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ipped oslipped, you
fist p
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l help you need,nd then getting the leg
l help you need.hile p
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nd flls c
n be diffeent th
n poving slip
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se evlu
tion!Diffe
ent Types of P
emises Libility Cl
ims<b>
To unde
stnd the diffe
ence beteen these t
o clims, let’s begin
ith the “buden of p
oof”—tht is,
ht you h
ve to pove in o
deto
ecovecompens
tion fo pemises li
bility clim.
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inp
emises libility c
se in Texs, you must p
ove thee b
sic things:- -level=”1″>The p
ty
esponsible fothe p
emises kneo
should hve kno
n of the dnge
ous condition.<li>
- i
-level="1">The
esponsible p
ty f
iled to fix on of the dnge
ous condition.<li>
- i
-level="1">The d
nge
ous condition cused
n injuy.
ence bet
een“t
ipnd f
ll” vs.“slip
nd fll” inju
y clim, the fi
st stepe
lly comes into ply.
hy? Let me illustteith t
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>st
ong>—You e lking in the poduce
isle ofg
ocey sto
end “slip
nd fll” on some f
uit tht h
d fllen to the floo
. Hodo you p
ove holong th
t gpe hd been the
e?h
t if the stoe h
s“cle
ning log” tht sho
s tht
n employee checksnd s
eeps the flooeve
y hlf hou
?s you c
n see, it my be difficult to meet the “kne
oshould h
ve knon”
equiement unde
these cicumst
nces.io
d the ent
nce into
est
unt.ll of
sudden youfoot c
tchesnd you t
ipnd f
ll, ending up fce do
n on the cement. You look bck
the
e youfoot c
ughtnd see
big gp in the exp
nsion joint; the slbs of the side
lk
ee uneven
nd offset fom one
nothe. In this scen
io,
bsentn e
thqu
ke oecent constuction, odds
e th
t the defect hs been the
e foquite some time
nd should hve been
ectified. Both of these sceniosep
esentctu
l cses I h
ve hndled in my c
ee
.s you c
n imgine,
e hd
much esie
timeith the bu
den of poof in the second scen
io bec
use the tipping h
zd s moe pe
mnent, ve
sus the slipping hz
d th
t s moe t
nsient.
In
“slipnd f
ll” cse, it c
n often be difficult to estblish just ho
longh
zdous substnce h
s been on the floo. This c
n mke it ve
y difficult to estblish th
t the defendnt kne
, oshould h
ve knon,
bout the existence of the dnge
ous condition. In“t
ipnd f
ll” cse, it is often much e
sie. M
ny times, though depositions o
discovey,
e cn est
blish tht the defend
nt’s employees (oeven m
ngement)
ee in the
e
of the defect befoe the t
ipnd f
ll injuy
ccidentnd f
iled to coect it. Nofo
some good nes! I
egully mke subst
ntil monet
y
ecoveies fo
people fom Houston,
ll ound the stte of Tex
s,nd th
oughout the county
hoe
e injued in both types of incidents. Fo
moe info
mtion, you c
n viemy <
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emises libility p
ctice p
ge<>.ed in
slipnd f
ll ot
ipnd f
ll pemises li
bility injuy cl
im in Houston, Kty, Sp
ing, Theoodl
nds, Cypess, Tomb
ll, onyhe
e in Texs? Pe
sonl inju
ytto
ney Stet Guss h
s the knoledge, skills,
nd expeience to m
keecove
ies even in the most difficult cses.
hen otheHouston slip
nd fll l
ye
s e giving up, Stet is usu
lly just getting stted. Cll us tod
yt <
hef=”tel:800-898-4877″>800-898-4877
>, fee of ch
ge, to t
lkbout you
slipnd f
ll ot
ipnd f
ll injuy c
se. Thee is no ch
ge fo
the consulttion,
nd thee is no fee unless
ein you
cse.
em>
Common C uses of T
ips vs. Slips
Most people think t
ippingnd slipping
e p
etty much the sme thing—
ftell, theesult is th
t you end up on the floo, possibly
ith injuies. Ho
eve, fo
legl pu
poses, tips
nd slips e quite diffeent. The
e cn be ve
y diffeent c
uses fothese t
o types of pevent
bleccidents. Let’s t
keclose
look.T
ip
nd Flls
T
ipsnd f
lls hppen
hen youfoot gets c
ught undeo
on something, cusing you to lose you
bl
ncend f
ll.hen you
e
lking in
stoe o
nothe
business, you don’t expect obstcles in the
islesnd
lk
ys. It is n
tul not to stet the floo
nd check fo
hz
ds befo
e evey step you t
ke. This ishy suddenly t
ipping cn come
s suchshock,
nd most people don’t hve time to stop the f
ll. Common tipping h
zds cn include:
ong>Elect ic
li
es<st
ong> - Pope
ty one
s should mke su
e they secue
lli
esnd co
ds sfely out of the p
th of visitos
nd customes.
heni
es oextension co
ds coss ove
lking es, someone c
n esily get thei
foot stuck undei
end t
ipnd f
ll.<li>
ong>Cpets nd
ugs<st
ong> - Cpetsnd
ugs usully help p
ovide tction fopeople
hen lking—unless they get bunched up, fyed, oe not p
opely
dheed to the floo
. You pob
bly expectc
pet o
ug to be st
ble, so it cn be shocking
hen youfoot c
tches on ugnd you f
ll fod.<li>
- i
-level="1">
ong>Floo ing< st
ong> - Even pope
ly-lid floo
ing cn
pnd bend ove
the yes, cusing g
ps ouneven pl
nks otiles. Othe
floos simply h
ve impope
instll
tion,ith h
zds pesent f
om the vey st
t.
henbusiness does not t
ke the timend effo
t toep
ifloo
ingnd m
ke sue it is s
fe, you could ctch you
footnd t
ip.<li>
- i -level="1">
ong>Items left on the floo < st
ong> - Stoe employees might set something do
nnd fo
getbout it, le
ving it in the pth of custome
s. Smlle
items tht might be out of the notice
ble sight nge e especilly d
ngeous,
s someone might hve no
ning befoe thei
footuns into the object, stopping thei
momentumnd c
using them to fll fo
d.
- i -level="1">
ong>P ot uding displ
ys<st
ong> - Stoes
nd businesses cn h
ve mny displ
ys,hethe
they e tempoy shelves, s
le cks, oothe
itemsnd st
nds plced th
oughout the stoe. If these displ
ys pot
ude intoisles o
lkys, someone might not notice tht the p
th is not completely cle. Not only cn they c
tch feet on the bottom of displys, but
lso hips oknees,
hich is still consideed
tip
nd fll.
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These
e—by f
—not the only c
uses of tip
nd flls. No m
tteht you believe c
used you to tip, let ou
Houston pemises li
bility lyes
evieht h
ppened. Pope
ty one
s should knoif something on thei
pemises p
esentst
ipping hz
d—often bec
use the hz
d h
s likely existed fosome time.
e cn help you hold o
nes o
businesses lible fo
llo
ing hz
ds to pe
sistnd c
using yout
ipnd f
ll injuies.
Slip nd F
lls s mentioned
bove, the c
uses of slipnd f
lls e diffeent bec
use they e usully less pe
mnent th
n tip
nd fll h
zds. Unlike cods o
flooing th
tely moves, slip
nd fll h
zds e often tnsient issues like spills ole
ks. Some cuses of <
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nd flls
> e:- -level=”1″>
ong>Subst nces on floo
s<st
ong> - Peh
ps the most common slipnd f
ll cuse is something slippe
y on the floo. This could be
te
, spilled food od
inks, onything else tht could c
use someone to slip on the substnce
nd fll.
ong>Deb is on floo
s<st
ong> - Someone might dop
cndy
ppein
stoe
isle, o shit might f
ll off the hnge
inlm
t.
ny debis o
items left on the flooc
n cuse someone to step on it
nd slip. Thinkbout the cl
ssic bn
npeel ex
mple—someone leves the peel on the g
ound,nd
n unsuspecting peson slips on it
nd flls feet ove
hed. This h
ppensith othe
items moe often th
n you might think!<li>
ong>Ove ly
on floo
ing oc
pet
hen floo
mte
ils o
cpet geto
n, they cn become shiny
nd slippey. If
n one
does notepl
ce the slippey p
ts o
put don non-slip m
ts, someone cn suddenly hit th
t pt of the floond slip.<li>
n st
is
hen the floo
mte
ils of st
is get
on on the edges, they c
n become slippey,
nd this is especilly d
ngeous.
hen someone is going don st
is
nd they hitslippe
y step, they might fll do
n theest of the st
ic
se,hich is
vey se
iousccident. Loose o
o
n ilings cn
lso cuse
ccidentshen people slip, g
b them,
nd they give y. Insted of someone c
tching themselves, they fll
nd hut themselves.
Sometimes, businesses c
n’t fixslip
nd fll h
zdight
y. Foex
mple, imgine
j of suce f
llsnd sh
ttes in
goce
y stoe
isle. Stoe employees
ddess the h
zdight
y by clening
nd mopping the floo. Ho
eve, the floo
em
inset until it h
s enough time to completely dy,
nd theet floo
still pesents
slipnd f
ll hz
d.
In this situ
tion, the stoe should put up “C
ution” signs letting customes kno
tht the floo
iset. If
stoe f
ils ton of the h
zd, people might slipnd f
ll—even though the employees tied to
ddess the initi
l poblem of the s
uce. If you suffeed inju
iesnd you believe
hz
d like this c
used youslip
nd fll, don’t
it to cont
ct ouHouston p
emises libility l
fi
m.e
nt to he
you
stoy.
h
t to Do
fteYou
Fll
ccident<h2>
The
m
th ofn inju
y-cusing f
ll cn be
confusingnd complic
ted time. Peh
ps you don’t nt to cuse
scene. You might ty to
void embssment, get up,nd move on
ith youlife. Ho
eve, in c
se of injuy, this is
ely the best choice. You need to potect you
legl
ightsnd ensu
e tht you
lyec
nesolve you
clim
s fvo
bly
s possible. Hee’s ho
.File
n Incident
epot
The fi
st thing you should do isepo
t youccident to the peson in ch
ge of the p
opety on
hich youccident occued. Foex
mple, if youslip, t
ip, of
ll took plce in
goce
y stoe, you should
epot it to the m
nge
on duty. Of couse, ch
nces e tht you’
ee
ding thisfte
youccident hs occu
ed
nd you e home oeceiving te
tment foyou
injuies. If you did not
epot you
ccident
hen it hppened, you m
y still do so, but if it is too lte, you might still p
oceedith
clim
ithoutn incident
epot.
Seek Medic l
ttention
You should
lys seek medicl
ttentionfte
slip
nd fll
ccident, even if you do not believe youinju
ies e pticully seious. M
ny injuies m
y seem mildt fi
st but go on to cuse signific
nt issues lte
, so it’sl
ys
good ideto h
vedocto
lookt you
injuies
nd sttny t
etment
s soons you c
n.ddition
lly, the insunce compny is not just going to t
ke youod fo
ithen it comes to ho
bd you
injuies
e. They
ill nt to see documenttion
egding youinju
iesnd you
pognosis,
nd the best y to get this evidence is to seephysici
ns soon
s you cn
fte slipnd f
llccident.
Follo Docto
’s O
des hile seeing
docto
isg
et fi
st step in potecting you
ights, the p
ocess does not stop thee. You need to follo
the te
tment pln you
doctop
escibes
s closelys you c
n. Doing so mens filling p
esciptions,
ttending physicl the
py,
nd going to youfollo
-upppointments—even if you
e feeling bette
! If you fil to follo
yout
etment pl
n, it cn
llothe insu
nce comp
ny to gue tht you f
iled to mitigte you
dm
ges oth
t you couldn’t possibly hve been
s hut
s you e climing to be.
Be C
eful Online
Insu
nce comp
nies e in the business of minimizing homuch they p
y out on evey cl
im theyeceive.
s esult, theyill do eve
ything they cn to disc
edit youcl
im, including monitoing you
socil medi
ccounts fo
posts tht they c
n uses evidence
ginst you.
Fo
thise
son, you should be extemely c
eful
bout the things you post on socil medi
hile you
slipnd f
ll clim is pending.
nything the insue
could use to pove th
t youinju
ies e nots se
iouss you cl
im could do substnti
l hm to youcl
imnd m
y evenesult in
denil. Posts th
t could be poblem
tic include those shoing you
lking you
dog, going out to dinneith fiends, exe
cising, oeng
ging in otheno
ml, eve
ydy
ctivities.s
esult, it m
y be sfest fo
you tovoid soci
l mediuse completely
hile youcl
im is pending. On the otheh
nd, be sue not to delete
nything tht you’ve posted up to this point. Doing so could be seen
s destuction of evidence,
hich couldesult in signific
nt hm to youcl
im.Do Not
ccept
Settlement Offef
omnyone
Sho
tlyfte
epo
ting youccident, you my
eceivesettlement offe
fom the insu
nce comp
ny of the peson o
businessesponsible fo
the pope
tyhe
e theccident took pl
ce. Nevecceptn offe
like this befoe t
lking tol
ye
. These initil settlement offe
s elmost
lys much loe
thn the
mount tht victims dese
ve,nd they
e often m
deith the st
tegic intent to settle
cse befo
evictim h
s hd
chnce to spe
k tol
ye
. The insunce compny
nts to p
essue you
ndush you th
ough this confusing pocess bec
use they only cebout thei
bottom line. Don’t miss out on the money you deseve.
You only h
ve one chnce to settle you
slipnd f
ll clim. Once you sign on the dotted line, it’s
lmost impossible to obtin mo
e compenstion fo
youlosses, even if you settled fo
f less thn you
ee entitled to. Fo
tuntely,
hen youet
inn
ttoney, they
ill evlu
tell of you
ccident-
elted losses, including you
non-economic losses like pin
nd suffeing
nd lost qulity of life.
You
lyeill detemine the
ppoxim
te vlue of you
clim.
med
ith this knoledge, you
ill hve
betteide
ofhethe
n offe
is sufficient onot. In
ddition, youl
ye
ill
epesent you in settlement negoti
tions, impoving the ch
nces tht you
ill get eson
ble offend putting the insunce compny on notice th
t you men business.
Cont ct
n
ttoney
s Soons You C
n<h3>
Fin
it to cont
ctl
ye
fte
slip
nd fll c
se. Since peson
l injuy l
ye
so
k on contingency theth
n houly, you
ill not end up pying mo
ehen you c
lln
ttoney immedi
tely. If you it, impot
nt evidence could be lost odest
oyed.ddition
lly,hile you
e un
epesented, the
e isch
nce tht you could s
y odo something h
mful to you
clim!
Seek Help f om
L
ye
ho Kno
s Hoto H
ndle YouT
ipnd F
ll oSlip
nd Fll Cl
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e> If you hve suffe
ed injuies in
<h
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ll-ccident/”>slip
nd fll
ccident<> on someone else’s pope
ty, it’s in youbest inte
est to contct
ntto
neyight
y.l
ye
fmili
ith slipnd f
ll litigtion c
n evlu
tehethe
you hve
clim
nd let you knoho
much compenstion you m
y deseve.
t Stet J. Guss Inju
yccident L
ye
s, oute
m of expeienced l
ye
s knos ho
to get ouclients the compens
tion they deseve
fte slip, tip, o
fll.
e knoll of the gmes th
t the insunce compnies pl
y to get victims to settle foless,
nde
ill neveshy
y fom
fight to get you the full vlue of you
clim.
Fo
youf
ee cse ev
lution
ithHouston slip
nd fll
ccidenttto
ney, cll ou
office tody
t 800-898-4877 o<
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ct us online<a>.