Mendez and Sanchez - Slip and Fall Attorney in Alhambra, California

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At Mendez & Sanchez, our lawyers recognize the significant effect that a slip and fall accident can have on an individual's life. The victim of a slip and fall can suffer painful injuries, face high medical expenses for emergency and long-term treatment and be unable to work and earn income for an extended period.

However, if the accident resulted from the negligence of a property owner, a slip and fall victim may have legal options available to him or her. The victim might be eligible to seek a legal claim that can result in reimbursement of all medical costs and compensation for the victim's lost wages, pain and suffering and even more.

If you or a loved one has been hurt in a slip, trip and fall in Alhambra or elsewhere in California, you can speak with a legal representative from Mendez & Sanchez, today and learn more about the choices available to you.

Should You Hire a Lawyer After a Slip and Fall Accident Alhambra?

You may be worried about your ability to afford an attorney to handle your slip and fall claim. However, at Mendez & Sanchez, we will charge no legal fees or case costs unless we secure a financial recovery for you. We don't want cost concerns to keep you from getting the legal aid you deserve.

We believe an attorney can play a vital role in your case, specifically when dealing with insurance companies. The reality is that the insurance companies will try to pay as little compensation as possible for the physical, emotional and financial harm you have endured. A lawyer will be focused on protecting you as well as your interests.

A Alhambra premises liability attorney at Mendez & Sanchez, will:

• Extensively examine your slip and fall and build the strongest case possible
• Speak with experts who will help us to understand why your slip and fall took place, who should be held responsible as well as what medical care and treatment you will need to recover from your injuries.
• Submit all claims on your behalf in a prompt and proper manner.
• Aggressively pursue a settlement that fully compensates you for your losses or take your case to court (if necessary).
• Structure any kind of award you receive to ensure that it maximizes your compensation and ensures you will receive the medical care you need in the future.

We are a law firm that is passionate about pursuing results that will really make a difference in the lives of our clients in Alhambra and throughout California.

What Must You Prove In a Slip and Fall Case In California?

A slip and fall accident is a kind of premises liability case. It can be brought against any kind of property owner or occupier, including a private homeowner, store or other business or a local, state or federal government.

To recuperate damages in an California slip and fall claim, you typically need to show:

• A condition on the property presented an unreasonable threat of injury to you. Hazards that could cause someone to slip, trip and fall include:

• Broken or uneven pavement on walkways or in parking lots
• Snowy, icy or wet floors and walkways
• Ripped, torn or loose rugs and carpets
• Liquids spilled on floors
• Broken or uneven stairs
• Poor lighting in hallways, stairwells, or outside walkways
• Holes in the ground or objects sticking out of the ground
• Broken, missing or loose handrails
• Faulty escalators or elevators

• The property owner knew or, in the exercise of ordinary care, should have known of both the condition and injury risk. Essentially, the owner or inhabitant had "actual notice" based on seeing the slip and fall risk or creating the hazard or "constructive notice" based on the risk existing long enough that the owner or occupier should have seen it.
• The property owner might have reasonably expected that you would not have discovered or realized the risk or would fail to protect yourself against the danger. For example, you would not have known that an office building lobby was slippery since it had recently been mopped.
• The property owner failed to take sensible steps to protect you by either repairing the hazard or giving you an adequate warning about it.
• As a result of the property owner's carelessness, you sustained injuries.

As you contemplate whether you have the ability to bring a slip and fall claim, you will need to ask yourself several vital questions, including:

• If you tripped or slipped, had the hazardous area been there long enough so that the owner should have known about it?
• If there once was a good reason for the object to be there but that reason no longer exists, could the object have been removed?
• Was there a safer area the object could have been located without much more inconvenience or cost to the property owner?
• Could a simple barrier have been created or a caution offered to stop you from slipping or tripping?
• Did inadequate or broken lighting contribute to the accident?

What Compensation Can I Receive for a Slip and Fall Injury?

A slip and fall accident can result in a wide variety of severe injuries, including bone fractures, soft-tissue damage, spinal cord injuries as well as traumatic brain injury (TBI). It is important to work with an attorney that will pursue maximum compensation for the harm you have suffered, including:

• Past and future medical costs
• Lost wages and diminished earning capacity
• Pain and suffering
• Loss of quality of life

A property owner's insurance company might try to place blame on you for your slip and fall accident. For example, the insurance company may assert that you tripped, slipped and fell due to an "open and obvious" risk that you should have detected or did something else that was negligent.

In California, you could be denied from recuperating anything if you were more than 50 percent responsible for your injury. Otherwise, your damages would be decreased by an amount that is proportional to the percentage of fault attributed to you.

Your attorney from Mendez & Sanchez, will aggressively oppose any type of unfounded claims made by a property owner's insurance company and work diligently to protect your rights.

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