation