Areas of Practice

Drug Litigation/Drug Recall | Auto Accidents | Medical Malpractice
Slip and Fall | Aviation Accident | Nursing Home Neglect
Bicycle Accidents | Boat Accidents | Truck Accidents | Dental Malpractice
Motorcycle Accidents | Dog Bite Injury | Brain Injury | Elevator Accidents

FLORIDA SLIP AND FALL INJURY CLAIMS
CALL (888) 446-1999 TOLL FREE

CALL FOR YOUR FREE CONSULTATION WITH FLORIDA BAR BOARD CERTIFIED CIVIL TRIAL LAWYER, MARK J. LEEDS.

IF THERE IS NO RECOVERY, WE DO NOT CHARGE YOU ATTORNEY’S FEES OR COSTS. NOTE: The Florida Bar has no specific categories of lawyer for individual types of cases within the area of personal injury.

Did you slip and fall in a restaurant, parking lot, market, department store, shopping mall or other commercial type establishment?

YOUR FIRST CONSULTATION

Florida Slip and Fall Lawyers want to know the smallest of details about how your accident happened.

Some common questions:

• What were you wearing for footwear? Rubber soled shoes? Flip flops? Do you still have them or did you throw them away? (Keep them).
• Where did your accident occur?
• Do you or does anyone else know more or less what caused you to fall?
• Was it a slippery substance, was it wet, how much of it was on the ground?
• Was your clothing wet? Had it been raining out that day?
• Was there a warning sign or did you see someone mopping the floor nearby?
• Did anyone from the store or premises come to the scene?
• Any photographs taken or cameras or video monitors in the area?
• How often have you been to that store/visited that premises?
• What was the floor made of? Wood, concrete, tile?
• Were you a customer, guest, or trespasser?

MATERIALS YOU SHOULD GATHER:

• Medical bills and records, if you have them
• Insurance information
• Medicare information
• Medicaid information, if applicable
• List of all health care providers for the past five years
• Photographs of the scene, if you have any
• Names and addresses of witnesses, if any

DEADLINE FOR FILING A “SLIP AND FALL” LAWSUIT:

Generally, there is a no-extension time limit of 4 years against all possible negligent defendants with exceptions such as: slip and falls at amusement parks; governmental, sovereign or municipal facilities; on cruise ships, railroads, buses or other conveyances and wrongful death claims. Contact a Florida Slip and Fall Lawyer to make sure which deadline applies to you.

THE LIMIT ON PAIN AND SUFFERING DAMAGES:

There is a limited amount of pain and suffering damages. These damages are called “non-economic damages.” Depending on the date of the incident and/or the date of filing the lawsuit, Florida has several different legislative and constitutional amendments and changes in recent history, with more proposed and soon to be determined. Your Florida Slip and Fall Lawyer will determine the limits which apply to your claim. There is presently a law which is about to go into effect concerning division of responsibilities for payment of all pain and suffering damages among multiple parties to a lawsuit. Your Florida Slip and Fall Lawyer can advise you further about this.

With regard to the limits on what we Florida Slip and Fall Lawyers call “economic damages” which basically means medical bills and lost wages, past, present and future, at present there are no limits, but as of this writing, legislation has been signed with regard to the division of payment responsibilities between responsible negligent parties, in the event that more than one party is responsible for your injuries.

Additionally, damages against a sovereign entity of the State of Florida are capped by the Florida Legislature.

An experienced lawyer can help get your life back on track after a tragic event by enforcing all of the legal rights and remedies to which you may be entitled. When your financial future is at stake shouldn’t you have professional assistance? Especially when you are down and out emotionally, physically and financially? A Florida Personal injury lawyer will be able to aggressively press your case whether through settlement or lawsuit.